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Breaking news now on the hunt for flight 370. the bluefin-21 is wrapping up the sonar scan of the targeted search area. a dozen deep sea dives and no airliner. is the mission coming to an end? miguel marquez is joining us from perth, australia. what if the bluefin doesn't find anything? the search is almost over. how long before a wider search begins and is the bluefin immediately shipped out? >> reporter: bluefin will probably not be shipped out immediately. it's not clear that they will end the bluefin operation. there may be other areas that they want to get to. but when it comes to a wider...

We begin with the breaking news from the indian ocean. day one, using the underwater sonar scanning submersible bluefin-21. in a moment we'll take you down with it so you can see for yourself what it sees. first, though, the u.s. naval officer who is heading up bluefin operation. captain mark matthews. supervisor of salvage and diving. the bluefin spent six out of a possible 16 hours searching the seabed today. why was that? >> that's correct. it aborted its mission at about the six-hour point. what this vehicle was programmed to do was maintain an altitude of 30 meters while conducting a sigh...

Promising, they'll swap out a camera and send it back down and say take a picture of that. >> this oil slick. i want to get your take on it. they think they've seen an oil slick. they've taken a sample of it near the area. does that seem possible to you? do you think that's connected? >> there's a lot of oil slicks out there. we'll see. >> how long do you think the bluefin operation could negotiation david. the tpo operation went longer than what some may have expected. what are you expecting in this phase? >> there's no doubt we need to find the aircraft. and this is the starting point for wi...