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Australians might want to bring about requesting if theyre going to continue to search the surface for debris. >> that could take place smul t simultaneous, allen? >> absolutely. the surface debris and as everybody else mentioned, we are talking about the if you will listening to the pingers. i suspect the "echo" a submarine rescue and recovery vessel will probably start matchi inmapping location. >> miles, what do you expect this week we are likely to see in some sort of turning point of the in...

Further than that. its 160 decibels which thats as loud as a gunshot and ten times as much as the ocean requires to put hearing protection on for a human being. granted, this is underwater but the fact is, its a very loud sound. simulations we have heard are just that, simulations. at 36.5 or 37.5 kilohertz, thats as high as a dog whistle and encouraged with it. confident thats where the sound came from. >> allen, in your view, nows the time to bring in new air assets, air force assets made avai...

Share with you. by 39% theyre saying to more than 22,000 square miles. just yesterday, remember, that area had shrunk to 16,000 square miles, which was the smallest area thus far. >> today, 12 planes, 14 ships are scouring the southern indian ocean. this as you know is a dire ater attempt to find the black boxes, any part of this plane. >> joining us to discuss the latest, simon with the national oceanic center. >> and mary, a senior profiler. simon, starting with you, what do you make of this e...

Of questions to know in a month or two when we find it on the ocean bottom. it is important to remember theres three different searches going on. the first is surface debris. it seems to me the australians are trying to move the area around to check places they havent looked before. the second search for the pinger locaters. thats been successful. dont downplay the fact of solid contact. maybe within a week, the very meticulous search of the ocean bottom. >> you are not discouraged there isnt a ...

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...

How much more narrow do we need it before the robots go in. >> the thousand sand fofoot lev doesnt say its not here. it does say im getting something here, lets explore it. you look at the path where the ocean shield went and if you get this other pinger, lets look up here a little bit since we know theres some kind of signal there, lets find out if its legitimate and the lower level. >> weve forgotten how many aircraft are out looking for floating debris and theyve seen nothin nothing. >> again...

Hundreds of miles away. >> so captain gurley, if they never find any debris, does it matter in the search for those black boxes? >> well, carol, i think its important to remember -- to look at the fact were really doing two searches now. theres the search that is proceeding on the ocean surface for any floating surface debris that may have -- still be there for still floating around and dispersed by the winds and currents. but the second search is on the ocean bottom. thats the real debris field...

370. theres a usual process we have been used to in the past of doing that. usually it involves identifying surface debris and getting down on the ocean bed. >> how confident are you that this is 370? >> i still think that we have a few facts that we need to get our heads around. but in the absence of anything else, im confident the data and what ocean shield has picked up so far is going to lead us to the location. >> thank you for that. david, authorities have analyzed the signals from saturda...

Inspector general of the department of transportation. lieutenant colonel michael of the ministry of defense. and david, author of why planes crash. and editor in chief of airline ratings. michael, were now up to four signals since saturday. now confident are you that this is flight 370? >> well, the first priority here and the first priority from the outset has been to locate the final resting place of mh-370. theres a usual process weve been used to in the past. usually it involves identifying...

Theres no debris floating in this area? because this is like, you know, finding the needle before you find the haystack, really, if this is, indeed the black boxes. >> no, it doesnt concern me. given that were 30 days into this, i wouldnt expect to see surface debris in this area. but having spent enough time now, and having acquired the signal twice, which i think is very reassuring to us, that we pick a signal up and then we manage to reacquire the signal on a reciprocal course, that gives us ...