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Them out there. only if we have tangible evidence of where to search. >> now were learning resources are pulling out of the search. the royal navy says the hms tireless, the only submarine in the search is done, saying there is no longer any prospect of detecting black box pings and now one of the surface ships, the "shs echo" is going back to port to refuel. searchers say the area that they are searching to the north is a promising spot as well based on the ping. but jake, the fact that were ne...

Experts. cnn aviation analyst, peter goelz. cnn afteruation analyst, michael kay. aviation consultant, ken christianson. geoffrey thomas, editor in chief of airlineratings.com joining us from pauaustralia. peter goelz, theyre going to move this underwater search a little further north based on what, the second ping as opposed to the strongest ping? is that what theyre going to do? >> thats exactly right. i think theyre obligated to do that. the australians made a big deal about the pings. theyve...

Take, they dont know. >> how long are you hearing about the plans for the long-term search? because we really do seem to be at that phase. >> reporter: yeah, with this focused area they really did narrow down what was a really broad search area. and now, one that would appear to be almost complete. they might redo some of those areas, just go near the first ping, which is just north of this area. they could look at that arc where the flight path was suspected to be, 300 miles by 30 miles. there ...

Difficult area to search. theres more rocks and ridges. i think expanding the search is the right thing to do and i dont think we should give up on the idea that those pings are real and they are from the aircraft. >> david, if youre saying that the first ping, they were not looking in that area even though it was the most promising, that sounds like the person looking for their keys under a specific street light because the light was better than where they actually lost their keys. it sounds li...

Were at 17,000 feet on the north part of the pings. were at now 13,000 feet deep. this is really great coverage with the bluefin right now. but its a little bit more topographic. a few more bumps for things to hide in so the bluefins that to do a nice job moving around the bumps to see it and it doesnt even know -- this is not realtime in is not a video game where somebody up on top of the ship is looking at everything. they have to bring this thing back up, download all the data, and then look ...

To inform the search as it proceeds. and the primary bit of evidence that everybody is working off of at the moment is the data from the satellite. those handshakes. thats what led us down to that part of the world and what will keep us here for the time being. >> david, is it possible that these pings that authorities were such a strong sign of the plane, there were four different rounds of pings, is it possible they just got it wrong? >> no. not in my eyes. what they did is they went after the...

Take, they dont know. >> how long are you hearing about the plans for the long-term search? because we really do seem to be at that phase. >> reporter: yeah, with this focused area they really did narrow down what was a really broad search area. and now, one that would appear to be almost complete. they might redo some of those areas, just go near the first ping, which is just north of this area. they could look at that arc where the flight path was suspected to be, 300 miles by 30 miles. there ...

Investigated several different possibilities of what else it might be including monitor beacons that are used in the ocean on various species to track them and those do operate in that same frequency. however, what i discovered is the ones that ping at one-second intervals and operate on that frequency, have not been manufactured for decades. the chance that a battery would survive that long is pretty slim. at this point i ruled out in my mind any other possibility than a beacon from that black ...

If were not getting information directly from the malaysian airlines and government, we might as well go directly to the source. boeing is a publicly traded company in this united states and puts them in a position of a little bit more fu dish airy responsibility. >> david soucie joins us today from denver, a former air accident investigator and cnn safety analyst. from washington, were joined by aviation attorney, mark dombrech and interviewing with the faa and doj. is imtime to rethink everyth...

They need to go back to ping number 1 the most extended ping but its deeper and needs more equipment. that needs to be extinguished. you dont change the strategy in the middle of the road. that needs to be extinguished. barring that it needs to start from the beginning and all the questions they made from the beginning. >> if they werent frustrated enough from the beginning, this is one of the most frustrating aspects. >> mark, can you answer a burning question, we have a preliminary report bein...