shenise perth, australia.s certainly bearing the brunt of the flight 370 search effort. joining us is australia's ambassador to the united states. thanks for coming in. >> good to be with you. >> tell us about the coordination, the prime minister of malaysia in australia, ready to meet your prime minister. what's the objective here? >> first of all, ma leighs are in charge of the overall investigation. and we are responsible for this part of the investigation or the search because it's in the australian area, so we're doing that coordination. but any materials that are found by any of the parties who are engaged in this will be taken to perth, it will be collected there, and then take on the malaysia. >> malaysia is in overall charge but the search operation australia is in charge. >> yes, we are. >> have you found anything yet? >> no. as far as i'm aware, we haven't found anything yet. we're eliminating areas from our inquiry. there's a very good search process out there. if there is any chance of finding any

but it is the prime minister of australia. of the search now and the investigation is of course malaysia, but he is in charge of the search. the question is how does the search change now, let's say the information is correct. then how does the search change? >> probably the area will be much smaller. the area is 18,000 square miles, which is a huge area. it's like four or five times more than for the -- which is a lot. i can tell you it was already a big area. but, you know, i don't trust very much because we used even on the "titanic," on the "titanic" debris field we were using the same pinger sensing as a marker. >> you don't trust it? >> most of the time we never heard them. it was so hard. we know where they were. we were putting this pinger on a basket where we were putting our art facts inside the basket. because we put the basket and a lot of other art facts around or a piece of the wreck. and it was very hard to hear. and we were like maybe 1,000, 2,000 feet away and even when i was in the navy, i was many times look

nick ripley off the coast of australia. will, you're on a boast off the coast of australia. what are the conditions like for today's search? >> reporter: top, we just left the port, so we're heading out to get out into the open water to see what conditions like. here it's sunny and clear but we're being told in the search area right now, daytime in australia, conditions are described as fair. we have clouds that are about 1,000 feet above the surface, which means the search planes have to get below that to get a good look at any objects they're searching for on the ocean floor. sea conditions, fair means it's choppy at times. so the seas go down to a depth of 16,000 feet in some areas and the waves can get high, too. >> the weather conditions are expected to cooperate at least for the moment, will? >> at least for the moment, described as fair. so not ideal. visibility, you're talking about a six-mile visibility with relatively -- with clouds of 1,000 feet, it's high enough the planes can get down. six miles, that's pretty decent. it's not perfect but not as bad as we've see

we continue to follow developments out of australia.ials cautiously encouraged by new developments in the search for the missing airliner. search planes and ships are under way to a place where crews have now twice detected a signal. the device on the australian ship has -- head of the international search said efforts were already being stepped up. >> the international investigative team has this morning advised a correction to the satellite data that has been used to calculate the probable flight path of mh-370. the correction arises from new information about the state of the satellite itself when it received transmissions from mh-370 during its flight. the effects of the correction is to raise the priority for searching the southern component of the existing search area ahead of the northern component. >> again, what is incredible about this lead, this lead which of course there's been no verification, is the lead comes in the final hours that they expected to get any pings from the missing airliner because the batteries on those fl

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now, earlier today, the prime minister of australia talked about the bond that china and australia hasith both countries feeling that it's so personal, china having 154 citizens on board and australia having 6 citizens on mh-370, 2 of whom live here in beijing. also, there were three americans on board, one of which is an american man out of texas, and his fiancee has been so outspoken over the past couple of weeks, and today she talked to us about why she and many other relatives need to believe there are still survivors. >> hope is the only thing that we have, and the minute we give that up, we have to fall into a grieving cycle, and we can't do that until we have evidence. so you know, i think a lot of outsiders think the families are just being irrational, but we're not. we're protecting our emotional health, and we want answers and we want to keep pressure on the government agencies involved to find those answers. >> reporter: and that's exactly what the chinese families are doing today, as they're meeting once again with malaysian officials. and christine, you had talked about ho

