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Mathematicmatt ma mat -- mathematical probability came up by oneman. >> there is now seven pings. >> this is -- its not a last-minute news conference. but it is out of the ordinary for a man who has been so organized since leading this search, michael. >> yeah, i think its refreshing. we heard angus houston say he is going to take a more proactive approach in keeping us all informed. hes going to have something to say. we had unique news in terms of this ping that has been reported from the chin...

Room -- coming out of a cave. where if youre in front of the cave entrance, you could hear it. but if youre to the left or right, its being just directed upward. >> it would go right past you, right? >> yeah. its possible. its all different. >> mary, you want to get in on this? you have a comment or question? >> sure. i have a question. you know, weve heard over the past couple days that perhaps these pingers could be used on other applications. like undersea expiration equipment or fishing gear...

Would get loefr. same thing, as the battery gets weaker and weaker, the signal degrades. it wouldnt necessarily be a cut-off. it would just get less audible by the listening devices. >> so youre saying that it constantly pings, that it wouldnt stop? >> it pings every sing until the battery is depleted. >> so the statement that it was pinging for 90 seconds and then stopped is not consistent, in your mind, manufacturing these things as a ping from a black box, is that correct? >> thats correct. i...

A spepts that places a real importance of just how significance this ping is. >> it will take 24 to 48 hours before they get some backup from some ships that have more technology to see exactly what the chinese have heard. but up until this point, of course, theres been so many questions and so few answers, to this being one of the most baffling aviation mystery in history. a 777 virtually disappearing. jim clancy has been in kuala lumpur following this story from almost the beginning. heres his...

Relatives here. now it looks like theyre coming back. theres more of a community here in beijing. about 350, 400 relatives still staying at about four or five hotels across beijing. they do have regular gathering and they do have family brief pgs. so presumably they want to come back into the fold here after accomplishing what they thought they could accomplish down in kuala lumpur. natalie, we did get some reaction from family members about the australian news conference that took place a coupl...

But its -- it has the equipment on board to lock in where this ping is coming from. >> and what about mr. goelz the challenge of the depth once there is verification we are talking about some 14,000 feet down where this signal could have come thats 4500 meters. >> well the depth of the ocean there is certainly a challenge. but 14,000 feet is by certainly -- is certainly not unworkable. the remote vehicles, both the t tethered and untethered. it is challenging and it has been done in the past.

Developments in this possible ping. many have watched the australian news conference. there have been so many false leads in the past. one relative saying there is a new clue. lets wait until something is confirmed. there have been a lot of questions about why this news broke by chinese media rather than coming from australians. chinese needs to appear strong for its citizens in terms of finding answers especially since 154 people on that plane are chinese citizens. the head of the agency said t...

Went so quickly and didnt just keep pinging giving investigators a more precise location, so its possible that some sort of animal or another ship is making a sound that investigators have confused for a ping from a black box. but these promising pings do have the same frequency a black box does, and thats why this is such an intriguing lead. the equipment being used to pick up pings is moving really slowly through the ocean being towed about 5 miles an hour in an 83,000-plus-square-mile search ...

To lock in where this ping is coming from. >> and what about the challenges of the depth? once there is verification. still were talking about some 14,000 feet down where this signal could have come, thats 4,500 meters. >> well, the depths of ocean there is certainly a challenge. but 14,000 feet is by certainly, is certainly not unworkable. the remote vehicles, the tethered and the untethered, you know, theres two types. the tethered vehicles can operate at that depth and could retrieve the boxe...

Heights or five meter wave heights would disturb the surface and the ping theyre using could be impacted. experts told us this is going to be bobbing back and forth in the ocean. that makes it more challenging especially when you consider the battery is reaching the end of the life and perhaps not sending the strongest signal out from the vessel. weve heard about the ping device sending signals intermittently. we know there are thermal events in the ocean that could impact the signal itself, per...