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If they don't come up with anything, they are going to have to figure out whether or not they are going to search another area using the bluefin-21 or reassess altogether. we understand the u.s. navy has discussions started about long-term search and recovery efforts. that may include even more resources, perhaps bringing ships back, resupplying everything and sending them back out in a much bigger way and with other equipment that would allow them to take a picture of the ocean bottom there in a much larger way, erin? >> miguel, thank you very much. and i want to bring in now richard quest, w...

Mile radius around the point of the second acoustic detection which was made. it was the stronger of the four pings. that's why they believe it's the most likely place that they are going to be able to find the black box. now authorities say they expect this portion of the search to be wrapped up in the next five to seven days. but again, that's weather dependent. it's also dependent on the bluefin-21's performance. >> all right. thanks so much in perth, australia. we'll take a closer look at the weather conditions in a few minutes. right now the scanning of the ocean bottom so far has turne...

You'll get a warm welcome in the new new york. see if your business qualifies at startupny.com all right. we could be in for some big changes in the hunt for flight 370. searchers say the underwater drone searching for the plane could finish within a week. for six days the bluefin 21 has been captures clear and sharp images of the ocean bottom, but has yet to come up with any trace of the plane. malaysia's acting transport mince sister says the searchers will likely have to re-assess the situation in the next few days regardless if anything is found but have no plans to give

Analysis based on the sat data, the satellite datedata. >> the flight plans that find the pings and refine the area. >> but the key to that the analys analysis, three separate analyses led to these areas. the ping kind of fine-tunes it. what's interesting about the pings too, also, is that the pings are not omnidirectional. they're not unidirectional, they're omnidirectional. >> it gives you a general idea. it doesn't point you to it. >> if you were in the grand canyon shouting you would hear an echo or a sound or you wouldn't necessarily know what it is. >> it bounces off things and the same ...

Go flight explorer. we can go and watch all the boats. we can see them out there, how fast they're going, what direction they're going and where they have been. really quickly, this ocean shield has been going about .4 knots. a half a mile per hour. does that seem slow to you? >> again, the thing to watch is the blue fin. it moves by itself. it's completely unconnected. the fact that the ocean shield may be staying in one spot while a vehicle is on the bottom means nothing. the issue is how much of the ocean bottom is the blue fin ablg to get over. i wouldn't read too much into the fact that t...