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Work off of. australian and malaysian authorities already discussing what to do next, if and when this portion of the search finishes, and there's still no signs of the missing plane. alison? >> i know they're going to start sort of from square one, but any idea where the next search will take them and what will lead them there? >> reporter: well, a source within the u.s. navy saying that all the key stakeholders are discussing this right now, possibly a long-term search, the source said, lasting through july. and they're talking about potentially a broader search area, something perhaps along...

So, if they do expand the search, how exactly would they do that? >> reporter: well, right now, they're searching in the area of the second ping detection, which was the strongest signal they detected. they're searching in a 6-mile radius around that point. now, once they've exhausted that, there's been talk of potentially, some analysts saying maybe searching in the locations where the other pings were detected. there's also been talk of maybe just broadening out the search area to search along that arc, the half handshake, so-called half handshake between the inmarsat satellite and the plane...

This search in the area they're focused on right now. they should be done in a day or two, and if they come up empty there, have they given any sense what they will do then, because there's no signals coming from those black boxes anymore, presumably? >> reporter: well, at that point, australian authorities saying that they're really going to stop and reassess, weigh all options. a source of the u.s. navy telling cnn they're considering a number of options, possibly broadening out the search area, possibly introducing more submersibles. they're talking aboutman maybe long-term game plan throug...