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It is important that we look at all of the factors from where we lost the aircraft and transponder, talk to the malaysians and create as much surface wreckage as possible. >> our expert, you sat next to him the other night, he said everything if there is a mechanical or electronic issue on the plane by listening to the sound they can determine that. he said that the other night. >> he's right. for instance, you would be able to tell -- quickly. >> if it ran out of fuel but not tell why it happened. you wouldn't be able to tell why the transponder was turned off. you will know it is off but why...

Long cable trying to hear these sounds. as the batteries get weaker and weaker, the sound travels less and it won't radiate as much. it is not uncommon for them to pick it up in different areas. >> just, you know, in observing this month-long agonizing process, are you amazed they were able to detect any pinging sound at all? >> yes. without any surface wreckage, the math and science and hard work by everybody to try to pinpoint an area to drag an underwater hydrophone and to actually be in the correct area. our pingers have a range of two nautical miles. in the depth of the ocean they are at,...

Mc-130s. these are not the sub hunters or not as cape blg as the p-3s but they can be refueled in the air with aerial tankers and stay on station. they can only scan, look, they don't have the radar and the infrared like the p-3s have. but that is something somebody should ask for and ask for quickly. because we have to find the wreckage to lead us to the black boxes to lead us to the surface wreckage. >> right. matthew, quickly weigh in here. >> yeah. find the wreckage. that's first and foremost. at that point, the two other searches begin for the flight data recorder and then everything else...

Confirmed that the plane was on this southerly route, what they really need for the investigation is wreckage. and then that surface wreckage is going to be light stuff, skin and things like that from the airplane, airplane skin. they've got to find where the main body of wreckage first hit the water. to do that, if they can find this surface material and calculate back where the main body of the wreckage is, then they listen with these devices such as the one you showed and think of it as an underwater microphone from pinging. and the cockpit voice recorder at the bottom of the sea bed. they ...