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From the prosecutor's office that they have located the black box. we do not know the condition it is in. but we do know that these recorders are really manufactured under strict guidelines. they're made to withstand massive force. they're made to withstand the most extreme instances, but still at this point we don't know what kind of condition that recorder is in. >> paul ginsburg is on the phone, a black box expert. are you there, paul? >> yes, i am. >> how do they extract this information from the second black box and how long will it take? >> well they're going to connect it to lots of sof...

At the same time new leads are coming in. >> late today chinese authorities released satellite photos of what they call a suspected crash site. >> an international fleet of aircraft and boats are now searching in two different areas. >> they had to look in the east because that's where debris was allegedly being reported. they had to look in the west because that's where their radar data have told them the plane had gone. >> but searchers still find nothing. days turn into weeks, and the search area expands even farther. why was there so much confusion when it came to where to search? >> we ha...

Allegedly being reported. they had to look in the west because that's where their radar data have told them the plane had gone. >> but searchers still find nothing. days turn into weeks, and the search area expands even farther. why was there so much confusion when it came to where to search? >> we had no idea where that aircraft was, but yet the pressure's on to do something. >> rescue seven one. >> it became the biggest oceanic search of all time. >> this is completely unprecedented on so many levels. nothing has ever happened quite like this. >> and into this confusion suddenly drops the in...

Crew member regarding an accident or incident or i can't let you in something else like that then that would immediately imply deliberate attempt. >> you could hear him banging on the door you can hear the captain banging on the door. how do you think they have determined that this co-pilot caused this plane to go on the path that put it into the mountainside? >> from the cockpit voice recorder there's really nothing recorded on there that would tell you exactly what buttons he was pushing, what he was doing. that's for the flight data recorder to tell us. the air traffic control information, ...

Descent rate, 3,000 feet per minute. >> translator: yes, about 3,000 feet per minute with a few variations, fairly constant. >> translator: that's what you saw on the chart? >> translator: yes, with a constant direction. >> translator: let me make clear, that information is not recorded parameters. this is radar data. so the precision is that of radar data. >> [ inaudible ]. there was some rumor about lithium batteries being present in this airplane. do we know at all what was in the cargo check? any information about what [ inaudible ] -- >> [ inaudible ].