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Locating the sub is hard, especially from the air, because its white in colour. changeable weather and poor visibility will also pose a challenge to the teams. well, im nervous. im sick to my stomach with nerves. im terrified. im anxious. im not sleeping at the moment. im just hoping for good news. every single second, every single minute feels like hours — and were losing time and were losing opportunity to find them alive. the us coast guard has extended the search into deeper waters to look...

They work by detecting movements and sounds in the water or by bouncing a sonar ping off the surface of the vessel and listening for the returning echo. so its not only is it a small 6.7—metre vessel in very, very deep water in a large ocean, but its also near to the wreckage of the titanic, and if you think the titanic was actually over 290 metres long, and that wreckage is all over the place, and therell be some of that wreckage thats about the same size, so its exceptionally difficult. its ...

By propellers and machinery, which could also include the crew making noise — or whats called active detection, by bouncing a sonar ping off the surface of the vessel and listening for a returning echo. trapped inside are british citizens hamish harding, shahzada dawood and his teenage son suleman. shahzada is someone whos got an uncommon zest for life. he has a real sense of adventure. he has a real sense of exploration. in fact, he has a passion for exploration. also on board is a french vet...

>> absolutely, it will be another brick, if you will, that will help you determine where the plane was at its final resting place. every time they get another ping that was hugely beneficial. that is why angus houston said you dont get any second chances, he is going to be absolutely certain that the batteries were dead. >> and he estimated maybe a day or two more of listening for ping sounds before they give up on that and go under water. i wonder if they would extend that if they get a fifth p...

Spokespersons said it does appear to be a manmade signal. again, always caution but that would be ping number five. >> and were hearing now that that was the captain that gave the last word from the plane. are they sure about that? because initially they said it was the co-pilot and what leaked out arrest being ts being the le not in fact the last words, so how do they know it was the pilot? >> it really is extraordinary, really, that were still just getting confirmation on things like this. ini...

Or uncover something unexpected far closer to home. sometimes you might need to look back to see how you got here. and where you might be heading. and just when you think your journey has reached an end you will be surprised to find it is only just beginning. but you will keep going because it is your journey. wherever it goes. good evening, everyone, 8:00 p.m. here on the east coast of the united states, 8:00 a.m. off australias west coast, breaking news in the missing flight 370, a string of...

Field. one has already picked up four pings from the towed pinger locator. they drop a line down from a thousand feet and listen basically. it seems one of them got a hit, a ping from the frequency hit from the data recorder. that has given even more optimism to those searches. preliminary data, though -- >> lets talk about that preliminary data. i understand the testing was done overnight to try to analyze if the signal came from flight 370. do we know when well get an update on that, or when t...

The trouble is, you may only hear it if youre literally on top of it. its not something that resinates across the entire ocean and it depends on the thermal layers, how cold it is in the ocean, what temperature layers you have in the ocean, that can all inhibit the area of sonar, the hydrophones being dragged by ships, to pick up the sonar ping. in this area, the depth is another huge factor. were talking about two to three miles deep. interestingly, though, while theres a mountain range in this...