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Here by taking sonar images to either side. but, again, limits range, brooke. so this is very high-tech. these are excellent tools, but they have a very limited range. this does signify a significant change in what theyre doing. the pinger may be out, maybe never operated or out in a couple of days. a very different way of look, much slower and methodical. >> thank you so much. i want to the stay on this. last hour we talked about the crash, twa flight 800 off of long island and the lessons lear...

So far. there hasnt been any formal press announcement, but by now, theyve been landed by a couple of hours. you would have expected that if they had found something significant, that would have emerged by now. it hasnt. and so, it seems that the operation is continuing. in a sense, its intensifying as well, because there is this time pressure thats being felt very strongly. the black box flight recorders have a pinger on them. weve discussed them a lot. the pinger only lasts for 30 days. those ...

This as malaysias prime minister sees the search operation firsthand. he is there in perth, australia, insisting his government will not rest until they figure out what happened. our matthew chance is live in perth. matthew, its interesting. you know, the australian prime minister saying to chinese leaders that the intensity of the search has been increasing. specifically how? >> reporter: yeah, no, well, what tony abbott, the australian prime minister, has been talking about, i think, is the le...

Capability is the passive and active sonar and theyre really sensitive. this submarine is used to track other submarines. so its sonar systems are super, super sensitive. >> so better capability to find things because its more sensitive with its detection technology. >> absolutely. it is listening for those pipgs. as we already pointed out, were down to the last few days of this now. the battery life could last up to 40 days. >> could also be 20 days based on how theyre stored. its just much mor...

Pirate-copters... argh! hmm. its so huge, its being broadcast on mars. heroes...bad guys... asteroids. available only on mars. theres watching. then theres watchathoning. ♪ welcome back to "new day." the search for flight 370 is a race against time with the battery life on the black box pinger inching closer to zero. the ocean shield and british submarine have the advanced technology to track it, but only to a point. at least we now know the ocean shield is on scene. here is a lieutenant col...

That makes it so extremely difficult to find anything, and we are specifically in search of the data recorder, the black box. tell us about this terrain and how much more difficult its going to make it for all of those searching to find anything. >> absolutely. it is very rugged terrain. its like a mini himalayas underneath the ocean. and why its so difficult to search in an area like that is because the pinger, the signal that the black box sends, is essentially sounds. and sound, like anybody ...

Change. if someone on board altered the flight path, we will see this line start to dip or rise, depending on the direction. >> i think one of the important things that people will be looking at is who was in control of the aircraft? when we look at the data, you can see if they were coming from the auto pilot or the left or right seat. the pilot or the copilot. >> they can also use latitude or longitude to pinpoint where the plane was located at any point during flights. although the memory chi...

Box pinger batteries, expected to die in the next few days, if very havent already. but today a big operational news conference is expected but its unclear how significant it will be. the australian ship "ocean shield" with a pinger locator on board will be inside the new specific search area. in the meantime, the prime ministers of malaysia and australia thank troops from eight station who is have hunted relentlessly for more than two weeks. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: b...

That is great if you are looking for ships or land masses. its suboptimal if you are looking for aircraft debro. >> is that where a submarine comes in? you have the pinger draped below it and how does the submarine work? >> this is a hunter submarine and they have missiles. they have about 35 knots, quicker than the ocean shield. this is specific to the capability. this is the passive and active sonar. this submarine is used to track others. thats what it is designed for. the sonar systems are s...

There a number that could confound the efforts to listen for the pinger. >> why more so now than ever. >> seismic surveys and the navies do a number of sonar activities that are disturbing to the marine life. the ocean noise is another type of collision and the debro that hampered the search. >> we are learning so much about the ocean from this particular story. we know that the ocean shield carrying a u.s. pinger locator will be inside the box and that means the search area. what kind of ocean ...