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This is 4,000, 4,5000 deep. >> almost three miles. >> exactly. so i think to sort of suggest well, they haven't found it in nine searches. it must all be wrong. let's head off home. i think that's simply not realistic. and it doesn't adapt common sense. >> so jeff, what is your take on this? look, that's a fair point. air france on the flight 447, they had debris and it still took them years to find the plane. they didn't have pings, so it can be very difficult. they have indicated once they're done searching this promising area, and they're almost there. tonight the news we got a few minutes ...

Miles and telling a pinger locater two and a half miles down, you have to be within a couple of miles in order to locate it. the question is the wreck near the pinger locater? certainly the box is there. so yeah, i think we are within a couple of miles, the 2 1/2 hour transmission they received is seems like good news in terms of trying to locate this thing. >> let's talk about flight 447, a similar air incident. look at two pictures from air france 447. this is a look at the debris field. this is a clear picture of the engine on the ocean floor. can we eventually expect the same type of pictu...

The search for flight 370 has put a spotlight on all of the garbage floating in the world's oceans. while that trash has impacted the search with initially promising leads turning in to disappointing dead ends it may have more significance consequences. the story from cnn's stephanie elam. >> our oceans are littered in trash. it's unfortunate it has taken this human tragedy to highlight it. >> reporter: as search teams scour the ocean for debris from flight 370 the world is getting a look at the trash conditions of our oceans. several times, objects floating in the water thought to be from the...

The north atlantic. thank you for joining us. do you think that investigators are going about the search for flight 370 in the right manner? >> thank you for inviting me, don. first of all, yes, i think so. "titanic" did not have a ping er on it that we could listen and be guaranteed within a few miles of the wreck in order to know where it was. and given the fact this is a standard search procedure that the u.s. navy uses for its military planes and things like that, i really can't see any other options. >> so you think they are searching in the right area, jules? >> if they heard the pinger,...

Look at the black box information, they have already said they can't do it. so that leaves four nations that can. they probably will have all four help, australia, u.k., france and the united states. so if it is a transparent investigation and truly -- what they call the open-party system meaning boeing, malaysian air is a party and the government helps in the search for the black boxes will be parties. as long as it is transparent and open you can have some trust in the system. you know, that's what will be the key to having people believe it and having it have a useful product, something tha...