Just moments ago. Officials telling cnn, quote, analysis of the photos is enough not to warrant further analysis of the material. What was the material . Well, it was found near augusta, australia, about a thousand miles from the current underwater search site. The object described as an eightfoot tall piece of metal and fiberglass. But as the underwater search comes up empty again tonight, new questions raised about whether theyre hunting in the right place. By mh 370 may have landed and not crashed. The answer according to australias Prime Minister, the plane went down somewhere in the indian ocean. But they havent found anything yet. In augusta almost four hours south of perth, the southwest tip of the country. Near where that possible debris was found. Miguel, how seriously were officials taking this piece of debris . Well, very, very seriously. Look, police got it from this very emote and very beautiful part of australia, all the way up the coast to perth. Tells us one police officer. They also took photographs of it. And im sure those were sent around the world, including probably boeing airline in the u. S. , and certainly officials in canberra as they tried to determine whether it was. I can tell you police here and the public that we have already seen walking along the beach here, they have been watching for week news to see if anything from that airliner washed up on shore. It will come as perhaps not great shock, but certainly a little frustration on everyones part that this does not seem to be part of it. Erin . Miguel, thank you very much. Miguel, to emphasize, miguel is there too. They really did take this incredibly seriously. Joining me via skype is commander mcevoy of the new zealand air force. Commander, are you 100 sure that the object that miguel was just reporting on near augusta in australia is not from the plane . The only information weve got at this stage, erin, is the same information that youve got. The photos are being analyzed. And ive got nothing further. So if it is a piece, it will be great. But unfortunately, i dont think it will be. So people are hoping, right . Because it had washed up on shore, that it could have indicated there was debris. Thats what youve been searching. Now its been 48 days since this plane went down. The underwater search in the most promising area is almost done. Theyre close to done. Are you starting to lose hope . No. As you see day 48, the crews are raring to go. Its disheartening on the one hand that we havent found anything. But every day that we search, we manage to cover another area that we can say, you know, we dont need to go back to that area. We have searched that. So its a slow, progressive search. But thats just what searches are all about. So its slow progress. And when do you think the underwater search because right now theyve been searching in that area. The second ping, they said this was the most promising area. They were very enthusiastic, right . Theyve been using the towed ping locator and now theyve been down with the bluefin. When are they going to be done in that area . Again, i dont have the details on the underwater search. I know with reference to the air search that well be out again today there is another eight missions that we have planned for. Its approaching an zac day. That wont stop the crews tomorrow. The weather hasnt been great the past two days. Had to actually cancel some missions yesterday. But crews are ready and focused, raring to go today. Because of this Big Development today, that there was this debris that they thought might have been a piece from the jet, does this make you think that perhaps there could be debris still on the surface . Because you know a lot of people had said to us experts, at this point there could be no debris anywhere. The fact that they thought they might have had it on the beach sort of maybe changed the parameters. I dont think there is anything unusual about the. Its been going for seven weeks as you said. You havent actually managed to sight anything in terms of aircraft debris associated with the airplane yet. So its a difficult, challenging environment. But the crews are able to search in those environments. Theyre well used to it. The aircraft has recently been upgraded to support that so well be going out again today. And well be continuing on for as long as is necessary to try and find something so we can get some closure for all the people involved. Commander, thank you very much. For joining us this morning your time. Richard quest joins me from kuala lumpur. You heard the commander, miguel is down in augusta, australia because this is how seriously they took the lead. They thought this might be it. Everybody was there. Everybody was analyzing the pictures. Theyre not giving up. Theyre looking at everything. What is the next move . That we could still have a piece of debris wash up on the beach and the whole world think this is it and be wrong . Absolutely. But the way that you often do get these incidents taking place is exactly debris washing up on shorelines. So the fact that it would be a piece of debris on a shoreline is not a huge surprise, erin. Obviously, the fact that there is not a lot of debris, the fact there has been no debris, it would make it somewhat unusual. Debris washing up as such is one of those issues that does happen with plane crashes at sea. In terms of the wider search, now it really does get much more