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Bottom was -- if the surface of the ocean bed was lower than 45,000 meters they would have to look at other means of mapping the bottom that is a remote submersible. and we understand that equipment has been on stand by for some time and it may be flown out in the next day or so. this is one of those robotic vehicles that can go below 4500 meters. >> the new zealand searchers did spot potential debris. >> they have. we understand it has been photographed and it may have been picked up. we're not sure about that. but it is being analyzed at the moment. we have yet to hear a definitive

Down to about three miles down. i think we can show you some pictures. quite an extraordinary device. see if we have footage of that. there it is. what that will be able to do is called the blue fin 21, is go all the way down to the ocean bed, which is three miles down. it goes very slowly down there. it can't cover the area in the same way that the ocean shield's pinger detected it was dragging at 4,000 feet can do. so basically it will be a slow process, heavy going, but it has a much better chance of actually finding those black boxes on the ocean bed. back to you. >> dominic thanks very mu...

How much more narrow do we need it before the robots go in. >> the thousand sand fofoot lev doesn't say it's not here. it does say i'm getting something here, let's explore it. you look at the path where the ocean shield went and if you get this other pinger, let's look up here a little bit since we know there's some kind of signal there, let's find out if it's legitimate and the lower level. >> we've forgotten how many aircraft are out looking for floating debris and they've seen nothin nothing. >> again goes back to the importance of the maritime aircraft and looking for surface debris and t...

370. there's a usual process we have been used to in the past of doing that. usually it involves identifying surface debris and getting down on the ocean bed. >> how confident are you that this is 370? >> i still think that we have a few facts that we need to get our heads around. but in the absence of anything else, i'm confident the data and what ocean shield has picked up so far is going to lead us to the location. >> thank you for that. david, authorities have analyzed the signals from saturday and concluded they need more from electronic equipment. so, let's take a look at this tweet. it ...

They are believed to be consistent with those of a flight data recorder. >> but officials say it is still too early to deploy the navy's bluefin deep water robotic search vehicle. they want to further triangulate the black box before they do that. >> yes, it is a very slow process in the underwater vehicle. and officials say this particular area of the ocean bed is heavily covered in silt. >> mr. houston also said there is a weak front moving in. >> yes, it will be complicated. this region, we know very little about the ocean floors, how much of it is being explored. we know 72% of our plan it...