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To see the chinese take an active role in trying to find this aircraft. >> 7,000 meters. and people go in that? >> that's right. it's a battery-powered submarine. it has a limited time on the bottom so it would have to be used for a targeted search. but they have the capabilities of reaching all of the depths. >> and then there is this one, that found the air wreckage of flight 447. how do these vehicles work? >> these are launched on a program so the operators locate a search pattern and then the vehicle is deployed, dives to the bottom, usually operates at 100 feet or more off the bottom and...

We don't know when. but they really need eyeballs. the first boat that's expected to get there is an australian navy boat won't be there for another perhaps day, day and a half, two days. so it's still a long way out before we get any real clarification, kate. >> all right. andrew steven, thank you so much for. that you talk about some of the efforts -- some of the challenges with mother nature and the currents and weather. we want to talk about all of that when we look at this satellite image that we're receiving from australian military. what exactly is floating in the water off the coast of...

Back to square one. >> if they get out there, they see the debris, they pick it up, they look at it, how do they make that link, that what is essential lly a blob on a satellite, how do they identify it as being from flight 370? >> they'll be hoping for some sort of markings, the livery itself will be critical. they'll be looking for any sort of debris which is specific to a boeing 777. that's the sort of things they'll be looking for. there may have been certain options or modifications or whatever done by malaysia which could help identify the plane. but a lot of it is going to be just looki...

Work to retrieve it is ongoing. >> investigators aren't saying what data was deleted or who deleted it. the deletion is not necessarily evidence of ill intent. as one user said, all of us use and delete files continuously. triple 7 pilot less aben said captain shaw may have felt there's not enough area on the hard drive. he may have deleted a training exercise. >> or he may have been embarrassed with his performance on a flight simulator and didn't want a memory of that particular occurrence. >> others say the deletion of data is unusual, even suspicious. the simulator manufacturer says space ...

>> he said they can still retrieve the deleted material, but if the simulator was used a lot during that month, it could have smudged the footprint. >> we'll have more on the search for flight 370 straight ahead. and we'll take a look at how a big plane bike th-- like that boeing 777 might have flown for hours without being constantly tracked. ike -- like that boeing 777 might have flown for hours without being constantly tracked. ke -- like that boeing 777 might have flown for hours without being constantly tracked. e -- like that boeing 777 might have flown for hours without being constantly...