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Have been heard. they have been searching where the pings were heard and now say the pings are believed to no longer have come from the so-called black boxes. let's talk to former ntsb managing director and tom fuentes, former fbi assistant director. it's pretty shock iing, when yo think about it, early on, everybody talking about the four pi pings coming from the black box, voices saying, not so fast. they weren't the same megahertz or ping boxes supposed to deliver. they said, well, maybe the ocean changed that a little bit. they were pretty insistent those were the pings for the black boxes...

Experts. cnn aviation analyst, peter goelz. cnn afteruation analyst, michael kay. aviation consultant, ken christianson. geoffrey thomas, editor in chief of airlineratings.com joining us from pauaustralia. peter goelz, they're going to move this underwater search a little further north based on what, the second ping as opposed to the strongest ping? is that what they're going to do? >> that's exactly right. i think they're obligated to do that. the australians made a big deal about the pings. they've said this is the right spot, the investigators have said this is the right spot. they've got t...

And supported by congress because it's a system that has to work together. it's important that not only that it's there but it integrates with the existing traffic control systems. i'm concerned about having a knee-jerk reaction. it's tough when you throw in another party there wasn't there before without planning. i worked on next gen for seven or eight years before it game real. >> so logistically it could be an issue. my concern is, this isn't really what i want to hear. i want to hear that the black box is going to be put in these inflatable -- these emerging units like you have in the mil...

That is going to be getting the boxes, unfortunately. >> okay. >> that there's really nothing -- there's no other data points we're going to have if we had more data track, if we saw an extremely steady course, then that might lead us to be a little more comfortable thinking that. but outside of having that, which we don't, the next step is, go near the place you're going to find that information is in the boxes, unfortunately. >> in your experience that was exactly what changed the investigation for the understanding of what happened to air france flight 447. >> as far as we know those are th...

These sounds are coming from the so-called black boxes, then the next phase of the search will begin. and that is to actually go underwater. now, many people are wondering what will happen with the black boxes once they are found. according to international protocol, it is the country to which the airline belongs to in this case malaysia that will take charge, that will lead the investigation. but the malaysian police chief has already come out and said they actually don't have the expertise to open that black box to read that information. so they will be looking elsewhere for that expertise. ...