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Exhausted every opportunity to locate a ping through a ping locator. thats important. in angus houstons mind hes got to be 100% confident that hes done everything to locate the pirng before he goes on to the next phase. >> dadevid gallo, what say you? >> quitting is not an option. its the family and loved ones of passengers. its the flying public. its the aeronautical industry. so quitting is not an option. and again, were not intimidated by the depth, were not intimidate bid the terrains. its a...

Right now search planes are in the air on this the 37th day since flight 370 went missing up to 11 military aircraft, 1 civil aircraft, 14 ships involved in sundays search. we keep hearing words like optimism and confidence related to the hunt for flight 370. but pings that are thought to be from the planes black box havent been detected since tuesday, leading to fears that the batteries in the data recorder are becoming too weak to transmit. relatives of missing passengers pet today with malays...

Again. crews will scan mile after mile of ocean on this the 37th day after flight 370 kept missing and we keep hearing words like optimism and confidence related to this search, but the pings that are thought to be from the planes black boxes have not be detected since tuesday, thats five days leading to fears the batteries in the data recorders are becoming too weak to transmit. now, relatives of missing passengers met today with malaysian officials. one mother says she feels like the malaysian...

Been found the haystack and were going straight in on the needle. what weve done so far is phenomenal, unprecedented. and were in a transition, ang it houston has a judgment call. when you put down the auvs that gets in the way of the ping locator and getting in the way of the sound and detection and everything else. you cant do both at the same time. so the ping locator looking for the ping -- >> thats what theyre waiting for. >> thats the just call. i said from the outcome, the judgment call, ...

Malaysian government would say we want to analyze these? >> no. its a technical issue. you can either do open heart surgery or you cant. where will the black boxes go? the uk, the united states, the ntsb, in france. my guess if i were a guessing man, i would say they will go to australia. enormously experienced. >> lets talk about the ping locator. so far, four pings. he is very confident they are coming from the black boxes. do you believe those comments

Its dark down there. if its in deep sit, its going to be a tough task. wolf. >> the fifth ping we talked about so much over the last 24 hours, that now seems to be not something coming from one of those two black boxes, something else, right? >> yes, that of course the first four pings came from the ocean shield vessel towing that u.s. navy ping locator. this other thought to be ping or possible ping came from sonobuoys dropped from aircraft, dropped down about 1,000 feet, and listen in as well....

Ever trying to narrow down that search area as much as they can. try to pinpoint where this wreckage might be. youve got the ocean shield out there still towing the ping locator, trying to get one more ping or two more pings so they can further triangulate and narrow down the search area any further. the batteries, of course, well, they were designed to last 30 days. its day 36 now. so hopes of finding, theyll get much more in the way of pings. then, of course, wuoncethy star to search down ther...

Is very different. it wasnt done by the towed locator, the ping locator behind ocean shield. this was dropped by an aircraft. its one of the sonabuoys thats been put into the water and has managed to give a signal. now, what we know is the frequencys in the right area. they dont believe its of natural origin. and they believe it is a mechanical. but they havent given us any details. for example, we dont know what the frequency is, we dont know what the repetition rate is. we dont know anything l...

In the indian ocean about 1400 miles northwest of perth, australia. nbcs ian williams joins us live from perth. ian, whats next here? >> reporter: hi, tamron. well, the search coordinator angus houston, cautious as ever, is describing this as a possible signal which will be analyzed overnight. now, if it is confirmed, it will be the fifth signal in the same area thats consistent with the sig fall from a black box. significantly this came from an aircraft. it didnt come from the ping locator that...

Moments, a summit celebrating the civil rights act already heard from carter and clinton and bush this hour, president obama steps in. you have a front row seat to see it live. hello, everyone. im ashleigh banfield. it is thursday april the 10th, welcome to legal view. from the depths of the indian ocean to the skies over western malaysia, we are tracking developments, revelation of the indian ocean. the alleged floating microphone search teams have been tossing out of airplanes by the dozens, o...