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>> do you think it's possible that the batteries may have run out during those 24 hours because we know they usually last for about 30 days and we're now in day 31. >> yeah, that's certainly a big factor, the race against the clock. so a couple big challenges. one, like you said, the batteries at any point could die down and the second thing is, the effectiveness of our towed pinger locator really is only as good as the strength of the signal coming out of the pinger. so as the battery dies down or if we're just not in range of about a mile, which is not a long distance at all, then the tpl is...

Doing. and remember, this only gets to the direction and the location of the black box. the side scan sonar is what is going to get you that visual confirmation. that's really what we need. the tpl, the towed pinger locator, is just to get you in the right spot. and then the crews deploy the bluefin. >> could this have anything to do with the battery -- the battery life being at its end? >> great question. i'm not an expert in the black boxes. but there are so many variables. the battery -- >> i understand that. >> okay. go ahead. michael kay has a question for you. >> hi, commander, it's mich...

The pinger locator to pick up the signals. first at 1,000. then 4,600 feet and then 9,800 feet. >> right. you're in depth, i'm in meters. they first heard is at 300 meters. then once they heard it at 300 meters, they then lowered the tpl, because they need to get further down below. they went to 1,400. then they went to the ideal depth which is 3,000 meters, and at that, they were able to still maintain it for two hours. it's that two hours that houston kept saying is the important thing. what you wanted to hear from different from "haixun 01" you don't just want bursts. you want consistency. ...

Lose focus on, which is that ocean shield, that australian vessel, which has been described as the most technologically advanced vessel that there is in that multinational fleet looking for this missing malaysian airliner. it has that bit of u.s. naval equipment that it is towing along the back, the tpl, the towed pinger locator. and that's a very significant, very sensitive bit of equipment. and that is monitoring what it describes as an acoustic event as well. hopefully at this upcoming press briefing in an hour from now, we're going get some clarity on what the progress has been in both of ...

The toad pinger locator kind of in tandem with the blue fin side scan sonar, so we were hoping to move in, get a fairly precise location with our t.p.l., and then once you have that, the searching with your blue fin side scan sonar becomes so much more easier, because you have a more defined location. without that location from the black box, it is extremely difficult to get this get location of where to put in your blue fin side scan sonar, so it kind of was a series of steps that ideally you would take. the first one being a location on the black box, so without that, it is much more difficu...