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On the surface, or under sea have found any wreckage. this is probably the most difficult search in human history. >> the most difficult search in human history. abbott's announcing a new phase in the operation, saying they are going to expand the underwater search and use private contractors. the new search area, 23,000 square miles. that's 150 times the area that they had been searching with the bluefin-21. that bluefin will continue to operate, but it's now going to be joined by sonar devices towed by ships, so they'll have more assets. it's expected to cost up to $56 million and could take...

Search with the tpl for now. >> commander marks, good luck with the search, thank you so much. let's bring in tim taylor, sea operator, and david souci, analyst and author of the book "why planes crash" they're here with me. and cnn analyst, miles o'brien. tim, i want to start with you. the fifth ping is building confidence increasing the data map that could bring the searchers to the source. >> continue the pings, as long as you can get ping. the av work and ultimately rov work on this site, we have forever to do. we have limited days or hours as commander marks said on this. so get as much...

Got the information on the potential hit for the australian p-3. i'll let them announce that, i don't want to steal their thunder, but they have a few tricks up their sleeve. if that was the case, they will report on that one. i just got out of the morning brief, the last few hours, we're analyzing the fifth pinger hit. and remember this is a continuous 24-hour operation. so in essence we never stop looking. it is completely around the clock. >> and commander, did this fifth potential ping factor into the decision for the search area yet again today? >> well, i do need to let the australian go...

Crossing back over malaysia, when there was a possibility to track the plane. we're going to talk to our panel about how the malaysian military delaying information they gathered. lsd, we heard about towed pinger locaters and sonobuoys. devices that viewers maybe don't know about. secret military assets that were used on other underwater searches but was never reported because the government doesn't want you to know about them. if they do pull the black boxes, what can they tell investigators. randi kaye looks at other crashes to see what has been learned in the past. that's all at the top of ...

Search 43 square miles a day. that means the roughly 100-square mile area where the pings were detected would take nearly two weeks for the bluefin to search. the u.s. navy ship caesar chavez is on its way to participate in the five-week long search. renee marsh, cnn, washington. >> the ship that renee mentioned is part of the navy's seventh fleet. that is also the fleet that is operating the pinger locater, the one that detected possible signal locations in the ocean four times already. so let's go to commander william marks who joins us on the phone. the spokesperson for the seventh fleet. c...