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Prime minister, yes. but in the reports of angus houston and the fact they actually have pings, some of them as long as two hours plus, thats pretty good. there have been other accidents. based on other accidents in the past, sometimes they dont have that much to go on and theyre still able to get those black boxes. i think theres cause for optimism, but no matter how many pings you get, you still have to have a -- its long, hard work to get those submersibles down there and actually find the bl...

Something but still a lot of work ahead, guys. >> all right. will ripley, thank you so much for the update. we appreciate it. and lets discuss the latest on the investigation with cnn aviation analyst and former inspector general with the u.s. transportation department. >> we have simon boxwell also with us, an oceanographer joining uses from london. mary, i want to start with you. there is this level of optimism because of the comments from prime minister tony abbott saying theres a high degr...

Of years ago. it crashed in january. they got the black boxes in august. the world record was in the indian ocean, 16,000 feet. they got those in two days. you never know how long the next step is going to take. >> simon, does it bother you they havent seen one piece of debris up to this point? >> no, not particularly. i mean, theyre looking for surface debris. lets face t over the past month, theyve been chasing rainbows. theyve been looking in the wrong place. its only in the last week that th...

Have to look at it with caution. this has been reported by xinhua, it has not been confirmed by the australian joint center working on all of this trying to coordinate everything. we have to wait and see what comes out of it. it would indeed be extraordinary if they are able to have located from the pinger from the aircraft itself. hopeful -- certainly. its going to raise a lot of peoples hopes but i really need to see it confirmed by someone else. i need to see confirmed again by the chinese, i...

The black box, hoping to get much needed answers first. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. all right. were going to continue the conversation now. weve got breaking news in from the chinese state news agency xinhua, that chinese patrol ship searching the area of the indian ocean has detected a pulse signal. >> a pulse signal. >> a pulse signal. thats as much as we know about this. so lets bring in an expert who can tell us more, simon boxwell, oceanographer wit...

Theyve located it, but i have to see more data. >> we welcome our viewers who are joining us from around the world as we now simulcast on cnns international network. were talking with simon boxwell who is an oceanographer with the national oceanography center. the question is, if not a pinger from a black box, simon, what else could send up this pulse signal, that according to the chinese state news agency xinhua a chinese patrol ship has detected in the south indian ocean? >> well, a lot of equ...