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Atlantics harbor branch oceanographic institution. >> all right. ready to go. >> ready to go. >> reporter: but other manned sea vehicles may be next to line to aid in the malaysia airlines search. if this or another submersible can get where the wreckage is, how effective do you think this could be? >> very effective. >> reporter: this is the view of the submersible in the atlantic ocean. it can go 3,000 feet deep. but like all research sub, its slow. it only travels just one mile per hour when ...

>> if this submersible could get to where the wreckage is, how effective do you think it could be? >> very effective. >> this is a view of a buried submersible. it can go 3,000 feet deep but like all research subs its slow. it only travels just over 1 mile per hour when searching. the sub was called to duty in 1986 after the space shuttle challenger exploded and it recovered some of the wreckage. >> we have the capability of lifting around 1,000 pounds of weight to the surface. >> and the very f...

Anderson? >> the fuel recovered from the search, is it related to the plane? have they been able to determine that yet? >> not yet, no. we have to remember, that search area is about 2,000 kilometers off the coast of western australia. they did pick up the two liters of oil they found floating out there near where the ocean shield is. they bottled that. what they have to do is get a ship out there and then helicopter it to that ship. the ship can get it closer in and then the helicopter will tak...

Be? >> very effective. >> reporter: this is the view of the submersible in the atlantic ocean. it can go 3,000 feet deep. like all research subs its slow. only travels just one mile an hour when searching. the sub was called to duty in 1986 after the space shuttle "challenger" exploded. and it recovered some of the wreckage from the ill-fated shuttle. >> we have the capability of lifting 1,000 pounds of weight to the surface. >> reporter: the front of the submersible, a tool called the manipulat...

Manipulator does the important work of grabbing, scooping and sucking up samples that are recovered. this sub is about 24 feet long and 11 feet tall. it weighs about 28,000 pounds. it has enough oxygen, and emergency provisions on board for the people to survive under water for up to five days. >> reporter: there is also a back cabin on the submersible. a crew keeps an eye on the submersible. and another sub shares the area, about 5 x 3 feet. >> so to give the viewers how tight it is. this is ho...

Wreckage from the ill fated shuttle. >> we have the capability of lifting around 1,000 pounds of weight to the surface. >> reporter: in the very front of the submersible, a tool called the manipulator, that does the important work of grabbing, scooping and sucking up samples that are recovered. this sub is about 24 feet long, its also about 11 feet tall and weighs about 28,000 pounds. it has enough oxygen and emergency provisions aboard for people to survive under water for up to five days. ther...

"the los angeles times" the search for malaysia 370 hit a snag underwater. the navy released this footage of the bluefin being deployed. just six hours into its drive, the craft was forced back to the surface after reaching its limit. the sub will continue its search today. >> and "the boston globe" found free samples are being given to teens of e-cigarettes. prepared to roll out new tobacco-related rules. >> dont you still have qualms about it? >> theres a big problem with them targeting kids. ...

To the cdc in atlanta where t tthe -- or the w.h.o. in geneva. it could take days or weeks to fly in the samples and get results. 8:00 p.m., we get the call. >> two of these are -- >> reporter: two of the three patients now have confirmed ebola. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, guinea. >> much more on the outbreak including its symptoms at our website, cnn.com/international. also there youll find sanjays first person account of this health crisis. we are going to take a sure break. for those in the west...

Shield" have looked at the limited amount of data the bluefin 21 was able to capture during its time underneath the water, and no significant objects have been found. officials here in australia have long said, in is going to be a painstaking and meticulous process. nothing that happens under water is easy, especially water this deep. so it could take some time, carol. >> tell us more about the oil slick. they finally collected samples. how long will it take before they figure anything out? >> r...

They go in to see the patients. every single inch of their body covered. impermeable suits, nothing in, nothing out. you see, even a drop of the ebola virus that gets through a break in your skin can infect you. and we all have breaks in our skin. in is the painstaking -- this is the painstaking detail and act you go through to interact with a person with ebowl amp theyve decontaminated themselves but have taken blood samples and put them in this blue ice chest here. and its highly suspicious th...