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That are pretty close to that area which could in fact challenge the bluefin. but the information i heard was that it didn't have a problem mapping that six-mile radius circle that we've seen so much of. >> hey, jules, i want to talk about titanic. you were part of the team that discovered the wreckage of "titanic" back in '85. was side-scan sonar used in the search? what equipment ultimately found the wreckage? and i think there was an idea of where "titanic" was, obviously. so it was a little bit different. >> yeah, sure. i mean, the coe spins tales and exploration and discovery is never pre...

Also there's serious discussion about the orion, towed side scan sonar device which does everything in realtime. gives greater flexibility and can go to a much greatest depth, too. one of the issues is the area they are searching at the moment is like a plateau, 4.5 thousand meters deep and then it drops to 6,000 miles deep. they need to get more or better assets if the search is to be widened considerably. >> let's talk about the big picture or the long haul so to speak, mary. we know malaysian and australian authorities are mapping out a long term search focusing on the debris is handled, wi...

Much larger area than the area immediately around where the ping was located. i think by the time they search the entire search area, we can safely say it's not there. >> geoffrey thomas in perth. you bring new information every evening. you have information on what may happen when the bluefin finishes searching the last search area. what can you tell us of how the underwater search will proceed. >> we have a sense of what they are going to do after the last 20% is possibly go to the area where the first ping was heard, that's ping number one. i don't think they will go to ping three and four....

Deep and did what it was supposed to do and came back up. i don't know if that is a problem. it is called working right there. the prime minister tony abbott said they will exhaust everything there, exhaust everything they need to do as long as they need to take for the bluefin to cover this area. how long do you think that will take? >> you first have to know how big the area is. the side scan can see 1,000 feet to either side and if it is moving four, five miles an hour, you are going to be mapping something on the order of 25 to 35 square miles per day. one of the disappointing -- we haven'...

Because it did what it was supposed to document it went too deep and did what it was supposed to do and came back up. i don't know if that is a problem. it is called working right there. the prime minister tony abbott said they will exhaust everything there, exhaust everything they need to do as long as they need to take for the bluefin to cover this area. how long do you think that will take? >> you first have to know how big the area is. the side scan can see 1,000 feet to either side and if it is moving four, five miles an hour, you are going to be mapping something on the order of 25 to 35...