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Look at it. they could then send either remote control vehicles down or if necessary divers to recover the boxes. >> this is the flight data recorder. >> that's right. >> that's where they are in the tail. >> they are in the tail. if they're not in the tail they're certainly close by and they should be able to recover them pretty quickly if this is indeed an accurate report. >> if they do detect they find this flight data recorder tom, how quickly will the information that's buried in here be able to be decoded or whatever and discovered maybe there's clues in there. >> generally, wolf it's ve...

To australia. they might find that the boxes are damaged. they might need to take it to france or to the united states. >> all right, guy, thanks very much. good discussion. we'll continue our investigation. appreciate it very much. still ahead, the race against time. we have new details about the hunt for the so-called black boxes. could searchers be close to a breakthrough? and the grand jury decision that sparked outrageous across the nation. now a member of that grand jury has filed a lawsuit that may stir even more controversy.

And based on what they've said they required and needed from us we've gotten -- >> have they asked for it? >> no. >> so this report that the indonesian navy -- admiral from the indonesian navy says they found what looks like the tail of the aircraft that contains these so-called black boxes, is that -- what do you know about that? >> we have seen those same reports and certainly hope it's true. but we don't have anything to confirm it is true. >> you haven't 100% confirmed that it is the tail? >> we have not. >> on the other hand you haven't seen any evidence it's not the tail? >> that's corre...

One reason is the weather. the heaveing waves make it less stable and can damage it. another factor the noise. >> in this area the water is so shallow you can't get away from the noise of the ship dragging whatever instruments so the ship is making noise, the waifs make a lot of noise and the waves make a lot of noise and all of that -- now you're trying to listen for a whisper. >> reporter: if the locator is not effective or can't be used or if searchers already know where to look a side scan sonar which map debris could help find them. search teams in the java sea are already using that. >> ...

Vital search for the so-called black boxes. but the captain is nervous about the weather. i feel a heavy moral burden, he says i have a responsibility to keep those on board safe but it's so important to help find bodies and debris. larger ships can cope with these conditions, he says. but this is not a large ship. sector four of the search zone, the contact boat is in sight. time to hand over the equipment. easier said than done. one of the men who's in charge of that equipment was going to jump across but he doesn't want to. he said it's simply too dangerous. next job, transferring it will b...