so prime minister, thank you for coming to australia. thank you for the generous tribute that you've paid to all involved in the search and recovery effort. >> all right, press conference being held in perth, australia. here's the information that we have coming from prime minister tony abbott. he said this is the most difficult search ever undertaken. the most difficult search ever undertaken. that's a statement to be heard. he said it was extraordinarily remote and inaccessible spot. now the malaysian prime minister is speaking. let's listen. >> over the past three weeks, hundreds of people have journeyed thousands of kilometers to help. we have searched through stormy seas. they have sailed through storms to find the plane. we owe them each a debt of gratitude. this has been a remarkable effort, bringing together nations from around the world. when mh-370 went missing, dozens of countries answered the call for help. their commitment will not be forgotten. in a time of great tragedy, for the countries with citizens on board and the fam

australia remained a monarchy an.the queen's son charles mades own trip to australia when his son william as a baby. since then his popularity had dropped. but now that he i he has becomea man, a husband, and a father, his popularity has regained again. >> should australia be a republic or monarchy. >> monarchy. >> republic. >> monarchy. >> monarchy, of course. >> reporter: with celebrities in the helm. >> they're promoting great britain very effectively. we look food to the day when they would visit britain and promote australia. >> reporter: they have ten days in australia whether william or george would come back as kings is up to their family's subjects on the other side of the world. >> well, the economy overin the u.k. is showing signs of improvement, but not everyone is feeling the benefits. let's get more in our london broadcast center. jonah? >> the new government figures shows the number of people out of work has dropped to a five-year low and wages have caught up with inflation after years of falling behind. but the country's largest provider of food banks say it has handed out

australia remained a monarchy. elizabeth ii remains australia's queen. the queen's son charles made a trip to australia when william was a baby. charles popularity dropped. he became a man, a husband and father. support for the royal family rose again. opinion polls show a slight but growing majority in favour of keeping the monarchy. >> should australia be a republic or monarchy? >> monarchy. >> monarchy. >> republic. >> monarchy, of course. >> with celebrities at the helm, the debate is on hold. >> you'd have to say the british royal family has a fabulous pr outfit. we look forward to the day when the british people will warmly welcome an australian head of state to visit britain and promote brand australia. the english couple and their son have 10 address in australia. whether william or george comes back as king will be up to their family's subject on the other side of the world. >> do stay with us on al jazeera. plenty more news in a few minutes, including the latest on rescue efforts in south korea, where a boat capsized with 450 people on board. s

that australia is trying to establish as will ripley just told us a short while ago from perth, australiaestablish a communication line. the information we're getting is several hours old. we know that australia knew about some of this several hours ago. how long will it take to connect those lines? >> yeah, i heard the feedback. the problem i have with this is we criticize the malaysian government from losing control of the message in their command post running this investigation. now it's been -- the search part has been in the hands of the australians and they've lost control of it. the fact that we're getting reporting by way of xinhua, a chinese-owned newspaper, government-owned newspaper, i should add, cctv china, which is also government-owned the network, based on reports from aircraft and ships belonging to the chinese government, if that information was, in fact, relayed to the malaysian -- i mean, to the australians 12 hours ago approximately, why didn't they have some type of just, okay, we've heard these reports, we're responding. don't get your hopes up. don't get too excite

they've enjoyed it and the people of australia and new zealand have as well. max foster, cnn, cambra, australia. >>> still to come here, an apology from pop star justin bieber for hurting the feelings of 1.3 billion people. >> what he did during his visit to japan that has so many people upset. >>> also ahead, some tasty treats from this brand as it marks its ninth birthday. >>> justin bieber's latest trip to japan put him right in the middle of an international dispute. >> the singer apologized after visiting the war shrine. that war shrine is a continuing source of tension between japan and its neighbors. former military leaders from the imperial army including 14 war criminals are entombed in that site. china and south korea consider it a symbol of japan's past militarism. >> images he posted prompted outrage. the images were quickly deleted but justin later apologized saying he wasn't really aware of what the shrine was all about. he was struck by the beauty of it all. he said, i love e him back. >>> a blast in western china on wednesday. >> 120-year-old s

