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Most promising lead yet in the hunt for flight 370. i spoke earlier with commander williams marks, he's the public affairs officer for the u.s. seventh fleet. remember, the u.s. is the one controlling the pinger locators. we got him from yokosuko. this is the most encouraging news we've heard. tell us what we know. >> well, it is encouraging. u.s. navy counterpart did detect a ping signal, actually, over a pretty significant amount of time in the search area. at first the cpl, or code pinger locator, heard a signal about 300 meters. that's pretty shallow. but it still is encouraging because so...

Efforts to locate things visually. as far as actually finding the aircraft if debris is found so much emphasis is on the cockpit voice and data recorder with the pinging device sends out the signal for 30-days. the navy is sending in a code pinger locator. it is designed to be towed behind a vessel to pick up the pinging of the black box at 20,000 feet. it may be at the limit in the indian ocean. they might be brought to bear but first they have to get it to see if it can be ruled out or in. >> luge lou ziader, thank you. >> we are turning to 8 people now dead in the massive mud slide in washi...

Flights and we can rule out the northern pathway. none of the pinnings we gave one 11th match with the northern root they match with the southern route. the match is pretty much inescapable. >> that led malaysian airlines and the malaysian government to tell a family member that all hope is lost at this point. obviously distraught family members there. as far as the investigation is concerned this search will continue for the aircraft. what they are looking for is the plane's black box. to do that the navy is bringing in new equipment in the indian ocean. one of which is a code pinger locator....