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What else could it possibly be? >> well, angus houston did not have an a answer for had that question. the ocean, the depths that we are talking about is about three miles deep, which is extremely deep, when we are talking about deep ocean waters, sound travels in an inconsistent and funny way. they are being cautious, they want to see signs of wreckage, especially considering the hopes and thoughts of the relativess and families and friends of those missing on board the plane. >> all right, it is 2:35 in the afternoon there in perth, australia at this point. >> and off the country's western c...

Welcome back to cnn's breaking news coverage of the search for flight 370. officials are calling this their most promising lead yet. two separate signals consistent with black box frequencies detected overnight by a u.s. navy pinger locator being towed by an australian ship. now, an underwater, american underwater drone, now being called in to assist with this search. these waters 2.8 miles deep. again, all of this developing over the past few hours. >> we'll get back to that news in a moment. first, other news to tell you about. the family of one of the victims at last week's shooting at ft...

Chance of finding it. they did find the air france flight recorder in the middle of the atlantic but they had a fair idea where that plane went down. they still took two years to find it. at the moment, they are looking in a vast area in very deep waters i understand it, up to a couple of miles deep. we really have no idea where it went in. they shifted the search area by a thousand kilometers, not quite recently. there's doubts about how high the plane was flying. therefore, how long before it ran out of fuel. and the chances of finding it without knowing where it -- the aircraft went in i th...

And it exhausting. and this is moving into the winter in this part of the world so sea states are rough. >> something else that winds up being a mixed blessing. they ended up moving those search areas, moved it a few hundred nautical meyers closer and also moved it closer to the diam diamontia trench, right? >> yes. >> we put it up there. 19,000 miles deep. that's the size of the grand canyon, 5,280 feet deep. you have to be within several miles to hear it. from the civilian perspective, 19,000 feet, if it is in that

I fear that the search and rescue becomes just a search. but we will never give up hope. >> malaysia airlines flight 370 missing in an area that reaches across a massive stretch of the earth's surface. if the plane went down in water, the search area is not only miles wide, but it could also be miles deep. and the hunt to find it could be years. >> as soon as we got word that it could be over the gulf of thailand. >> now, what's shaping up to be the deadliest aviation disaster in 30 years. >> the world heard the news of a missing jetliner.