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>> chinese state news agency xinhua is reporting that a chinese patrol ship searching an area of the south indian ocean has detected a pulse signal with a frequency of 37.5 kilohertz per second. so we are, of course, trying to determine, working to determine, as they are, if that pulse is from the pinger of the black box. and we happen to have one here courtesy of g.a. telesis, a company in south florida. guys, if you can take it to it. i want to show where the pinger is. the pinger is in the fr...

Detail, this just came through, ive just heard it, ill be astounded if they come across the pinger, it really is looking for a needle in a field of haystacks. problem is, they could be picking up signal pings from other ships in the area. if they have located the pinger, it would be fantastic, but of course, being here before with satellite images theyre in an entirely different part of the ocean or wrong region so lets hope this is a sign, if this is the pinger, that its a doable recovery in th...

Ensure the black boxes are up to par. the biggest challenge now is to locate them before the batterieses die. >> to find that pinger in those trenches or to find it after the pinger is stopped in those trenches it will be extremely difficult. >> the flight data recorder is crucial in terms of figuring out the pilots maneuver. >> right. >> in this particular case with the missing malaysia mh-370, you would need the flight data recorder and there is anticipation given the pulse signals. >> right. ...

Trenches or to find it after the pinger has stopped in those trenches is going to be extremely difficult. >> all right. youre looking right now at a black box even though its orange. its got reflective tape on it, and on one end you have the beacon and theres a sensor so when it hits water, thats when the pinging starts. so, zain, this goes down with the wreckage, this will sink but theres such a thing as a deployable black box, military jets already have them. >> right. >> why arent they on com...

Houston down in australia. again, china being china, they still have to answer to their government supervisors or bosses so it doesnt surprise me that it did this but the expected out come is what happened. now that you dont report it directly to the command of the investigation, youve got this game of telephone, youve got the we the theys and you have people, one, doubting your data. this could be the best break in the whole case but now people doubt it because they didnt follow through the joi...

Did tell the task force that they had it. but they cant very well chastise them because instead theyre going to need them to stay on top of that signal. im cautiously optimistic as everyone has been saying this morning. but theres not a lot, you know, its not a whale, for example, its not ocean life. theres nothing else there. so by process of elimination, theres a good chance its a pinger. >> mary schiavo, thank you. maybe the sberp tagsz interprett the chinese knew more than they let on. tma...

Contact with chinese authorities about the pulse and perhaps even debris, they are now considering putting assets in the air and on the water to see if they can get any verification from these reports. what more do you need to hear about the cooperation between these countries and what evidence is needed to try to confirm these reports, art? >> well, for the debris, yes, i would certainly like them to continue to determine what that debris is. thats in the area. that can be very important. as fa...

If they have any luck locating the pinger from flight 370, next theyll deploy this autonomous underwater vehicle. it maps the ocean floor. >> it will start running patterns back and forth, shooting sound out the side and taking pictures. it will show objects, shiny objects basically, bright objects that could be the plane. >> reporter: right now, thats the perfect scenario. but even the head of the search effort seems to be hedging his bets. >> hopefully, hopefully, the calculations putting us i...

Out there and one would want, certainly, confirmation of the signals. the signals should be secured. they need to locate this as a positive sighting. if and that is a huge if this pinger proves to be the pinger, the possibility of recovering the plane, or at least the blacks box goes from being 1 in a million to almost certain. >> the interesting thing about this, as you say, this is a huge if, but if it does happen, we are at the very end of the life span of this thing. it disappeared 30 days a...

Indian ocean. retired british officer michael kay is with us. we have richard quest. there were some developments in the news conference from malaysia this morning, but no mention of the pinger sounds detected. im wrestling with the discovery of the chinese and not shared with the malaysians two hours prior. what am i missing, richard? >> you are not missing anything. that is exactly the point. obviously everyone hopes and wants to hope this is true. the nature and difficulty of the task which t...