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>> pieces of the jigsaw being put on the table until we finally get the picture. >> one last question, richard. does everybody involved in this who is a genuine bona fide expert concur on one thing, that if you find the wreckage you solve the problem? you solve the mystery of what brought it down? >> oh, no question, yes. find the wreckage, you find the black boxes, find the black boxes, you know what was happening on all the engines and all the systems. find that and the voice recorder you find out what happened. >> on the black boxes is there a ticking clock? eve read there may be seven days...

447, to make the assumption they were pinging at all. and so overlook an area. go over and scan someplace thinking well we're not looking for anything but a ping. but what they should be looking for also as they're looking for that ping is with cameras down there checking to see what else is done there as well. >> keith wallzinger, what is your reaction as a pilot who flies 777s to what you've just heard? >> well, a lot of cases batteries don't last the full-length of time that they're supposed to do due to storage conditions or environmental conditions as he just said. the emergency locater t...

At the end of its fuel line, it's in extremis. that's the point upon which the plane is going down. >> we've got john ostrow on the line now. can you hear me now? >> cane hear you. >> this report about the partial ping. i suppose the key interpretation of this, depending on who you talk to, is does it indicate perhaps more mechanical failure than a more nefarious reason for why the plane went down? >> that's the key to understanding this ping. really what investigators are looking at right now what is the significance? what actually causes a partial ping on the aircraft. what's really importan...

Anyone really thought it was even going to be two weeks ago. >> john ostrower, thank you very much. richard, let's come back to you quickly. you said that yesterday. is there anything with this partial ping today slightly change your thinking? all we can go on is each piece of new information. >> and i'm in the middle. nefarious but i can also see the evidence for mechanical. and i can argue as john just said, i can knock each one of those down. what i do want to point out is that if you look at the map that we were shown today by the authorities, you see the way the plane circumnavigated the ...

Very tough conditions, piers. they are under the gun and they are pressing forward. >> and kyung, the key development in the investigation itself appears to be this revelation that there was a final partial ping that they believe came from the missing plane. what do we know about this? >> reporter: well, it's not completely understood. so the impact on the actual search is unknown right now. the way it's being read here on the ground is that they're going to keep moving forward, that it's a partial ping. it appears to be some sort of offline communication. it's not really quite understood. so ...