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Vastness of the ocean, it a long, long way. as we mentioned, what theyre doing right now, theyre just trying to find debris. once they find debris, theyll be able to hopefully work backwards, calculate how the drifting currents would have carried it, work back to the location where the plane went down and presumably where the wreckage would be, if its in the ocean. we dont even know its in the ocean for sure. we have so many uncertainties in this strange and unusual case. >> this has 30 days bat...

Malaysian delivered devastating news to the family of 370. sew fisty indicated technology confirmed the plane was in the middle of the southern indian ocean, far from any possible landing site. lets bring in nbcs tom costello and nbcs kei simmons live in kuala lumpur. what does this information based on this british very sophisticated technology tell the malaysians and teld the world about what happened to flight 370? >> they have now gone back and immarsat that picked up the pings you might cal...

It becomes in terms of endurance. it would bring into question whether a boeing 777 could make it down to the area that all of the focus has been on. so, theyre noncomplementary in that respect. what i would like to see in the investigation, is trying to think outside of the box, and corroborate with the evidence we got. and drawing a line back up to the last part of the ping. looking how long that would be. its probably on the outer bounds of the endurance. it would have to fly close to singapo...

>> ian williams joining us from perth. thank you, ian. i want to take you now to nbcs tom costello in washington, d.c. what are you hearing with the latest information on the objects and search taking place? >> its now, you know, dark and approaching midnight in that zone, so those objects that were spotted in this area by the chinese and australians, they are now sending naval assets in, but they wont get a good look until daylight hours, another seven to eight hours or so. ultimately what are ...

And then they say, already, good night. the plane ds flight number, height, speed, and heading are all cut off at the same time that the plane is supposed to check in with air traffic control in vietnam. then, between 1:21 and 1:28 a.m., the plane changed altitude as it headed to the strait of malacca. the plane then disappeared from all radar. at 2:40 a.m., malaysian airlines tries to contact the missing flight. and then theres a code red at 3:45. at 6:30, the flight is due to land. at 8:11 a.m...

Code red alert declaring a crisis. at 6:30 a.m., its due to land in beijing. and then at 8:11 a.m., a final ping from the plane. now, a new analysis puts malaysia flight 370 here, far from any landing site in the south indian ocean. >> and while these new details about the timeline might not necessarily bring any comfort to the grieving family members today, they may shed some light on where the plane might be in the ocean so that investigators can find the wreckage and loved ones can recover th...

Is the box that has the answers were looking for. it literally bomb-proof. its a tough, hardened piece of equipment, can withstand impact of 300 miles an hour, precious up to 20 miles deep inside the ocean but its limited. it certified to emit acoustic pings. >> in fact, i think we have the actual pings that we can hear and play for you so can you get an idea what it would sound like using a device to amplify it. lets listen. >> it sounds like a clock. >> it sounds more like clicking or ticking....

Yet that theyre airplane parts that they probably are in the right area. then its a big process from there to find out -- i mean, this is where the light parts would have floated. youve got to go back and trace back where you think the plane actually went in the water which could be hundreds of miles away there. and then try to locate the boxes. and far -- you know, theyre towing over -- theyre sending over there these listening devices now. when they can zero in, theyll have boats trawl around ...

By a continuous moving flow. they can move a long way but hopefully they are not moving into tar. >> they say its too early to send a submarine to aid in the search. even when you stick listening devices into the water, they can only listen for maybe one or two miles. you need to zero in on the debris field more. talk to us about the equipment that they would use so you can guess more intelligently as to where the actual plane is. >> well, if they find -- if they hear a ping from the transponder...

Stabilizer. we will not know if we dont find the black box. we will have assume, but i dont trust this guys. >> it could the chinese ships recovered this and got a look at it and said this is it. >> have we heard that? i dont know. >> no, we have not. >> i would trust the chinese and australia, but not the malaysian. >> what does it tell you they are sending that ping? >> i think it makes sense and they think the plane crashed there. >> it is only the second time he has spoken. it is interesting...