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So i think they kind of worked under where they thought they could work. and it was a good chance. it was in the center of all pings where they started. but theyre going to have much better luck once they get deeper equipment where it could work and go up to the first ping. >> and david gallo, it seems as though it turned up nothing. has it been a waste of time or is that a fair criticism? >> i dont know, anderson, i dont think it has been a waste of time. knowing where the plane is not. that is...

The founder says that they will sue the air force to challenge a multi-billion dollar contract with the competing company. no comment from the air force. they are behind the company that makes tesla electric cars. anderson? >> thank you, that does it for us. cnn starts now. im bill weir, welcome to "cnn tonight" as we wrap up our week here in the u.s. that torpedo-shaped microphone known as the bluefin-21 wrapped up its search in the end ocean, finishing the six-mile circle around what may hav...

Strongest ping they detected. what is the latest sign? >> no sign of the plane. at this point it is probably very likely that the bluefin has completed that mission 13 and probably covered 113% of the area. what the -- authorities here are saying now is that they will continue to search the adjacent areas with bluefin to that pinger number one location to see if there is anything they can pick up around it. and then as we understand they will pick everything up and move six miles north at some p...

There were those who in some ways have come to terms with it. they have a dignified silence and are getting ready to go into the next part of the process. there are those who want answers, what actually happened and what can the government and airline tell us? and then there are those who simply believe the plane is wait ing to be found. diego garcia, kandahar, wherever you like. but the entire range of the families comes down to the same view that they still dont believe the government is provi...

Search area may expand. i want to go to our correspondent live at the search base in perth, australia. mr. michael holmes. what are you hearing about the bluefins progress? >> good to see you, don. so far, we know bluefin is on its 14th mission, as you said. we expect word in the next few hours how its done. of course, it ended after a bit of a software glitch. it was down again pretty quickly and scanning the ocean floor. as you said 95% covered before this mission. we would expect mission 14 w...

What are we learning about the next phase of this search, erin? >> reporter: hi, victor, the bluefin-21 searched 90% of the area. the best guess of where the black box may be based on the analysis of the second ping that the locator picked up. they have been searching in a six-mile raidious around the ping. now, with most of that area ruled out, authorities have begun to talk about where they are going to go next. we understand the blue fin-21 is going to search the area adjacent to the u.s. nav...

Narrowest, which was around the second ping, the 13 minutes, theyre going slightly northwest towards the first ping because that gave them the longest, more than two hours worth of location. its going to take more time because youre doing it slow. youre doing it low, and in this case, we believe that the terrain is slightly more rugged, but it is certainly deeper. so there are no easy options here. any idea that theyre going to have a lot more of a simple solution is simply not true. >> tim, its...

It is day 49 in the search for malaysias missing airliner and the underwater drone may be forced to expand its territory. the bluefin-21 has scoured more than 95% of the search area where the last ping could be hear from the black boxes. the families are accusing the government and airline of wi withholding information. the prime minister sat down for an exclusive interview with cnns richard qwest. >> are you prepared now to say the plane and its passengers have been lost? >> on the balance of t...

Search will look like as the blue fin wraps up scouring the targeted area. a decision has been made to expand its search to areas adjacent to the first radius. we know the ping to the north is seen as a promising area. ing a australian officials are not commenting on right now but officials have said they are hammering out a long term game plan. the only submarine involved in the search efforts is being pulled out by the naval officials since there is no longer any prospect of detecting pings it...

Plane. so they have to bring it down to a sweet spot where they can see that bottom. and when they do, its close to what the auvs are bringing up and its not a great -- its the same option but a little bit more difficult. >> its pretty incredible when you said it might be down there and not even see the plane. to give everyone a sense of how difficult this is, richard, theyre now moving the search area, expanding it a little bit. they had hoped, right, that they heard this most promising ping, t...