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Equipment now, most of the time we are using auv, on the air france flight we were using auv because the topography was better for towing sonar. but auv is a carrier, also, the so sonar, the same kind of equipment. that is the only way to see something under water because you dont care about the light, if it is dark or not with the sonar. you dont need any light. and you have the swab, which could be pretty big, much bigger than the towing sonar, the auv, more power, the battery cannot give the ...

That long. moving on to a look what is actually looking for the black box. you have a surface ship, in this case an australian ship, towing the t.p.l., the towed pinger locator. the depth that it is being towed at, about two miles from two miles underneath the surface, thats how far this thing is underwater, under the surface of the water. and it will sweep back and forth, the surface ship will, in paths that are approximately two miles apart. it is an incredibly slow process and its so far not ...

Done? dropping of an anchor where they would have heard that site? how do they get others to duplicate that path? >> a great question. it matters how the chinese located -- were giving a havent gender location, 1010 degree 1010 -- 101 degrees west. 257 degrees south, something like that. and you know, i dont know if they dropped a, if they got that through gps. its one thing to know where the surface ship is nap they were towing some sort of listening device, youve got to know where that is and ...

How do other conditions impact the underwater search that would take place? >> well, now, of course, youre talking about towing this from a surface ship. so the surface ship is not only going to be affected by the winds, but theyre going to be affected by the seas. and, again, as i think your bureau of australian meteorology guest mentioned earlier, the seas down here are pretty challenging. today, it looks like a pretty good day. a pretty good day means seas like about 7 feet. so from your floo...

Surface ship has been able to locate them. >> thats the frustration for searchers. they know the time is running out to find the flight data recorders. the pings they send out will start fading over the next few days. the batteries will end up dying after 30 days. retired lieutenant michael kay is back with us. alongside him is christine denison. she is an ocean explorer and logistics expert. >> i want to start with you about this new potential discovery. 122 pieces of possible debris or at leas...

Government when this is all happening in their backyard. malaysia is next to thailand. if they discover this, you would think all the countries were sweeping their radar data. their surface ships data, everything, just to find out where this plane is. but i agree with greg on the arson theory. i investigated arsons and fires for more than 35 years and you know, thats the kind of analysis i feel like back in the command post. guys like greg are the guys that are in there. they have the knowledge....

There. and we would not do that under the circumstance. and secondly what is available to us. and more likely is to stand off in the med terrannian and surface ship submarine and used precision guyeded ammunition in syria that will be of value to him. i believe we should use this opportunity not to make a statement attack but eliminate and degrade one of his major capabilities and the first one he values is air power. this is six major air fields and take the infrastructure down and ammunition a...

Shootings. the president is in hartford, connecticut tonight. he will address a gun control rally in a few minutes. when he is done he will welcome several sandy hook families on board air force one to washington where they will lobby capitol hill on tuesday. will they be successful. the u.s. navy is preparing to test a new weapon that has been a long time coming. a solid state laser cannon will be mounted aboard a recently retrofitted surface ship for the first ever laser gun at sea. north kore...

Would pump the oil up to the surface ship. jenna: we understand that there is another investigative hearing taking -- taking place outside of new orleans. who is talking and what are they saying? >> reporter: everybody associated with the transocean-owned rig the deepwater horizon, as well as the renters of that rig, that would be bp. right now ron sepulveda is on the stand. he was the well site leader. he testified that his shift ended on board that rig four days before the april 20th explosion...

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