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And that means finding wreckage. as of now, they still haven't found anything that's anything to do with flight mh flight 370. the prime minister of malaysia was also briefed by those running the search operation here. angus houston, the australian in charge told him that the search was going on, there's no timetable behind it. but he also warned that -- and this is the first hint of perhaps a slight change of strategy, that if they continue to find nothing, then a new approach might be needed. back to you guys. >> nbc's ian williams in perth, thanks so much. >> with us now is dr. allen deale,...

Said we don't know what altitude it was. it could have been 12,000, could have been 35,000. so let's narrow that stuff down. i think that's what chuck hagel will be looking for, more specifici specificity. give me the numbers and tell me what those assumptions are so we can put our people on it and figure this out. >> reporter: it may be time for a desperate measure on the ocean floor. >> i hope they're thinking right now, let's get that pinger locator into the deepest, deepest trenches. let's eliminate the possibilities to say at least we know the pinger, if it was working, isn't in that tren...

Information, what does that mean to the airline industry, to the flying public at large? >> well, luckily the 777 has been around a while millions of hours of flight time by now and shown to be very, very safe airplane. on the other hand, having this big question mark out there does put a little bit over the whole industry until we find out what happens. three phases of the recovery. first phase is to make sure they can find parts of the airplane, which has taken at least three weeks so far. the second will be to, once they found that, to actually find out where the wreckage is. the third will...

Live look at the p3 orion from the royal australian air force just returning after searching this new search area in the south indian ocean. we're expecting a press conference led by lieutenant russell adams in just a few moments updating if pilots saw anything of interest, if they've marked anything. we know that they drop a smoke flare and then drop a gps unit in any case that they see something that hopefully the ships can get to to determine if it is part of malaysian airline 370. >> that pinger locater we have been talking about this morning is the best chance of recovering wreckage from ...

Girlfriend before then turning the gun on himself. neighbors say this is not the first time police were called to that home. the grandson is in critical condition. turning back to our top story here this morning. the search for malaysian airlines flight 370. time is so critical to find that data recorder under ideal conditions. i mean, those black boxes, as you know, could have just one week of battery life left at this point. >> could be the key not only to finding wreckage, but, of course, learning how the jet was lost. we're joined now by veteran aviation correspondent. dr. arnot, good to...