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Flight 370, the hunt abruptly moved closer to land. 700 miles away. here's an australian official on why the search shifted course. >> this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimated. resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> so crews on several aircraft did spot objects today floating in the water. they're now analyzing the photos of the items. plus, with the satellite photos from the different nations. with the weather good and them closer to land, you have to think by the w...

>> we have breaking news involving the missing malaysian airlines. nbc's bill neally is reporting that the search has taken a dramatic new turn based on a new credible lead. joining me now by phone from perth, australia is nbc's bill nealy. what is the latest there? >> wel >> reporter: well, australian investigators say they have the most credible lead so far to where the plane debris may be locate pd . investigators have looked back at the radar data and they have determined based on a new analysis of that that the plane was actually traveling much faster than we thought before, which has mea...

Soucie, mary schiavo and david funk. the plane was going a lot faster than previously estimated resulting in increased fuel usage, reducing the distance aircraft traveled south into the indian ocean by 680 miles. they seem to now be honing in from new information they've clearly received which they are taking very seriously to a much more specific area. >> well, if you remember where those pings were, they were mapping those pings based on an assumption. we were talking before about coming to a conclusion and making the facts fit. if they had not assumed that speed they would have had this inf...

Nine more plane and six ships will join in the effort today. >> australian authorities are shifting the search zone about 1,100 miles northeast of where crews had been looking. you see it there on the scene. they cite analysis of radar data. they say it indicates the plane may have been traveling faster than previously thought. therefore burned its fuel quicker. >> the new information is based on analysis of radar data about the aircraft's movement between south china sea and the strait before radar contact was lost. >> this indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimate...

We hear a lot of talk about the flight data recorder. they have an enormous amount of information about everything that is happening to this plane about the angle of the plane, where all of the flats are, every system on board is being recorded there. tremendous amount of information and voices from the cockpit so you can hear what is going on there. the problem is these do not transmit. they carry that information. they can be collected later to review an incident but they don't send out any information which brings us to one of the last systems we have to talk about because this is the reall...