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And then there was this. is. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box. >> that is unwavering confidence despite the fact that the men heading u ining up the search te has been no major head way made in the search. it turns out it likely was not a ping at all.
The australian maritime safety authority and we have been doing this with the joint agency task forces. the drift models from the currents, they will look at satellite imagery and taking the data from the recent ping and joining those dots. so we're confident that we're in the right here, it's just that it's still a very large area, a very challenging search for us and it's day 36, as you said, and still no information. so we'll keep searching. >> well, you do have some information. you have four pings that are believed the prime minister of australia says is believed to have come from one of ...
>> absolutely, it will be another brick, if you will, that will help you determine where the plane was at its final resting place. every time they get another ping that was hugely beneficial. that is why angus houston said you don't get any second chances, he is going to be absolutely certain that the batteries were dead. >> and he estimated maybe a day or two more of listening for ping sounds before they give up on that and go under water. i wonder if they would extend that if they get a fifth ping. >> i think if they have any reasonable expectation that those batteries are still good and the...
Angus houston said the initial assessment of the signal detected yesterday afternoon, the so-called fifth ping, is not related to an underwater beacon. fran townsend, on the one hand we have the prime minister saying he's confident this is the black box they are hearing, but then you have, you know, angus houston saying the fifth so-called ping not happening. what's going on here? how confident should we be in any of this information? >> i think the head investigator angus is the person you want to take the details from. what you are getting from the prime minister is a general statement that ...
Search with the tpl for now. >> commander marks, good luck with the search, thank you so much. let's bring in tim taylor, sea operator, and david souci, analyst and author of the book "why planes crash" they're here with me. and cnn analyst, miles o'brien. tim, i want to start with you. the fifth ping is building confidence increasing the data map that could bring the searchers to the source. >> continue the pings, as long as you can get ping. the av work and ultimately rov work on this site, we have forever to do. we have limited days or hours as commander marks said on this. so get as much...