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So ago in his briefing that that search would be wound down in the days ahead, but it is still ongoing as far as we know, that the planes will be up again having a look for any surface debris. no luck so far, of course, and the ships that were looking, as well, in that area, well to the west of where the ocean shield is, they have moved south and are looking at an area where they previously looked, also hoping to find surface debris. but very much the focus, wolf, on the bottom of the ocean at the moment, and hopefully when bluefin surfaces a little later today, they'll get some data that will...

>> good evening. everyone i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we begin with the breaking news on the search. at this moment, search planes heading out to find any sign of flight 370, the bluefin 21 is back on the bottom of the ocean, making another desperate pass to locate flight 370. the bluefin has been hunting on the ocean floor for the past seven hours. it was at this moment last night we first learned the bluefin had aborted its mission and surfaced after spending only spending seven and a half hours under water. the water became too deep. crews analyzed limited data. they found no sign...

Well, angus houston saying that in the next few days, it's likely that search will be wound down. that search for surface debris. he said it's looking like they're not going to find any. christine? >> all right, michael. thank you so much for that report from perth, australia. so much to go over starting this new week. >> let's talk about the investigation into what happened on the jet now. malaysia officials have grown quiet again, days after telling cnn new information about the flight's path and the actions of the pilot and co-pilot. nic robertson has the latest on the investigation live fr...

To cover the entire search area, so this is a laborious process. you mentioned the oil slick? that was found in the general search area where that australian ship, the "ocean shield" has been towing the ping locator. they've taken a 2-liter sample of that, brought it back here to perth in western australia. it will take a couple of days to analyze it. they're not sure whether it's related or not. and finally, the other headline out of that briefing was that they're probably going to be scaling down the sea and air search for debris, which was taking place several hundred miles further west of ...

They have taken a sample to be analyzed. here's what he said. >> "ocean shield" detected an oil slick yesterday evening in our current search area. a sample of about 2 liters has been collected, and it will be a number of days before it can be landed ashore and conclusively tested. i stress, the source of the oil is yet to be determined, but the oil slick is approximately 5,500 meters down wind and down sea from the vicinity of the detections picked up by the towed pinger locator on the "ocean shield." >> reporter: urging caution, too, angus houston there saying we don't know what that is, we'...