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Thank you so much in perth, australia, for us. we appreciate it. lets bring in our experts. david gallow, cnn aviation correspondent, richard quest. cnn aviation analyst peter g ghouls. peter, i want to start with you about this hydrophone. is it possible this hydrophone which appears to have been dipped in the water at the surface could have picked up the ping from a black box thousands of feet below the surface? >> yeah, hi, victor. its not impossible, lets put it that way. i had a chat wi...

The major development overnight in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 is from officials saying that the flight may have deliberately tried to avoid indonesias air space. >> also chinese and australian vessels have separately detected unidentified pulse signals in the southern indian ocean. similar to those emitted by black box pingers, but they still dont know if it came from the missing plane. >> you see that hydrophone that chinese officials kind of dip under to the water there. cnns ...

Confirm that the signals are from the missing plane. >> okay. at about the same time that the pings were detected, a search crew in the air says they flew over some white objects floating in the area, and reported pipgs and the newfound debris are adding cautious new energy to the frustrating search that has lasted nearly a month. military and civilian airplanes, 13 in all crisscrossed the area, and some of them ships with high-tech scanners worked on the ocean surface. and this is all being run...

This is adding new cautious new energy to the frustrating search that has lasted four weeks. military and civilian airplanes, 13 in all, have crisscrossed the search earea today, and 11 ship with high-tech scanners have worked the ocean surface. in perth, australia, our cnn international correspondent is there. matthew, you are at the head quarters of the search, and how much weight are the commanders putting on the new, but unconfirmed pings of the detectors of the chinese? >> well, they are re...

Commander in charge says its basically like walking the ocean surface. theyre doing it with that tow ping locater. it takes a long time. but wolf, they are working at this 24/7 for the next 10 to 12 days. i think, you know, the most disconcerting thing is that the commander himself describes it as a shot in the dark. the point is, wolf, its got about 150-mile track. youve got the "hmsecho" in one direction, they will converge, it will take a few days. they are hoping that they are lucky and they...

Day, because at least when youre talking about using this sound technology to conduct a search, it doesnt matter if you have sunlight, because its relying on sound. and yeah, we brought you into the wheelhouse of the fishing boat weve chartered to show you how lots of ships are using sound technology every single day. this right here is called the echo sound, and if we take a close look at the screen here, this is telling us how deep the water is beneath our boat. this is a live image. you can s...

Thats next. plus, a search for the missing plane. how a nuclear submarine is taking the hunt well well below the ocean surface. is it too much to look beneath the waves or is it too little, too late. stay with us. humans. we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. thats why liberty mutual insurance has your back, offering exclusive products like optional better car replacement, where if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... an...

For weeks now, weve heard about the high-tech devices being used to find the missing plane. satellites are playing a key role, theyre parful tools but they also have their limits when it comes to ocean surface. gary tuchman shows us how it works. >> this is the launch of a satellite which captures high resolution and high definition images, a satellite that has nothing to do with any government. >> we need a time for the airport. >> it was launched a few months ago by a silicon valley start-up. ...

For weeks now, weve heard about the high-tech devices being used to find the missing plane. what many are wondering if we have all this extraordinary technology why isnt there more accurate information this far into the search and why havent searchers found anything more. satellites are playing a key role, theyre powerful tools. they also have their limits when it comes to ocean surface. gary tuchman shows us how it works. >> this is the launch of a satellite which captures high resolution and h...

Its coming up to 3:20 on a tuesday morning on the east coast of the united states. 3:20 tuesday afternoon in perth, australia, and right now the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 is taking place in the air and on the ocean surface. >> and we will show you why that may end up being the easier part of the mission. thats next.