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Black boxes. >> reporter: another day of searching above and below the water for signs of flight 370 is now under way. forget cautious optimism, the australian prime minister, tony abbott, is oozing confidence. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on mh-370. >> we are confident that we know the position of the black box flight recorder to within some kilometers. >> reporter: his tone stronger an...

Families want to know what happened to their loved ones, if and when those black boxes are found in the bottom of the indian ocean, their worst fear will be confirmed. and speaking of the black boxes, australian prime minister tony abbott in china today to update chinas president on the search for flight 370 but its abbotts tone about how things are progressing thats receiving a lot of attention. forget cautious optimism. australian prime minister tony abbott is oozing confidence. >> we have ver...

>> we are confident that we know the position of the black box flight recorder to within some kilometers. >> reporter: his tone stronger and more upbeat compared to the careful wording two days ago from the man coordinating the search. >> i think that were looking in the right area, but im not prepared to say, to confirm anything until such time as somebody lays eyes on the wreckage. >> reporter: but with rumors flying, the black boxes were located overnight, angus houston released a statement s...

Plane. how long presumably would that take if, in fact, those pings were coming from those two black boxes? >> well, if they had the pings narrowed down and they had them zeroed in, it could take a few days or couple of weeks. if theyre not able to reacquire the pings, its going to take a very long time. >> when you say long time, miles, could take weeks if not months. a lot of us remember the air france plane. they found wreckage within five days and took them two years to find the black box. >...

>> reporter: well, i think, you know, angus houston, the australian air chief marshal thats heading up this multinational effort, hes a very measured character. you know, he doesnt say things that he feels he may have to retract in a few days time or few weeks time. theres been a shift in the level of clarity since he started doing those press conferences. so he said hes much more optimistic this week, yesterday, than he was last week. and i dont think hed be saying that if he didnt have a prett...

Under water, theres a large propagation that that signal can effectively be heard. the equipment thats being used is very, very sensitive. it is picking up all manner of noises underneath the ocean. whether thats marine life, and, of course, in this particular case, a steady signal coming from something. but ultimately, its going to be hard to reacquire again because changes in water density, storms, they can all effect how that signal propagates. >> i take it, though, commander, youre much more...

After a month of deep frustration, the detection of pings in the indian ocean is being called the best lead yet and the u.s. navy now says publicly its cautiously optimistic. joining us on the phone, commander william marks of the u.s. navys seventh fleet. hes aboard the "uss blue ridge." commander, what do you think? have you found the plane? >> good morning. i cant quite say we found the plane yet. we are working around the clock to reacquire the signal. but there was some encouraging developm...

Time to search, but we havent had any reports of any potential debris from the plane being sided. it appears that some of the planes may finally be returning. so far, we havent had much luck. we havent heard either from the ships in the water. there are about nine ships and they are critical for hauling anything on board. they havent reported anything either. theyre still prepared to go out again tomorrow. >> when the investigators come and sort of brief everybody, is there -- do they feel disco...

Upbeat in spain where thousands have been celebrating the start of a season in a really big way. alicia cunya has more. >> reporter: this week they celebrated spring in noisy, colorful and spectacular fashion. dating back centuries, a worry to celebrate st. joseph, the patron saint of wood crafting. now sophisticated, obvious designed with laser technology and climbing up to nine stories high. most usually carry a double mean of satirical humor and political commentary. over the course of the we...

Best a four-hour flight each way, leaving only about two-hours of actual search time. these crews are under the gun to comb an area that habaneroed but is still the size of italy. even the cautiously optimistic australians say its like finding a need until a haystack. >> its an extremely remote part of the southern indian ocean, its about the most inaccessible spot that you could imagine on the face of the earth. if there is anything down there, we will find it. >> that assessment is upbeat comp...