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Carried out these measurements, that heard these pings. but so far, it's been unsuccessful in reaching that vessel. it's reached out to the authorities, the relevant authorities in beijing. it still hasn't got enough information to find out what kind of pings these were. to find out exactly what depth they were at, what equipment was used, things like that. until they get that information, they say, they're not prepared to commit actual resources in terms of aircraft and ships to that location. we'll see what the coming hours bring. don? >> matthew chance in perth. thank you very much. let's d...

Planes leaving from perth, australia. a chinese crew just a few hours ago says their equipment caught some pings from the bottom of the ocean on a frequency mainly used by flight data recorders. here's how the chinese news service reported it. >> this afternoon, the rescuers have heard the ping signal every second and the signals lasted for one minute and a half. 1 1/2 minutes. however, the rescuers say this signal at this frequency is not exclusive for the plane's black box, so there is possibility that this kind of signal is from some other equipment. so this means they still cannot confirm ...