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Towards the sixth full ping. but to do that would be a fairly dramatic escalation of the search and require more assets because that search is 700 miles long. >> and david gallo, if the bluefin doesnt find anything in this search area, i mean, is it possible it missed something in this targeted area or is the technology so good there is no way it missed something in this area? >> well, anderson, when you search with sound and sonar at this depth and terrain it is always possible to miss somethin...

There, from what i do know i would have a hard time giving up without more harder look at what they may or may not have missed or should they make this bulls eye bigger. >> mary, to that point, if the satellite data is accurate and richards data indicates it is and the pings were from the black boxes, the searchers are presumably close. >> they are certainly close. we have heard a lot of interesting things about the ocean and the sounds in the ocean and the effects of pingers, et cetera. theres ...

By the u.s. navy of a nautical mile. so its a fairly compact area. they are obviously searching a much larger area than the area immediately around where the ping was located. i think by the time they search the entire search area, we can safely say its not there. >> geoffrey thomas in perth. you bring new information every evening. you have information on what may happen when the bluefin finishes searching the last search area. what can you tell us of how the underwater search will proceed. >> ...

Portions dealing with handling debris and caring for human remains should be fairly straightforward. theres a portion that deals with widening the search. what would that look like? >> that, of course, you are quite right, anderson. thats the interesting part about it. thats the part where they have to reappraise the evidence from inmarsat. the pings they have already heard and decide whether or not they still have the same credibility and confidence in that data. if they do have confidence in i...

Much larger area than the area immediately around where the ping was located. i think by the time they search the entire search area, we can safely say its not there. >> geoffrey thomas in perth. you bring new information every evening. you have information on what may happen when the bluefin finishes searching the last search area. what can you tell us of how the underwater search will proceed. >> we have a sense of what they are going to do after the last 20% is possibly go to the area where t...

Of facts submitted to the international civil aviation organization. >> i have not made a decision yet whether to release it to the media or the public. >> reporter: as the search continues, australias prime minister says investigators will not give up. >> we havent found anything yet in the area that were searching, but the point i make is that australia will not rest until we have done everything we humanly can to get to the bottom of this mystery. >> and based on their current calculations, i...

Up the arc. i understand thats maybe in the future. not knowing what went on up there, from what i do know i would have a hard time giving up without more harder look at what they may or may not have missed or should they make this bulls eye bigger. >> mary, to that point, if the satellite data is accurate and richards data indicates it is and the pings were from the black boxes, the searchers are ve presumably close. >> they are certainly close. we have heard a lot of interesting things about t...

Few moments we do not know speed of the plane. well dont know levels of the plane. how can you know where it went down if you dont have that information? >> because three separate analyses led you to this place and they were verified by the pings. >> the ping is the hardest thing to overcome. >> the pings are independently verified by the inmarsat data, that final half handshake which gets you to this area. its either an incredible coincidence or a reasonable explanation. what sarah is going to ...

Forensic pathologist across the country in recent days, and all of them believe that they will be at some point involved in the identification and the processing of those remains. the other piece of this is something the u.s. navy is also talking about, which is, if bluefin-21 does not come up with anything this week, in this most promised area, where the strongest ping was heard back on april 8th, then they will have to go to a wider plan. they will probably reset the search. they will look eit...

Now is that there may be one or two more missions of the bluefin to cover this initial second ping area that they are looking at. this is where the strongest ping was. my understanding is, by then may move it to the first ping, which is further north, but i dont believe theyll then go to the third and the fourth ping, so thats what i believe theyll do with the bluefin-21, but there is serious consideration now to bring in other assets like the towed orion, which gives data in realtime. also able...