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Knot nauts listen fog that sound. that area we are looking is 84,000 square miles or so. about the size of utah. >> which is huge. 20th day. four weeks ago tonight. they say 30 days. probably get appear acouple days extra on the pinger. 30 days is what they sell it as. are we going to get 30 days out of this. >> hard to say. there is a lot of factors involved. it could be up to 40 days thats assuming the pinger is sending out a signal and at any time break on impact and its in that area. >> if w...

The debris field is small for example like silk air, once they find it they will be able to readily find the black boxes. if they get them they will have data. >> we can be assured of that. why arent black boxes modernized -- maybe it can be like find my iphone app? >> so you should be able to remotely trigger it like an iphone? i think that there are lots of ways you could can conceively improve the technology of a black boxes but it becomes a risk/benefit calculation. for the vast majority of ...

Degree of classified information that is directing them to this location, this is a day of futility. the pinger can only pick up one mile, one and a half miles to either side. the vessel can only travel at three to five knots. it is painstakingly slow. you only put it in the water once you have a good idea where the pinger is. this is unfortunately an act of desperation during the final days that the pinger is emitting its signal. >> appreciate you putting it into perspective. peter goelz, thank...

Got is very effective. and if you want to know more about the pinger, i suggest you have a chat to captain matthews one on one after this conference. [ inaudible ] >> we have got a fact sheet that were going to put out on the use of satellites and the issues around satellite imagery. fundamentally, i think what weve discovered is that there was an awful lot of debris in the ocean that came from other activities, fishing activities primarily, which was floating around in the area where the satell...

Poth cease. they are going to need some luck. it is a very big area to search. if the thought is that the plane did not break up into literally thousands of pieces and is a big item on the floor of the ocean, then, even without the pinger, the side scan sonar will have a much better chance of finding it. >> hey, what about what mary is saying right there? what if the plane didnt break up? how likely to you think that is. how would that have to transpire and what are the implications? >> this is ...

Else might lie beneath, whether its silt, and we talked about ocean ooze or whales or rough weather that could lead a search crew on what thing could be it, and turns out its not it at all. >> well, these accuoustic pinge transmit on a frequency of 37 i can low hertz. its low in the ocean. theres always noise from bubbles, waves, marine life that could cause the overall noise level to rise and make it difficult to hear these discreet pings. if on the bottom the actual recorders are buried under ...

Indian ocean for the all-important signals. cnns brian todd is here in "the situation room". hes got more details on this enormously complicated venture. >> the batteries on that pinger sent signals from the black box and are expected to run out within days if they havent already. the towed pinger locator is now searching on a 24/7 schedule. some say right now, given how little information there is on the planes location, too much is being asked of that technology. it can descent 20,000 feet bel...

The name your price tool, still only from progressive. welcome back to "new day." the underwater phase of the search for flight 370 began this morning. pinger locate tors are in the water with search teams hoping to detect a signal. one of the devices belongs to the u.s. navy. joining us by phone from australia is captain mark tha matthews. good to speak to you, captain? >> nice to speak with you.

Looking into it. >> richard, is it worth using the sophisticated and expensive pinger locator under the water without any really strong lead where they are looking? >> the best answer that i can give you is from that last report. it may not be doing much good but its doing more good than if it was sitting at the harbor in perth. unless theyve got some very strong evidence and, frankly, they havent told us, which would be a bit of a disgrace. if they were sitting on some very strong evidence that...

Control services. the other three are spotter planes. so a big international effort in the air and on the sea, as well. with various descriptions from various countries. all using sophisticated equipment to try and locate the pinger from the black box flight recorders. we believe they have not located any debris from that malaysian airliner. >> matthew, stand by. i want to go to nick robertson. malaysian initials held another briefing today and officials wont even confirm whether the plane crash...