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Goes down and it's down there right now, but in the next few hours we learn that for a second time it has self aborted and started coming back to the surface because it wasn't capable of reaching that depth. where do they go from here if that were to happen? >> reporter: indeed. angus houston has suggested, in fact, if the depth is consistently greater than 4,500 meters, if it's beyond the operating range, they are already looking at bringing other assets in that can go far, far deeper. and that's, indeed, what we may have to do after a more analysis of the bottom, more detailed analysis of th...

Like it's from a ship, so it could be mobile jet 2, which is used on this airplane, or maybe possibly hydraulic fluid. our understanding is, it's on its way back to perth now for analysis and we're hoping within 24, maybe 48 hours, we'll get some definition on this. and this could be the first piece of confirmed debris, if you like, from mh370. >> you would think, peter, you're a former ntsb investigator, they would have sent some chemists out on that ship to determine and do a little analysis. it's not that complicated to see if this is the kind of fuel or oil that comes from an airliner as o...

>> but as bob said, we found out the ntsb -- it was the only agency that could do it effectively. >> well, and bob, to what peter was saying, you've got to have, i think as a family member, you want one source of information you feel like you can trust. one of the frustrations apparently that they had was they were told they wouldn't receive anymore briefings now that this was a criminal investigation. i'm assuming that's because it's under malaysian protocol, that's how they're doing it. obviously, we would do it very differently. >> yeah, the national transportation safety board has been ver...

Members needed more than anything else was a source of information that could above all be trusted. when there were facts to be had, they needed to trust them. and that's why in the united states the ntsb does the briefing. they handle the families. for whatever reasons, and it's good work that the agency does, they're trusted by the public. they're trusted by congress. and the ntsb is trusted by the families. >> bob, to that -- >> let me just add to what peter said. >> sure. >> i just thought viewers should know at the time peter was the manager there, that's when all this began. ntsb did not...

Drew. we're getting more information, and once again, we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and now around the world, as well. we're following the breaking news, a malaysian air force official now telling cnn this plane was way, way off-course. looked like it made a dramatic u-turn. malaysian air force radar tracking this plane for an hour after the transponder apparently was shut down. peter goelz is still with us, former ntsb managing director. peter, give us your analysis of what we just heard in that report from andrew stevens in kuala lumpur. >> i think the most important th...