difficult, because once bluefin has completed the ten kilometer radius around ping number 2, they have to rethink. Do you start going around all the other pings down in the south indian ocean in that area . Do you regroup . Do you restrategize . But theyre up to the task. They have known since they began that this moment might come. And this is what they do for a living, these people. They are professional. So they will go back, look at the data, and decide where next. And richard, what is your bet on that, where next. Still going to stick in the southern indian ocean, or are they going to open up and consider something more broadly . I think that they will continue in the area where they are for the time being. For the very simple reason that it is the best hope that theyve got. Its where the inmarsat data pointed the plane would be. Its where the endurance fuel of the aircraft took it. Its where the pings are located. If you start to natural house apart, youre left with very little ideas. Certainly ideas searching up in kandahar and looking for landing sites and anything else like that simply are not run as compares to what theyre looking at the moment. Thank you very much, Richard Quest will be with you in a moment. Outfront, that big question we raised with no debris. There is a big question about whether that plane may have actually landed somewhere. 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Helping this big country move ahead as one Norfolk Southern hows that function . Tonight questions about whether Malaysia Airlines flight 370 could have landed somewhere. Australias Prime Minister tony abbott was asked about that earlier today. I reports that mh 370 may have landed and not crashed. Well, i have no advice whatsoever to suggest that there is any truth at all in that. Our expert advice is that the aircraft went down somewhere in the indian ocean. It has been 48 days since the plane vanished, and still not one piece of debris has been found that promising piece that weve been looking at all day, as we said just moments before this program confirmed that they say it is not the plane. Joining me now are aviation analyst Arthur Rosenberg and jeff weise and les abend. Jeff, let me start with you. There have been some reporting out of asia to that end about the plane being intact. Why do you think there is a chance that that could be the case . Well, in the absence as we noted many times, in the absence of any debris or wreckage, the only reason we have to believe that the plane is in the Southern Ocean is the assurances of the authorities. Now, we have heard reference to this inmarsat data. We dont have that data. dont have the analysis, and we dont know what assumptions were put into it to produce this search area. All we have had to go on is the assertions by the malaysians and the australians as well. And you remember the language that tony abbott used when he assured, he spoke before parliament, he went up to china and told the chinese that it was very confident that we were on the verge of finding this plane. Those promises have come up empty and left a lot of people wondering what were those assumptions. What was that analysis . Why did they say the plane was here in the first place . Arthur, there has not been a single piece of debris found. That is why these reports and these stories, you saw the facial reaction on the Prime Minister of australia. There are people and family members who are very seriously asking that question because there has been no proof to the contrary. Look, the bottom line is that its certainly understandable why people are saying what they have gone, may have gone the northern route and is intact. Or beached on an island in the indian ocean. Thats another one. But we do have the inmarsat data, the radar data with performance data. Well also have the pings. All of these coalesce in an area that shows a likely crash zone for the airport. I say if this plane landed intact or somewhat intact, which it may have done, it was in the south indian ocean. Right. So intact could be in the ocean. Obviously, the questions asked was may have landed and not crashed was the way that was phrased. 48 days and no signs of the plane. Are you confident the search area is correct . And would the only way to explain why there is no debris be that it really is intact in large part as a single or a couple big pieces on the bottom . I mean, none of us are confident about anything as part of this investigation. But everything, if you go by this is accident investigation. This is part of the process. We doubt things. You know, when we dont have enough information. But i contacted inmarsat, and i listened to the whole process that they went through. And its incredible. So you actually have spoken to them and talked through this process. Yeah. What did you find out . No one else has talked to them about this. Well, he explained to me the whole process on how they got to the satellite. Its a very specific satellite. Its got a specific wobble to it. They checked other aircraft that were in the same position. Nothing matched up in the north. It all matched up in the south. And all of the sudden they readjusted the search area, as you know, about two or three weeks ago. And all of the sudden they got pings. Where are these pings coming from . Well, pings obviously is significant. But what youre saying, richard, what youre hearing les saysy havent heard anyone