miguel marquez is in augusta, australia. so michael and miguel, two big pieces of news out of australia tonight that together give us a pretty good idea of where this sort of stands. michael, i'm going to start with you on the fact that over 90% of the search area has been scandaled by the blue -- been scanned by the bluefiner and there's absolutely no sign of the plane. what are officials saying about this. >> reporter: you're right, don. mission 11 done, mission 12 is underway. search official telling us only 10% of that concentrated search area yet to be scanned. the news the same, nothing of significance pp the story is same with that final 10%. it moves on. it doesn't stop. the australian defense minister said australia consulting with malaysia, china, also the united states, on what would be the next phase in this search. details likely to be announced next week. it will likely involve that wider arc we've been talking about just to the north of the current area, several hundred miles along what was the suspected fligh

charles made a trip to australia as well.es's popularity has dropped, but as his baby became a man, husband, and now father, support for the royal family has risen again. a slight majority is in favor of the monarchy. >> mop ari can. >> republic. >> monarchy. >> republic. >> monarchy, of course. >> reporter: with celebrities at the helm, the debate is on hold. >> they are promoting grand briton very effectively. we look forward to the day when the british people will welcome an australian head of state. >> reporter: the family have ten days in australia, whether they will some day come back as kings will be up to their royal subjects on the other side of the world. >>> a compound in east jerusalem has become the scene of more clashes between israelis and palestinians. stone-throwing palestinians were met with stun grenades. it's one of the most contested religio religious -- sites in the world. >>> police have used tear gas to break up protests in haiti's capitol. there has been growing frustration in haiti, over rising livin

we have breaking news from australia. a few minutes ago, we learned authorities are looking at an object of interest in the search for flight 370. a piece of metal with rivets found 150 miles south of perth. officials are cautioning, there is no evidence the metal is from the missing jet. they are looking into it. stay with us for the latest on this. there's a news conference coming up from malaysia. "early start" new day will be covering this all morning. >>> officials can now confirm to cnn that divers have found no air pockets and no more survivors on the capsized ferry's third and fourth floors. the death toll stands at 150. more than 150 others are still missing. this, as investigators ask why a passenger on board called emergency officials minutes, three minutes before the crew ever made the first distress call. our senior international correspondent nic robertson is live in jindo, south korea. what is the latest this morning? >> reporter: well, poppy, a worrying development for families waiting to find out, hoping

australia's prime minister is the world leader closest to this mission. he said commanders feel good about the newest clues they're hearing from the ocean floor but warns it could be a long time before we see any concrete results. one group of people whose patience has already run out long ago is the families of those on board the airliner. a group of families met again with airline and malaysian officials, the mother of a missing passenger is not happy. she says they keep telling her the same thing. nothing useful. it's still an hour and a half until sunrise in perth, western australia, that's when search planes will take off once again on this the 37th day since flight 370 took off from malaysia and vanished. we'll go straight to perth and cnn's michael holmes. he's there. what can we expect when the sun comes up? we're getting a sense and i think our viewers are probably getting a sense as well that we're settling into a long, slow period in this search now. >> reporter: yeah. you're absolutely right, jim. yeah, those planes will be taking off in the n

australia is the world's second biggest importer of japanese vehicles after the us australia has already removed errands for me was how to's and has agreed to do the same for south korea possibly next year. japan has been demanding and australia cut tariffs on its cars to ensure a high level playing field it did seventy years for the two countries to reach this agreement and the world to complete that tells us more about twelve finally went right this time. most leaders who fear the deal a major victory. we look to clinch it by promising to lower tariffs on beef but not eliminate them. for the current australian producers league deal would give anything and japan where they compete at the screen with american team. even some tears still in place australians think they can grab a bigger market share there is also called it remains will be a bargaining chip and a chance to pick partnership contract talks the thing that they can persuade the us counterparts to water down their demands now that the australians have accepted a minor deal than americans. and economic revitalization minister of

our own will ripley is joining us from perth, australia. that's the staging point for all these ships and planes involved in this search. you've got some new information. will, walk us through what you've learned. >> reporter: yeah, well, just within the past hour the australian defense force confirming this to cnn. so let's start with the first news. the british ship, the shield, that will be conducting a specific search, we don't know what they're looking for but this means that it's not random. they are going to a specific location looking for something. what that is we just don't know right now. but a specific search -- and this is really the first time we're seeing this happen as opposed to the random search where planes and ships are just kind of scanning the ocean floor and looking for anything that they could possibly see. the other big announcement, the big operations announcement, will be coming later on today on friday here in perth from angus, houston, who is overseeing the joint operations coordinating this whole thing. again,

