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Saturday for that two-hour period. that says we are in the right area. >> david, what kind of further research can be done on those last pinger locations if they're within a 17-mile radius? what can researchers do and searchers do with that last bit of information to try to pinpoint a pinger or a black box, whatever originated that sound? >> well, there's a couple of things. we talked about triangulation before and when you have one point, you have a straight line to work with, so if you put circles around that, put that two-mile stretch within the three-mile dome or so, two and a half-mile do...

Further than that. it's 160 decibels which that's as loud as a gunshot and ten times as much as the ocean requires to put hearing protection on for a human being. granted, this is underwater but the fact is, it's a very loud sound. simulations we have heard are just that, simulations. at 36.5 or 37.5 kilohertz, that's as high as a dog whistle and encouraged with it. confident that's where the sound came from. >> allen, in your view, now's the time to bring in new air assets, air force assets made available. to what degree? >> if they continue to look for the surface debris, there's limitations...

Of questions to know in a month or two when we find it on the ocean bottom. it is important to remember there's three different searches going on. the first is surface debris. it seems to me the australians are trying to move the area around to check places they haven't looked before. the second search for the pinger locaters. that's been successful. don't downplay the fact of solid contact. maybe within a week, the very meticulous search of the ocean bottom. >> you are not discouraged there isn't a redetection of that pinger song, last sound, in five days? >> no. again, when you look at the m...