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David gallo, you have been paying attention to. marinetraffic.com. it shows the vessels in the area right now. we can also see the search pattern of the ocean shield. what does that tell you? >> well, the ocean shield has not moved from that spot. it looks like a slightly lighter shade of blue, doing the pattern back and forth, a triangular pattern. the ocean shield is sitting there listening to something. >> richard, it is fascinating that no ocean debris has been found. i mean, they're zeroing in on that situation. >> and that remains the conundrum. they're sending more planes in a tightly f...

Is very different. it wasn't done by the towed locator, the ping locator behind ocean shield. this was dropped by an aircraft. it's one of the sonabuoys that's been put into the water and has managed to give a signal. now, what we know is the frequency's in the right area. they don't believe it's of natural origin. and they believe it is a mechanical. but they haven't given us any details. for example, we don't know what the frequency is, we don't know what the repetition rate is. we don't know anything like that. we do know it was at about 1,000 meters. >> 1,000 meters under the surface. we a...

Is, how far away from shore it is, how massive this boat is, do the pictures that are coming back to us folks sitting here do it justice? what's it like being there? >> pictures do no justice. covering the story on the ground was one thing. but when it got in the plane, we were on the plane for 11 hours. three hours just to get to the site. then we searched for four hours. as low as 200 to 300 feet above water, which when you're on the plane, literally you feel like you can touch the water. you're so low. and the day we went out, we were covering an area the size of connecticut. which is just ...

This hour. just about an hour ago we learned a possible signal has been picked up in the search for flight 370. another one. it still needs to be studied. further analysis of the australians are working on that as we speak. also, just coming in, we now know who in the cockpit spoke those final words heard from the plane. we're live with the very latest on all of these fronts covering the search. let's go first to erin mclaughlin live in perth, australia, the party of the search effort. erin? >> hi, kate. that's right. we're hearing from australian officials that one of their sonar buoys near t...

Nothing so far, no signs of physical evidence from the missing plane, but they have managed to narrow down that search field quite a bit. it's less than a quarter of the size of what it used to be. and houston yesterday saying that has allowed them to intensify those efforts, those search efforts, the efforts of the planes and the ships out scouring that area to the west of the "ocean shield." we'll update you, of course, if we hear of any developments on that, john. >> thank you so much. erin mclaughlin live for us in perth in australia. the husband of one passenger on flight 370's decided ...