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That the battery on one of the black boxes or the pinger if you will, was not operable. but in the grand scheme of things, you still had the second black box you could have identified if we knew where the wreckage was you could have found those boxes because they're probably within close proximity to each other in the wreckage. >> and what about the fact that they spent so much time in those early days going the wrong direction, thinking that the plane in doubled back and expanding a search area which turned out to be false? >> i think, andrea that's probably one of the largest issues. the fac...

Out not to be pings at all, it was the wrong frequency. so there are a lot of missteps. and the pinger batteries might not have made a difference in the long run anyway, but they shouldn't ever be allowed to be expired. >> interesting what this report is saying and not saying. officials say the pilot and the crew showed no unusual signs of stress. does that rule out, for example, true pilot error or pilot suicide? >> well, i think it does because you need to have evidence of a crime if you're saying a crime was committed, and right now there's no evidence of any crime. there's no evidence of p...

Have not looked at the clock today and you think you have an extra hour. >> that could of happened, by the way! >> it could have, yes. >> i'm joe johns in for victor black well. >> i'm christi paul. one year after malaysia airlines flight 370 van issued without a trace, investigators say the plane's captain and crew showed no signs of stress before it took off. >> we just received hundreds of pages of the first interim report from the malaysian government. among these new details, the plane's pinger batteries had already conspired. >> cnn aviation correspondent richard quest sifted through a...

Looking at here. >> richard, here we are, they say a week and a half since the plane went down. no fuselage. no black boxes yet found. in relatively shallow water. >> no. doesn't surprise me. i was looking at paula hancock's report from the ship. you have to look out and see the vastness of the area. >> conditions. >> conditions. vastness of the area. in the right area. we know that. it is just a matter of, with the technology we are using today. in terms of tracking the air craft. we can discuss whether they should have more. or should have different types. but we want -- with what they were ...

>> that's very good news but the better news is the fact that the other pinger was replaced with a competing model. if that was manufactured this year it would have a 90 day battery in it because tso 21 has changed o changed to make 90 days. we may have a reprieve in and a message now from tony fernandez to confirm that or not. >> david gallo, one official thought perhaps the black boxes could be buried by mud. just how much would that or could that mufl the sound of pings, could it make it so they couldn't be heard at all? >> it could potentially mufl the sound. but i don't think enough to ta...