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Searchers may need to revisit even the most fundamental data which could mean a re-look at the marsat data looking at the search zone. that is very important as we chart our next course. reporter: one area that could be eliminated is search by air, is it still relevant? if they find the slightest piece from that aircraft, it would give them some closure on what s going on. it s an extraordinary difficult decision to make on a daily basis at that. i wouldn t want to be the one having to orchestrate this extraordinarily complex search. reporter: jean casares, cnn. is it time to send in reinforcements for the lonely bluefin robot on its 12th dive, at depths it was not designed to reach. joining us, christine, that s a ....
Another incident where someone who workforce afghan security forces apparently is shot and killed. these people, we saw something similar just a few weeks ago in eastern afghanistan when an afghan security official shot and killed two american journalists. just before that, also, a french journalist t shot and killed in a taliban attack. kate? when you listen like that it seems to get worse and worse. barbara starr, thank you so much. thank you. let s turn now to the latest on the search for flight 370. the bluefin-21 is more than 90% done in scanning the focused search zone it was working on. the underwater drone is now in its 12th dive. still no sign of the plane. and it turns out that metal object of interest found wednesday on australia s west coast did not come from the missing jet, they say. let s get to erin mclaughlin in perth, usaustralia. erin, what does this all mean ....
Bluefin-21 at the moment and this ongoing underwater search. as of this morning, it was on its 12th dive. about 90% of this narrowed search area completely scoured and ruled out. and officials are focused now as well on what comes next once that entire search operation has been completed, poppy. so, that is the question, what is next? the weather there not ideal once again in terms of that aerial search, but they re focusing, as you said, under water, but they only have that bluefin-21. do we know yet if they are bringing in other unmanned submersibles? reporter: well, it s certainly something that the australian and malaysian authorities are discussing. we know that they are right now trying to hammer out some sort of longer-term agreement based on a proposal from malaysian officials that would involve broadening the search area, potentially introducing more underwater assets to the search. ....
Back to the bluefin-21 and the underwater efforts. we understand as of this morning it was on its 12th dive having traversed 90% of the very narrowed search area, the area that they say is their best guess as to where the black box may be and with that ruled out, australian and malaysian authorities already considering next steps that we understand there in the process of hammering out an agreement possibly to broaden the search area and introduce more underwater submersibles into the mix. we understand that agreement is expected by the end of the week. chris? erin, i ll take it. . thank you. joining us now is cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo to discuss more. mary, i hope you were able to get a look at that picture as well. it s the first time we re seeing this object of interest. obviously i am not a trained eye. would it be easy to mistake that for debris? sure, it was white in color ....
Breaking news as investigators are down to the last 10% of the designated search area. so far in that area no evidence of flight 370. the american navy s underwater drone may be conducting its last in the area. miguel is in perth. what are you learning tonight? well, we believe that 12th dive is probably complete by now and they re downloading the data and finishing it up. so presumably, they are through very close if not entirely the area of 150 square miles of the area around that second ping. that then raises the question what next. will they continue to do a little more searching around that area? are there places they want to get to, or will they move on to another area, or even possibly reset the search entirely. erin? and miguel, that s just incredible to reset the search entirely. but i guess they have to look at that, because the area you re talking about, it s not just any ....