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We drove through the area and then a decrease as we drove out of the area. you know, typically gaining and then losing the contact as we would expect. we had very good crisp clear signal in that area. additional factor pointing us in that direction is, you know, that oil slick that was observed the other day. certainly, we're analyzing the water sample from that area to see if it was a petroleum product related to taxpayer crafter and we'll know that over the next couple of days and there's many possible sources of an oil sheen on the surface of the ocean but it's, you know, would be one expla...

Spotted, they are taking a look to see if it could be oil coming from this airliner. that shouldn't be very hard to determine once they get some connect cal analysis. right? >> that's my guess. my guess is they have taken a water sample and they are going to bring it to a lab and they are going to look for the hydrocarbons in the oil, evidence of jet fuel. obviously the chemical composition of jet fuel, the hydrocarbons are going to be different than boat fuel. they are looking for the signature of jet fuel in that water sample. >> so bottom line right now, ellen, give me your analysis of wher...

The latest clue in the hunt for 370 is an oil slick a few miles from where underwater pings were detected last week. analysis of the water sample will determine if the slick possibly, possibly came from the boeing 777. no wreckage has been located on the ocean surface. so now the search shifts to below the waves. let's bring in cnn analyst david soucie. and tim taylor, president of rv tiburon and an expert on rv submersib submersibles. the co-pilot's cell phone had been activated while flying