closer to australia, there are some smaller currents. one here that could potentially take where we are now back toward australia and then down here to the leeuwin current. could it make it? that's about one-mile-per-hour. 1,000 miles. it could get there. there is nothing -- this has been the story of this plane the entire time. there's nothing that we can rule out. we can't say, no, that just couldn't happen. bluefin going on behind the ocean shield. there are pings here. if is where they believe the plane went down, guess what happened about ten days after the plane went down? a giant cyclone. 160 miles per hour right over the area down here where that plane went. we believe at least if anything was sticking up, that sticking up stuff would have been blown off to the west. here you go. there's ping location. it could get into the new current and along the coast of australia. it's certainly possible. 1-mile-per-hour and these crazy currents going every little direction back and forth and back and forth is not like the gulf stream that r

go under australia. and keep right on going. it's not out of the question that the debris is down here. got pushed down by the cyclone, caught in the current and ended up on that beach. they haven't found anything else anywhere. ka kate? it's something worth looking at. it has rivet, some fiberglass coating on it. they're going to track that. that's very interesting to see where the currents work and where it could head. chad, thanks very much. >>> we also have breaking news the search for bodieses in that south korean ferry disaster. we are now learning that divers found no air pockets on the ship's third and fourth decks. they had been hoping they would find those air pockets nape had held out hope that with the air pockets they could find some additional survivors. but the confirmed death toll now rising once again. it's at 150, with 152 people still unaccounted for this morning. there's also new information about what was happening on board when the ferry first ran into trouble. cnn's nic robertson is live in jindo, south ko

australia remained a monarchy. elizabeth ii australia's queen.he queen's son charles made his own trip to australia when his son william was a baby. since then charles's popularity dropped. as he became a man, a husband and a father, support for the royal family rose again. opinion polls showed a slight but growing majority in favour of keeping the monarchy. >> should australia be a public or a monarchy. >> monarchy. >> republic. >> monarchy, of course. >> with celebrities at the helm, the debate is on hold. >> you'd have to say the british royal family has a fabulous pr outfit, promoting grand britain effectively. we look forward to the day when the british people welcome an australian head of state, to visit britain and promote brand australia. >> this trip they have 10 days in australia. whether william and george come back as kings, it will be up to their family subjects on the other side of the world. >> diplomats from north korea are demanding action from the british government against a hair salon they say poked fun at kim jong un. the lea

australia will be. china will be.ll all be sitting in the room watching the investigation closely. >> remind our viewers of what happened back when in 2012 when malaysia actually lost a cockpit voice recorder, one of those black boxes. what happened? >> all right. this is the report. it came out this week. it's a malaysian airlines 747. and what happened was the aircraft had a faulty engine upon takeoff from heathrow. the plane landed. they didn't lose the cockpit voice recorder. what they didn't do was pull the plug on it. so it continued recording. remember, wolf, it only records for two hours. and because they didn't stop the recording, it went over that which is the investigators wanted. they got a slap on the wrists from the british aaip. operator procedures for preservation were not sufficient in the case of an incident. revised procedures require the commander to secure the recordings. in other words, if you think there's going to be a need for the cockpit voice recorder, you pull the plug so that it doesn't co

he is on a boat off the coast of western australia.now you're going to show us some of the technology that even boats like the one you're on have to help try to locate what is so critical here. >> reporter: yeah, you know, and you mentioned how the clock really is ticking on this search. the one good news is that this towed pinger locator that matthew chance was talking about, it's going to be operating 24/7. so they're actually going to have this thing out for the next 10 to 12 days, until they're absolutely sure that there's no chance of a ping being emitted any longer and they can continue during the night, during the day, because at least when you're talking about using this sound technology to conduct a search, it doesn't matter if you have sunlight, because it's relying on sound. and yeah, we brought you into the wheelhouse of the fishing boat we've chartered to show you how lots of ships are using sound technology every single day. this right here is called the echo sound, and if we take a close look at the screen here, this is

