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Left, the 20% that is left, is much deeper than the other part that they've already searched. it's harder to examine. they might be bringing in some different equipment as well. the bluefin might not be able to do that so we're looking at perhaps even manned submersibles, but they're looking at different equipment to go down there and get to those depths and finish off that first. it's only the first but finish off the first search area. >> we hear the aussies are thinking about asking for more help. they're entering into an express agreement with malaysian authorities that does involve, among...

Helicopters could go off of, any u.s. naval vessels, helicopters or other planes could go off of to try to aid in the search once an area is found? >> well, i should mention, this is a coordinated international effort. and everything we have done has been by request. so at first even when we sent our first ship in and the first helicopters, that was all by request of the malaysian government. so the u.s. navy, part of our role is to support all the nations in this region. if we're requested we'll certainly look at those options. but really at this time, yes. that's true. >> commander marks, i ...

Frequencies we can pick. we'll put it in some water. as soon as it's in the water -- >> it starts making the sound. >> that's all it is. it just has to connect that little plastic area, just the connectivity between the two pieces of metal. >> you're saying the sensor on the pinger is essentially a microphone? >> yeah, it's basically a microphone. it's listening for a pulse of that frequency in the bottom of the ocean, which is very distinctive. it's hearing it and it has controls and things like that. >> david gallo, the depth and the terrain in this new search area, what's it like? what have...

>> well, the our oceanographers and the navy as you could expect has some of the best oceanographers in the world. we're working very closely with some of the people at the base center. and the critical part, if we do find debris, is this reverse plot. the reverse engineering of of the wind and sea state and current to get the starting point. that's really waste critical. finding the debris in and of itself is okay. but it's working backwards from that starting point in this area will be hopefully much better for that. >> i asked you yesterday based on some questions that we'd received about b...

Obvious. >> the fact that these were spotted biplanes as opposed to satellites which take days to reposition which take days to analyze, that certainly -- in that old search area there weren't any objects spotted biplanes. >> we saw them by satellites. there were two i think spotted biplanes on one day, a green and orange item. but nothing more than that. the fact we've seen so much spotted, it's still a vast area. it's still got a long way to go. but they are quite confident. if you liston what the new zealand force has said in that report, they are quite confident that at least they're getti...