else get that far with inmarsat that they actually walked him through what the satellite was like, how it wobbled, how it matched the plane, how they have looked at other planes and the possibility of going north. It was a lot more than trigonometry that led them to believe where this plane is from inmarsat. I have decided to humor jeff weise today. Its raining in kuala lumpur. Okay, jeff, lets assume youre right for the purposes of this discussion. We do know that the plane flew for several hours afterwards. Ignore the positioning of the inmarsat. Straight forward handshakes. We know the plane communicated for six to seven hours after the turn. We know that. That is a fact. So, jeff, where would it have landed in that environment . Bearing in mind its a 777, bearing in mind the countries in the northern corridor have already have checked the facts. They have already announced that there has been no debris found on the ground, that there has been no sightings of it at any airports. You cant put this thing down on a beach and hope to get away with it. Diego garcia is not a runner, besides the fact it is too far. Its a military base. So put it all together, jeff, and i cant see that youve got a 777 with 239 people that youre going to be able to put on the ground and get away with it. Thats an excellent point. I want to speak real briefly to what les said. In slate last friday we ran a piece. I talked to many experts. Let me go to less point. And give me a chance to address what richard is saying there are people who have come up with scenarios where it could have landed in the beach off the water, right . Are there places that you think it legitimately could have landed to address richards question . I do. Let me answer richards question real quickly this way. This started out like a tom clancy novel. It was unlike anything weve seen before. It looked like a very deliberate and intentional and clever act where they departed from the gap in the radar coverage where it would be easiest for them to slip away. I think we should expect something unlikely to have happened with this flight. I dont think we should look to high probability outcomes like a crash in the ocean, things weve seen before like suicides. We should expect something strange and unusual to have happened. And yes, we have to really stretch our imagination to figure out how you doh you get a plane through all this radar kind of coverage. But to say its hard to imagine its hard to imagine how it could have been done, its different than saying it couldnt have been done. Jeff has done analysis of the inmarsat data, raising a lot of questions. But youre saying they did look and compare the plane to other dots going north. All those comparisons were done. Seven. Seven planes. This airplane, those handshakes were from that airplane. Thats the bottom line. And it did fly for as richard said between six and a half to seven hours afterwards. And they took all the calculations, the data, stuff that ive looked at in my own manuals to see where the airplane might have ended up. To me, this is the best data we have. All right. Landing somewhere else, its tough to hide a 650,000 pound airplane. Thanks to all of you. We appreciate it. Still to come, with no black box, how every crucial plane could be crucial. So if that piece that washed up on the beach was it, if thats all they had, could they find out who did it . And a teen flying in the wheel well of a plane for five hours surviving. For the first time were going to see what that landing gear looks like tonight. Defiance is in our bones. Defiance never grows old. Citracal maximum. Calcium citrate plus d. All stations come over to mithis is for real this time. 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Early reports we just have in tonight indicate the debris is likely not from the plane. We are still, though, awaiting official word. Without real physical evidence, how can investigators piece together what happened . Would that one piece of debris have been enough to answer the question of what happened and who did it . Once again, Miguel Marquez is out front. Steer 319. Reporter if and when mh 370 is found, the hard work will begin. This is a huge, huge crime scene. Reporter forensic pathologist laurence says collecting evidence monumentally tough but crucial. Youve got to gather up the evidence and try to reconstruct the events as to how what happened to the plane. Reporter the flight data recorder tracking dozens of plane functions for the entire flight if found should provide a trove of evidence. But investigators will want to see more. While we might see that systems are turned off and turned on and courses changed and courses are altered and altitudes change, we wont necessarily know who did it, unless we investigate the cockpit. Reporter if anything is left, the cockpits interior, who was in it, even the door could answer the question, was there a struggle. I think there needs to be an inspection of the door that locks the cockpit, because if in fact somebody was trying to break into the cockpit, there would be evidence easily observable on the door itself. Reporter the cockpit voice recorder could be revealing, but it records over itself ever two hours. The critical piece about 40 minutes into the flight. It wont be there. You dont get the bits where it first changed course. And thats what we really want. So we dont know who changed course. We dont know wh