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Kilometers of that black box. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on mh-370. >> reporter: he also went on to say that he was not going to give further details about the search until his meeting with the chinese president, xi jinping later today. the search continues in earnest. angus houston, the man responsible for coordinating this international effort releasing a statement today in which he said that the "ocean shield," the american vessel, is continui...

Marinetraffic.com, which tracks vessels on the ocean's water, that it actually had moved into the search area. the "hms echo" had moved into the search area around where they think the black box pinger is located, and the "ocean shield" had actually moved out of the area by some kilometers, and that could be significant, given that the british vessel, the "hms echo" is equipped not just with sensitive audio detection equipment, but it's also equipped with equipment capable of mapping the ocean floor. now, we reached out to australian officials for comment on this. they say they are looking int...

[ inaudible ] -- perth released a statement this morning, in which he said the "ocean shield" with the american pinger towed locator is still trying to detect signals, but no mention of the british vessel, the "hms echo" that we also know is in the area. and that's perhaps interesting. we were on a website called mari marinetraffic.com, which tracks marine vessels, and showed as of three hours ago, the "ocean shield" had moved out of the search field that they are looking at for this pinger. it moved out by some kilometers, and then the "hms echo" had moved into the center. now, that's interes...

Has shrunk dramatically. and it is so much smaller than it was, just a matter of days ago. whether it is a few kilometers or whether it is 20 or 30 square kilometers or even more, no real certainty on that. certainly with those four ping, and also the arrival there of that british naval ship, the "hms echo," which can look at the bottom of the ocean as well and send out its own ping, down to the surface, to see if there's any wreckage down there. there's optimism here they will find the wreckage. the complicater is this silt we have discussed in the past on the bottom of the ocean floor, which...

Using technology to scan for underwater pings on loan from the u.s. navy, also the british sh ship, "hms echo" is in that search area now as well, using its technology to try and map the ocean floor and also try and detect any further signals from the beacons from that missing malaysian airliner. hopes were elevated, as you mentioned, earlier today by the australian prime minister, tony abbott. he's on official visit to china. take a listen to what he said earlier today. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are fro...