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>> we're asking them today. i imagine the families are saying throw as much resources as you can as possible. thank you so much. coming up we will take you live on a ship to see the challenges that investigators are facing. how the underwater landscape could mean that sonar technology that they're using is wrong. starts with back pain... s ly ...and a choice. take 4 advil in a day which is 2 aleve... ...for all day relief. "start your engines"

Shouting. this was delayed. these fed up families, you see them here? they stormed out of this briefing. what are the challenges here? earlier the head said the sonar device will help move the searchers step further but he stopped short of pinning all hopes on the suv. >> i would caution you that the deployment will result in the detection of aircraft wreckage. however, this is the best lead we have and it must be pursued vigorously. >> she is back on a boat for this live demonstration of the sonar technology. so as we talk about the auvs, and we talk about sonar, that's

Its job, not to listen for pings but to map the ocean floor and look for debris. to do that, it can use two different payloads, which have to be swapped out. >> this particular payload section is the acoustic section. >> reporter: first the bluefin uses side scan sonar and a multibeam echo sounders that bounce sound waves off the ocean floor that aren't natural. if picked up, the bluefin can be brought to the surface. the sonar technology is taken out and high-tech cameras are put in. >> it's a high definition black and white camera capable of three frames per second. >> reporter: together the...

Autonomous underwater vehicle. for the people who run it it's -- >> basically a smart torpedo. >> reporter: and right now it may be the best remaining hope for finding wreckage from flight 370. we were given exclusive access behind the scenes at phoenix international, the company which runs the bluefin, to see just how it works. while it may launch from the side of a search ship, the bluefin is actually operated by remote control with help from a satellite. its job, not to listen for pings but to map the ocean floor and look for debris. to do that, it can use two different payloads which have ...

Control with help from a satellite. its job, not to listen for pings but to map the ocean floor and look for debris. to do that, it can use two different payloads which have to be swapped out. >> this particular payload section is the acoustic section. >> reporter: first, the bluefin uses side scan sonar and an echo sounder, it detects sound waves off the ocean floor that are not natural. if those are picked up, the bluefin can be brought to the surface. the sonar technology gets taken out and high-tech cameras are put in. >> it's a high-definition black and white camera capable of three frame...