will ripley is on a boat just off freemantle australia to tell us more. will, the frustration is that until that search area is reduced significantly in size, none of that high-tech equipment can be used to try to locate those black boxes, right? >> reporter: absolutely right, rosemary. but they're moving the technology into the search area any way in hopes that perhaps by the time they arrive we might have better news on the front of recovering some verified debris if flight 370. the "ocean shield" has been sailing for about 19 hours. we're told they're sailing into bad weather. weather here right now sunny and relatively calm but i want to show you video that we took when we headed about 12 miles into the indian ocean earlier today off free mantle. this is considered a clear day but you see from the video that we took there were waves that splashed right up over the hull of the ship. getting us wet on the upper decks, gets the windows wet as well. i emphasize, this is a clear day on the indian ocean and we were still getting thrown around quite a bit. a

a news conference has been called in australia by the man heading up the search in australia for thisssing plane. we will carry that for you live as soon as he steps up to the podium. if the pulse signal does belong to malaysia air flight 370, that is a huge if, what course did the airliner take beforehand? martin savidge is in a flight simulator for us. martin, what were you able to figure out from the location of the reported pulse signals. >> well, there's a lot that we still don't know. i mean, we know where this pulse comes from. we have been charting a lot of this stuff out on maps and computers. what we are doing right now is flying 777, of course, laid out exactly the same as 370. we are over the straits of malacca headed in a southwesterly direction. this is after the significant turn that the aircraft made and following the route. we set the plane at 25,000 feet. that's the big thing we don't know what altitude did the aircraft fly after it disappeared off radar. so we basically figured out by looking at the maps and where this ping was heard it makes sense from what we knew

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we have more live from perth, australia. erin, as far as we know, no major breakthrough, but bring us up to speed on where the search stands right now. >> reporter: that's right, as far as we know, no major breakthrough, but there does seem to be growing confidence here in australia that they are now looking in the right place. tony abbott, the prime minister, delivering a speech at a trade lunch today in shanghai. he said that they are very confident that they know the position of the black box flight recorders to within some kilometers. and he also noted they are confident that -- that confidence in the position of the black box is not the same as a visual identification of actual wreckage. he said that he was going to update the chinese president later today with all the latest developments, as well. now in terms of the search, angus houston, the man responsible for coordinating the effort which is based out of the building just behind me, issuing a statement today saying that they are still looking for more pings from th

australia's prime minister tony abbott was asked about that earlier today.70 may have landed and not crashed. >> well, i have no advice whatsoever to suggest that there is any truth at all in that. our expert advice is that the aircraft went down somewhere in the indian ocean. >> it has been 48 days since the plane vanished, and still not one piece of debris has been found that promising piece that we've been looking at all day, as we said just moments before this program confirmed that they say it is not the plane. joining me now are aviation analyst arthur rosenberg and jeff weise and les abend. jeff, let me start with you. there have been some reporting out of asia to that end about the plane being intact. why do you think there is a chance that that could be the case? >> well, in the absence as we noted many times, in the absence of any debris or wreckage, the only reason we have to believe that the plane is in the southern ocean is the assurances of the authorities. now, we have heard reference to this inmarsat data. we don't have that data. 'don't have

out of university of western australia. they study the currents, how the weather influences how material will move. i'm sure they're involved in this, looking at whether it's possible that something that came down 1,000 kilometers away over 45 days ago would make it all the way to the coast. >> other developments, the malaysian cabinet putting together an international investigation team to look into the disappearance of flight 370. no word on who will be on the team. how difficult might this be? >> i think this is a very unique situation. you're looking at both -- some of the classic questions that happen when you have a disappearance or a loss of an airplane. but now you're looking at a loss potentially in the deep ocean. that team is going to have to be made up of experts. some of them are barely used in this situation. you a small pool of people to go to. you need to have very thoughtful people. i think it will be a shall cheng, but there are people out there that can add to what's going on out will. >> the other develo

kyung lah joined me from australia with the latest. this sub, what can you tell us about it? when is it expected to reiff in the search area? >> reporter: anderson, we understand this sub is at the search area right now. and this is very important. because it is giving the search teams a capability

