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Rovs ready to assist, if asked. gary tuchman, cnn, los angeles. let's turn back to richard quest and david gallo, we should point out for full disclosure, the remus 6,000, that is where gary was, besides that, what other vehicles do you think at this search phase would work in a search like this? and was the bluefin-21 not the right o-- >> no, no, i think bluefin was, in fact, you remember the idea that was -- what captain matthews called was a tactical survey, the pinger, that got the job done with a couple of days to go. the club that can work here, where it is pretty deep, 6,000 or so tha...

It. >> i know some family members believe that the plane landed somewhere, maybe in afghanistan or china. but those opinions are mostly discounted by others who are more concentrated on details, questions, those 26 specific questions. where do you lie? what do you think happened? >> yeah, those 26 questions, we had sent to the authorities. none of the questions have been answered so far. and, if they are searching in the south indian sea, we don't know based on what data they have. >> it is the pinger they heard on april 9th. and also the fuel consumption patterns and the satellite data. it is...

Of under water if the wings were able to stay on the aircraft when it went under water, the aircraft could be literally tens of miles away from where the pinger is located. so the concern of mines that they abandon this small area and then go to this big huge area and they miss the opportunity to stay within that and just simply increase the radius around where the pingers were located. because i'm confident that is where the plane is. >> a little different dynamics, but point taken. mary, day 45 at least with u.s. lawyers that is a grim benchmark to when they can approach victim's families. w...

Pinger is located. so the concern of mines that they abandon this small area and then go to this big huge area and they miss the opportunity to stay within that and just simply increase the radius around where the pingers were located. because i'm confident that is where the plane is. >> a little different dynamics, but point taken. mary, day 45 at least with u.s. lawyers that is a grim benchmark to when they can approach victim's families. what do you think about their prospect's now. >> well, yeah, the law is applicable to u.s. lawyers and no matter where they work. and it just basically ban...

See how far it travels and how far they must expand the search. there are a lot of things they can do, not just refining the inmarsat data but expanding their knowledge of pingers in this part of the ocean. >> the australian chief said he expects ongoing data analysis by a team in kuala lumpur to result in further refinement of the search area within the next couple of weeks. how much more refined can they get? >> you know, i really don't see they could get much more refined. remember, the ocean shield went directly to that spot, picked up the pings. they were confident in the data and it's pr...