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>> we've been hearing about finding the hay stack before we look for the needle. essentially this tpl is like looking for the needle correct? >> that's correct. it's designed to hear the pings on the black boxes. >> is it too soon to have this kind of great technology in the search? >> i wouldn't say it's too soon. i'd say that right now is the appropriate time to put this system in the water based on the information we know. okay. the -- the search area that's been identified is completely reliant upon the handshakes that occurred with the inmarsat satellites and the aircraft. so based on cal...

New search area. new equipment is joining the international effort. the hms tireless is a british submarine with sonar. it is reportedly now in the search zone. as planes search for debris, the sub like this device, called the tpl is focused on searching for the flight's recorders. tim taylor is a specialist who runs the vessel company. we have been hearing that the tpl toad pinger locator supposed to arrive can be used to search the range of the potential black box pinger. we are talking about two to seven nautical miles? >> a lot of things in the water. two to seven miles is the range under ...

Be the ones that actually hear that. there will be a transcript release. >> there's no way the audio is going to reach the public domain. >> it's only through this cockpit voice recorder, which is the other box, which the tpl would ultimately listen for the ping. is that correct? there's no other way an investigator can tap into any kind of audio in the cockpit, correct? >> that's exactly right. that data is only captured on that flight recorder, that's right. >> staying with you, one of our senior international correspondents has been reporting here from malaysian investigators that they beli...

Would attenuate the sound. alsorts of ways to lose that pinging sound. and especially distance. it may not even be close to it. air france, the pinger itself was at a depth of two and a half miles, so it was quite deep. so you really had to be right on top of it to hear it. >> and the pinger locator that can be towed, it can even get to some of the deepest parts of the search area, is that right? >> well the pinger -- the tpl can go to about 6,000 meters. that will get to most of the area. the auv can get to most of it. but there are pockets it may have problems with. >> it had got to be towed...

Some of the deepest parts of the search area, is that right? >> well the pinger -- the tpl can go to about 6,000 meters. that will get to most of the area. the auv can get to most of it. but there are pockets it may have problems with. >> it had got to be towed at a slow speed, 3 miles an hour, i think. in terms of the area you can search, you're only going to be able to search 150 square miles a day. that's a big challenge for searchers. >> it's a very big challenge for searchers, unless they get additional information. they're going to have to rely on luck. at this rate it would take a week ...