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Like to know, though, is that 20% area that hasnt been searched yet, i suspect that that aligns -- and i know it does align with the area thats deeper than what the bluefin can handle. so im encouraged also to hear that theyre bringing in more resources to rule that area out. but at this point, im just not as confident as i was before. i cant give you an answer as to why, but its not feeling right anymore for manager. >> michael, ill ask you the same question. given the resources that have been ...

Searching here. the underwater six-mile radius zone, considered the most likely area where the plane went down. >> if they were thinking, if you remember, that this was the bullseye that they were going to throw the one dart of the bluefin into the bullseye, i think its about time to expand that area. >> reporter: crews could finish searching that zone in the next day. if nothing is found, investigators will regroup but its not necessarily back to square one. >> we only have a specific amount of...

Michaela, a u.s. navy spokesperson telling cnn that the stakesholders in all of this are currently in the early stages of the next steps. things that have been talked about, probably broadening out the search area. maybe introducing more underwater submersibles into the mix. what theyre doing right now, theyre searching a six-mile radius around the second ping that was detected on april 8th. it was the strongest of the four signals that was picked up by the american-operated towed pinger locator...

Erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, two major plane stories were following at this hour, the mystery of how a teen flew more than 2,300 miles from san jose, california, to maui in the landing gear of a boeing 767. well see how he did this. it was 80 degrees below zero. first, the details in the search for missing malaysian airlines flight 370. were awaiting the bluefin-21 underwater search drone to finish its mission. that should happen any moment now and well find out did it find the plane? tonig...

Are asking, and they are also concerned about their image in the world. >> peter, theres a lot of folks now who are saying the whole search right now is focusing on this relatively small area based on the pings that came from one of the so-called black boxes which are really orange, as we all know by now. a six-minute, a five-minute ping and plus the inmarsat hand shakes, if you will, showing where the plane could have gone. but what if one of those assumptions prove out to be faulty, the pings ...

Perth, australia, and is following the latest developments. what is the latest, miguel? >> reporter: the latest is that the bluefin is down for its latest dive. well get a readout on that dive in about four or five hours as it typically happens. as it goes through the last bit of the promising area, if they cant find it there, they will have to go back to the drawing board and figure out a new plan. new pictures show bluefin-21 on the deck of "ocean shield," the best hope for finding missing mal...

Its far from the only place theyve spent time searching. weve shown you this. the search area in the indian ocean searching on a daily basis. authorities started searching march 18th, absolutely nothing anywhere. miguel perez is in perth tonight. miguel, what are officials telling you what they are going to do if we find out they saw nothing again, what are they going to do? >> reporter: well, they are going to reassess exactly what they are doing here. that ninth mission, its 115 square miles, ...

Mclaughlin. she is in perth, australia, this morning. 70% covered now but still hopeful about this final 30%. >> reporter: thats right, victor. this is an absolutely critical stage of this search effort. why? because they believe that this area is the most likely place where theyre going to find the black box. thats based on an albeit limited set of information, namely, that second ping that was detected on april 8th. the signal lasted some 13 minutes, but it was the strongest of the four signal...

Is the most likely place that they will find the black box based on the very limited information they have. namely, theyre really focusing in on the second ping that was detected on april 8th, a ping that lasted some 13 minutes. it was the strongest of the four signals picked up by the american-operated towed pinger locator. and what theyre doing right now is searching a 6-mile radius around the point of that detection. and as youve said, theyre two-thirds of the way through so far, and australi...

>> so, here is the bottom line -- if the blue fin 21 comes up empty next week, it will be time for all search crews hunting for flight 370 to stop, regroup and reconsider the whole search operation may need a reboot at that stage. so, i want to bring in aaron mclaughlin who is at the search base in perth, australia. as we hear this news, is it good news, is it that they have greatgreat er confidence that they are close to finding it or if they dont find it in the next week or so theyre looking i...