Second Ping News Today

Now the bluefin, mini sub, bluefin-21 is almost 95% done with the underwater search in that focused area. officials confirm theyre going toe to expand it. joining us now with more, mary schiavo. mar mary, good morning. we kind of suspected this, that this may happen. >> good morning. >> they said this is an option. theyre confirming this morning that theyre going to expand it in their statement, how they theyve described it, mary, is theyre going to continue to examine the areased a j ed a ja th...

The evidence simply lie with the pings. the handshakes that we have analyzed. thats all we have. >> reporter: the malaysian prime minister in an exclusive interview claimed that investigators have not had much to go on. hes promising to release a preliminary report on flight 370 investigation next week exactly seven weeks after the plane vanished. many of the relatives of those that were on board are very skeptical. >> actions speak louder than words. the briefings have been a joke. >> now, what...

Experts. cnn aviation analyst, peter goelz. cnn afteruation analyst, michael kay. aviation consultant, ken christianson. geoffrey thomas, editor in chief of airlineratings.com joining us from pauaustralia. peter goelz, theyre going to move this underwater search a little further north based on what, the second ping as opposed to the strongest ping? is that what theyre going to do? >> thats exactly right. i think theyre obligated to do that. the australians made a big deal about the pings. theyve...

Several thousand miles away, a source of their frustration, the bluefin-21, the most promising, returns two weeks later with nothing to show for it so far. if no leads turn up once the whole area is covered, coordinators now confirm that the underwater drone will scour stretches of the nearby ocean. the bluefin has been combing deep waters, about six miles around the second ping that was detected, a possible signal from the jets black boxes. no official word yet on what technology will be used n...

Families are protesting, fueling frustration among family members. outside the malaysian embassy chanting no more delays, no more lies. >> what do you want from the malaysian government? >> the crews are now expanding the search to areas adjacent to the six-mile radius surrounding the second ping. >> its really a hot mess right now. we were given in very strong indications and strong language that the plane would turn up with these pings have been detected. its a powerful piece of evidence that ...

Passengers family members. 50 days spent searching for flight 37 o and still nothing. fueling frustration among passengers family members. outside the malaysian embassy in beijing, families of the chinese passengers angry demanding answers, chanting no more delays, no more lies. . >> what do you concretely want from the malaysian government right now? >> the truth. the thing theyre hiding. >> reporter: with the bluefin coming up empty, crews are now expanding the search to areas adjacent to the ...

Discussing now, hammering out a longer-term search agreement. one of the things that the malaysians had proposed is broadening out the search area. right now theyre only searching a 6-mile radius around that second ping, that second acoustic detection picked up by the towed pinger locator. well, there are three other detections that were made. some analysts suggesting maybe they should do the same for those areas as well, also suggesting, perhaps, a broader search area along that arc, the so-cal...

Erin mclaughlin is live in perth for us this morning. erin, you know, 90% done yesterday, 95% done today, but still, theres a real discrepancy on when they are going to say, all right, this bluefin-21 is complete in searching that entire search zone, that it could be days or it could be weeks. >> reporter: thats right, poppy, but malaysian and australian authorities already discussing next steps, what to do next, if they basically in the end rule out this narrowed area, which is essentially thei...

Today, potentially the final day of searching the part of the ocean investigators thought was their best hope. >> place they had to look because they had the pings, they had the inmarsat data, had the fuel consumption of the aircraft. >> reporter: crews so far covered 90% of a 6 mile radius area with the bluefin looking for the missing malaysian plane with no luck. nearly three weeks ago the towed pinger locator detected signals in close proximity thought to be from the planes black boxes. crews...

Breaking news as investigators are down to the last 10% of the designated search area. so far in that area no evidence of flight 370. the american navys underwater drone may be conducting its last in the area. miguel is in perth. what are you learning tonight? >> well, we believe that 12th dive is probably complete by now and theyre downloading the data and finishing it up. so presumably, they are through very close if not entirely the area of 150 square miles of the area around that second ping...