Transcripts for CNN CNN Special Report 20140407 05:53:00 : v

there is new optimism that this could finally pinpoint the whereabouts of flight 370 after more than a month now. joining us now from new york, aviation analyst les abin and michael kay. thank you, gentlemen, for joining us, from sticking around from the last couple of hours that you ve been with cnn. i want to start with you, michael, and get an idea what you make of this and how cautious you are being and how encouraged you re being as well. all of the above. i think the reality of this is what we ve seen so far since day one has rewritten the history book in terms of the way that accident and crash investigations will be conducted in the future. we ve effectively bypassed the haystack and we re zoning in on the needle, which is unprecedented in aircraft accident investigations. however, we do need to maintain the element of cautious optimism. yesterday during air chief