you've got indonesia, australia, the entire coast of india.unting at this point. >> well, hopefully we can find something somewhere whether it be beach or ocean. thank you, christine dennison. as always appreciate it. a look at other top stories coming up including an amazing moment caught on tape. a driver really dumb, dumb, dumb trying to beat the train. usually that's what happens. and there were kids in the back. i'm going to tell you what happened to that vehicle. and there's the other view too. did i say dumb? a few choice adjectives i'll add after the break. >>> you know, when sanjay gupta talks, i listen. his story today is about a teenager with a rare form of lyme disease who's found a unique way to deal with the stressful situation. here's sanjay. >> for skylar, high school started normally, but his luck quickly took a turn for the worse. >> i would have sometimes difficulty breathing. i would have severe dizziness so i couldn't walk or see straight for days at a time. i would faint randomly. and i would go to sleep some nights not s

the plane was headed from australia to bali.euters quotes police saying the passenger has been arrested. >> hopefully the passengers will have even more better time in bali now that they have gone through this. >>> well, now to washington. and a tender moment at the white house when a young visitor made an unusual request of first lady michelle obama. >> my dad has been out of a job for three years and i wanted to give you his resume. >> oh, my goodness. i'll take it. >> it's a little private, but she's doing something for her dad, right? got it. >> very sweet. this was the annual take our daughters and sons to workday for executive office employees. it's a time when children ask the first lady about her favorite food or place to travel. >> that little girl, she just had some business to do. so very brave of her. no word yet whether her efforts will help her dad find a job. >> she looks so excited there. she was just beaming saying hey, daddy, maybe i helped you here. >> hope it does help. >>> coming up next, the royals say good

kyung lah on the scene in perth, australia.g me now, former ntsb managing director peter goelz and miles o'brien and cnn law enforcement aanalyst tom fuente. >> we are skeptical but i hope what they've got is some slight indication of a ping that directs their surface vessels with the towed son n sonar. that's what i'm hoping for. that it's not just supposition. >> if theaf ping from one of the flight data recorders, that would be a big announcement. >> huge. that would be worth saying it's a big announcement. >> because at that point, tom, you could really direct the search to a specific location and hopefully locate it. >> wolf, if they are announcing that they have a big announcement and they don't have anything that significant, what a huge mistake to get everybody excited yet again. >> what do you make, miles, of all of this? because earlier there have been several points over the past four weeks, we've been pretty up beat that something is about to break and we've been disappointed when it didn't. what did you make of thi

he drops out of a d.c. 8 and falls to his death from sydney, australia.ody parts fell from a wheel well of a south african airways jet in 2005 shortly before it landed in new york. a woman on the flight path describes how some of his remains landed on her home. >> i noticed something that looked like a human or animal part. my first reaction was maybe it was a horse's leg but there is a sneaker on it. there is a sneaker on the leg. it is a whole leg. the first officers on scene said, oh, my god, this is a human leg. >> reporter: these graphic details make it all the more improbable that anyone would steal away on a jet liner and expect to survive. the the california teenager is one that had a heck of a lot of luck. >>> we'll change gears here and take a look at north korea's leader long before he came to power. look at this. >> north korean state tv aired these cheeky photographs of kim jong-un. they were part of a documentary that ran after a concert. >> to think he grew up to condemn his uncle to death. >> who would have thought. >>> one man certainly h

which is right down on the southern tip of western australia. the bbc's john donnison who spent many days out there in perth. what is being reported from the coordination center there? >> reporter: well, what they're saying is that police in western australia were alerted by some locals around 10 k, as you say, from augusta who had seen something washed up on the shore. the police have then taken photos o f that and they've sent it on to the bureau that's coordinating the search. also to the malaysian authorities as well. and they're now checking out exactly what it is. i would urge at the moment, we're going to have to be pretty cautious. of course, it could be absolutely anything. on the other hand, you would think that the police in western australia would not send photographs of just anything over to the investigating authorities. they must think it's something worth looking into. >> but, of course, those who know the sea so well always say the sea eventually yields up its secrets. >> reporter: it does. and it will have traveled a long way i

