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Estimated flight path. but the latest sounds were weaker, raising concerns that the beacon's batteries are perhaps dying out. >> in addition to the search beneath the surface, there's a visual search going on as well. 13 ships and 14 planes. officials are hoping the field can be narrow to take a closer look. >> let's get the latest now. er erin, it's just after 1:00 in the afternoon there in perth. what's the latest on this search effort today? >> as far as we know, the ocean shield, equipped with the american towed pinger locator, still combing the waters, trying to detect any further pings. ...

Piece of the plane. the ocean shield has detected what they think are four possible pings from black boxes and then we have a new one detected by the sonar buoy, a new ping that is emitting a frequency that has investigators thinking this is probably man-made. if they call a press conference in the morning hours here, it will be the evening hours on the east coast, you can bet they will announce something about whether this turns out to be another confirmed black box ping, they believe, or not connected at all. so we're definitely hoping to find out soon. >> thank you very much. let's talk to ...

I want go to perth, australia, the base of the operation of the search. michael holmes is on the scene with more. what's the latest there, michael? >> reporter: yeah, we're going to have the search planes out again. more than a dozen of them, wolf. they'll be leaving in the sectithefection few hours. also, those ships, again, are going to be scouring the ocean today. something rene mentioned is really interesting. ocean shield joined now, we reported this to you yesterday, that it was headed to the ocean shield area. the search area where they've been getting these pings. now, hms echo, it's a...

As we mentioned, search crews are again back over the southern indian ocean today looking for signs of flight 370. >> that includes ships and planes in the fifth week of the search now. nikki battiste went up with one of those crews and has returned from perth. she joins us now with her perspective. hi there, thank you for joining us. let's start with the mood on these planes. you were on the plane, you were also on "the ocean shield." you spent a lot of time with the search crews. what's it like to be amongst the people looking for this wreckage? >> i think now there's cautious optimism. we h...

Coverage that only cnn can deliver. michael holmes is in perth, australia. let's go there first for the very latest. michael? >> reporter: wolf, a dozen of these sonobuoys have been spread around the search area, sort of an added tool, more electronic ears, if you like, listening for something, anything from malaysia flight 370. this time it was a search plane that picked up a possible signal from flight 370's black boxes. it happened near the same area where the "ocean shield" detected four electronic pings since saturday. aircraft have been peppering the search area with dozens of sonobuoys ...