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Path of the plane. senior malaysian government source tells cnn it appears it went around indonesian airspace and the source says that move may have been intentional to detect radar detection. i want to bring in our panel for this hour arranged carr sonar expert and president of underwater search and survey. with me here is captain kit darby retired airlines pilot and consultant and mary schiavo, former inspector general for u.s. department of transportation. niece now an aviation attorney that ...

Bottom. >> do you think this is the black box or a natural phenomenon? >> im not a sonar expert, but i think if they are hearing something that is in that frequency range, then theres a chance this could be the black box, i think its a long shot, but i dont know the chinese operators. if the operators had herd this signal and i worked with the operators in the past. those guys are very good. and if they are hearing these pings and they get any sort of confirmation on it, then they have a very go...

There. i have been there. if we put our assets and search the ocean for a year or two, we would find it. that is very expensive. malaysia doesnt have that money. australia, the united states and international community. these are the questions that arise in my mind. how will you fund a longer term effort if we dont have any clues that lead us through a trail to that site. >> arnold carr, you are our sonar expert. what concerns do you have as to the feasibility of the costs being paid going forwa...

It will at least be a few more hours before we find out anything for sure. craig? >> katy tur for us in kuala lumpur, thank you. to get a better sense of what this reported ping detected deep below the oceans surface could mean in the search for that missing plane, i want to bring in arnold carr, the president of the american underwater search and survey. hes also a sonar expert. he joins us from monument beach, massachusetts, via skype. arnold, the joint command out of australia released a stat...

Use your $1,500 allowance to lease the 2014 cadillac ats for around $359 a month with nothing due at signing. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. lets gets back into the breaking news. chinese state news agency reports a ship has detected a pulse signal in the flight 370 search zone in the southern indian ocean. we are bringing back peter goelz and then a leading authority on the worlds ocean. michael kay is the british retired officer and richard quest is with us. arnold carr is with us....

Things that an experienced and professional pilot would do. later in the show, ill talk about crisis management expert lanny davis who is possibly advising the malaysian government on advising them. we have cnn analyst peter goles. we have greg stone, scientist at conservation international. we have lieutenant colonel michael kay joining us. a retired british military officer and richard quest is host of "quest means business." we have arnold karr joining us. he is a sonar expert. gentlemen, im ...

Oceans. richard quest is a cnn aviation correspondent and arnold carr joins us. how can they be sure the sound is from a pinger, greg? >> we clearly need more information. i would like to see what kind of hydrophone which is the instrument you hear these things on. an underwater microphone. see which type of hydrophone they are using. a readout and our sonar expert here is probably better equipped to actually look at that. you have to keep in mind there is a lot of sources, potential sources, in...

Oceangraphic gear. we use gear all the time. those are some of the things that come to my mind. again, those could be canceled out if we had more information. >> let me ask arnold carr, you are our sonar expert. what might be triggering this if not the black box? >> it could well be something ship board. a depth sounder. especially longer range, you need a lower frequency that could be down to about 50 kilohertz, which would be within the range of what that hydrophone or device they are using re...