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Like i stated yesterday, depends on if they're getting assistance or not. when people go on the run like this, at some point in time they need help and we're telling people, you know, the only assistance in this case is to call us and let us know where this person is so we can resolve this. >> when was the last time anybody had any communication with him? >> bill: we were looking for new information and we're not getting a lot of it, shannon. a little more so here and there. one of the big challenges here, two of them, in fact, last seen in a white vehicle. you think about the sniper case in w...

Why not send it down now? i mean, the last ping was on tuesday. >> well, victor, you have to go back to how the australians have approached this operation since the very beginning when they really took the lead for the southern search. they've been slow. they've been deliberate. they've been methodical. and they're doing it the right way. so what air chief marshal young has said is they want to make sure they hear every possible ping before they move to the next phase, because once you move to the next phase, you can't hear any more pings. there are some search areas for the blue fin is being ...

>> well, a fuel flows a great deal between the altitude of 35,000 feet, you're using a smaller amount of fuel in comparison. if you're closer to the ground, you're burning three times as much, if not more, depending on the speed you're going and your flat configuration. it could have a dramatic effect on where the plane is. what you could do is say this is where the last ping was. you get that time and say what is the fuel flow required to have that aircraft fly for that amount of time and then you can maybe extrapolate from there. but that is something that you would need the aircraft manufac...

Partial hand shake they're calling it. >> we've had six pings where they know the plane tried to connect to the satellite, and we know they were confirmed. and then there was the seventh, the partial ping. they couldn't say, and they were quite open about it, they couldn't say why, and they couldn't say the significance of it. today, they said that they don't believe this partial ping was done by human intervention. in other words, this last ping only eight minutes after the previous one -- >> 8:11 a.m. was believed to be the last communication from this aircraft. >> the sixth ping, yes. the s...

Or the fusile fuse lodge? >> that is heavy so it is unlikely it would float. the tail is lighter so there is an option. and the center fuel take, if empty and sealed, it would float. the wing tends to fill with water and sink. >> if the last ping was picked up six hour that would be about out of gas when you consider kuala lumpur is six hours from