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>> initially where the search area was a few weeks ago, wasnt so bad. now its moved into a tricky place with a lot of steep cliffs, lumps and bumps, you could hide it behind one of those and never hear it. >> the sound can play tricks on you? >> sure. it can be bent by topography. can you have thermal layers that would attenuate the sound. all sorts of ways to lose that pinging sound. and especially distance. it may not even be close to it. air france, the pinger itself was at a depth of two and...

More on that in a minute. "the wall street journal" newspaper is reporting a blockbuster, a lack of coordination among investigators caused search teams to waste three entire days looking for that massive jet in the entirely wrong part of the ocean. planes and ships shifted their focus to a new area which is seen here. that happened on friday. the journal reports the change came after authorities more fully merged satellite and radar data that investigators had been examining separately. you hav...

And director of special projects is with us. former transportation general mary schiavo, and analyst and veteran pilot miles obrien. david, you have the pinger, explain how it works. >> this is the pinger, it gets replaced on the c check. theres one of these on the cockpit voice recorder and data recorder. two boxes, thats the battery. this battery does not keep the memory in it, the memorys already stored, its solid. even after this goes off, the data is still stored in here. ive had that quest...

As i said, assuming it still works. heres what theyre going to be listening for. weve been talking about the black boxes and pingers and how theyre activated almost from day one when they hit the water, we want to give you a demonstration with david sousy and director of special projects is with us. former transportation general mary schiavo and an lace analyst and veteran pilot miles obrien. david, you have the pinger, explain how it works. >> this is the pinger, it gets replaced on the c check...

That knock-knock sound is the sound of a sonar pinger. you are looking at the shape you are looking at the shape that it makes on the screens. weve been talking about the black boxes and pingers and how theyre activated almost from day one when they hit the water, we want to give you a demonstration with david soucie. and director of special projects is with us. former transportation general mary schiavo, and analyst and veteran pilot miles obrien. david, you have the pinger, explain how it work...

Would attenuate the sound. alsorts of ways to lose that pinging sound. and especially distance. it may not even be close to it. air france, the pinger itself was at a depth of two and a half miles, so it was quite deep. so you really had to be right on top of it to hear it. >> and the pinger locator that can be towed, it can even get to some of the deepest parts of the search area, is that right? >> well the pinger -- the tpl can go to about 6,000 meters. that will get to most of the area. the a...

Of the search area, is that right? >> well, the pinger can go to 6,000 meters, that will get to almost all of the area, the bluefin 21, they have the robot, the drone, can get to most of it. there are pockets of problems. >> its got to be toed at a slow speed, in order to work effectively, in terms of the area youre going to be able to search, youre only going to search 150 square miles a day, which is a big challenge for searchers? >> its a very big challenge for searchers, unless they get addi...

I learned a lot from david on that. >> lets put it in the water and see how easy it is to locate it. >> im going to turn this on. tune it in to the right frequency. were going to put it right around here. turn it all the way up. ill see if i can do this. before i point this out, i dont know if they still have the tight shot, it says keep in a cool dry place in that box. thats important, were going to talk about that in a minute. heres the pinger, its attached to the black or orange box, as soon ...

See how easy it is to locate it. >> im going to turn this on. tune it to the frequency. ill see if i can do this. before i point this out, i dont know if they still have the tight shot, it says keep in a cool dry place in that box. thats important, were going to dawk about that in a minute. heres the pinger, its attached to the black or orange box, as soon as it goes into the water. >> its already starting. >> it doesnt have to be fully submerged. >> if the water grounds it out, thats when it kn...

Some of the deepest parts of the search area, is that right? >> well the pinger -- the tpl can go to about 6,000 meters. that will get to most of the area. the auv can get to most of it. but there are pockets it may have problems with. >> it had got to be towed at a slow speed, 3 miles an hour, i think. in terms of the area you can search, youre only going to be able to search 150 square miles a day. thats a big challenge for searchers. >> its a very big challenge for searchers, unless they get ...