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The search effort. how involved is malaysia in the search area? >> you know malaysia and malaysian officials get the first briefings. they get told what happens at sea from ocean shield, hms echo, all the other vessels from the sonar buoys that are out there. they get that information before anyone else. but the search teams generally report it on the ground first. they're recovering it. they've got the expertise and the malaysians sometimes respond to that. they are in that information circle and they are, we are told, the first to get the information. >> the investigation continues on the gr...

And the "ocean shield" has moved some korms outside of it. -- kilometers outside of it. it's interesting because the statement that houston put out did not contain information about the "hms echo." we know that it is equipped with sensitive audio detection equipment, and it's capable of mapping the sea floor. we've reached out to authorities to claim who the "hms echo" is doing. we're waiting to hear back. that's an interesting development. and we're waiting for answers. >> all right. erin mclaughlin from perth. we appreciate it. thank you very much. as we check our clocks, it is just past 9...

Malaysian flight mh-370. they are nevertheless continuing to deploy these sonobuoys. they're making three passes over the search area today, dropping dozens at a time. they have hydrophones attached to them. the buoy drops into the water, the hydrophone drops another 1,000 feet, it sends a signal back up to the aircraft, sur valing overhead, the possible pings and detections. but the only detections we are aware of at the moment have been made by the "ocean shield." that happened on tuesday and on saturday. christine? >> erin mclaughlin, a busy week for you this weekend in australia. thanks ve...

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...

Meticulous. i asked one of the people at phoenix international, does it drive them stir crazy? he said, yeah, it can do that. they look forward to meal time because it breaks up the monotony. we're cringing on everything these guys are listening to. >> what kind of rotation schedule do they have? how long can they basically keep it up? >> they're working 12-hour shifts on board the ocean shield. one shift goes from midnight to noon. the other one goes from noon to midnight. who knows, it's indefinite. they've been out there since march 31st. imagine that, wolf, 12 hours a day, and you're just ...