today out of australia. the australian prime minister briefing reporters in shanghai saying he is very confident the signals detected by the "ocean shield" on tuesday and again on saturday, rather, then again on tuesday are in fact from flight 370. that according to australian media. he said the search area has been narrowed down significantly and they are now confident the signal has started to fade. and is used in, the man responsible for this international search ever, coordinating efforts in the building just behind me, he has long said they're going to wait to be certain, wait to see actual signs of the wreckage before they can say absolutely sure they have found the final resting place of malaysian flight 370. he released a statement this morning that said the detections yesterday after an overnight analysis, a preliminary analysis showing those were not related or they do not believe they are related to the black box. the search continues. the "ocean shield" equipped with the american towed pinger loc

he joins us on the line from perth, australia. make first of all on this development with the two additional pings being detected and the search now desperate ll being narrowed. >> well, it is certainly encouraging to pick up the transmissions from what seems to be a man made device in the general area that we picked it up before. certainly encouraging to be able to detect it again. but we're working to continue to refine the area where we think the beacons might be. where the sources of transmissions might be from so that we can minimize follow-on search that would need to be conducted by the bluefin-21. >> and how difficult is it to move this towed pinger locater back and forth? angus houston talking about it is actually more submersible as they look for the vehicle. how will they technically try and get another detection? >> right, what we're trying to do is we're trying to narrow down the geographic area. basically what i would like to see is the ability to acquire the signal from whatever is transmitting. and then leave the a

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we know it's in the millions here in australia. cnn estimated in our previous reporting, some $21 million a month for the international effort. australia footing a pretty big share of that bill, considering they have their ships out there deploying planes, dropping these sonar buoys. not once has it been mentioned to me by anybody out on the street who i talked to, any reporters who i've spoken to, there's never been a question, are we spending too much money, spending too much time. it seems like at least for now anecdotally on the ground australians are behind this, happy to see their country taking the lead. i think australia is being perceived as really handling this very well by many people. let's talk again in two months, six months if the search continues, will that be sustainable? that's the big question. >> will, it looks lovely in australia right now. i know it's fall. soon you will be heading into winter. how does that, if at all, affect the search? >> reporter: the weather conditions out on the ocean obviously change de

australia has finally approved a second international airport in sydney.s out in the sticks, almost in the bush. it's built in a place in australia nearly 60 kilometers from the city at a cost of $2.5 billion with funds mostly coming from the private sector. the boss of australia's national carrier said the benefits would be felt nationwide although new airports bring economic benefits. they can take years to agree for example expanding the european hub remains controversial and goes on. competition is fierce. here's a quote from the ceo. he says the debate over sydney's airport has gone on 23 years while china opens a new airport every 23 days. let's get more from perth australia. we have the expert and airliner chief. let's bring you up to date. is the sydney airport full at the moment? do they need another? >> good question. at peak times sydney airport is full. it has a curfew. that curfew is estimated to cost the state of new south whales a billion a year. it has sorts of limitations. it's a major hub. 40% of international visitors come through sydney

>> erin mclaughlin, a busy week for you this weekend in australia. thanks very much. >> moving on to the investigation of why flight 370 flew off course. this morning, malaysian officials poring over data after revealing to cnn that they believe the jet dropped altitude and disappeared from radar right after crossing over malaysia. our senior international correspondent, nic robertson, broke this story. he's been working it ever since. it has been causing quite a stir in kuala lumpur. nic, what's latest this morning? >> reporter: well, john, what they're saying is that it disappeared from military radar, and their assessment of all the data that they have available, they believe, therefore, that it descended to about 4,000 to 5,000 feet above sea level. this is way below the normal uprated minimum for aircraft in their normal flight, before reappearing almost right at the edge of the military radar capability in malaysia. their assessment based on this data is that whoever was piloting the aircraft at that time was trying to avoid this sort of busy c

many thanks for joining us from queensland, australia.h is entering a new phase, now it is going to be even more painstaking, of course, as we have been telling you. we want to turn to michael holmes had a is live in perth, australia. it is 2:39 in the afternoon there, michael. people have to time to digest what has come out of that news conference. angus houston explaining the next phase, this new phase of the search operations. what is being said there on the ground? >> yeah, well, i think a lot of people around here. we've been speculating for the last day or two, if they did not get another of those pings from the black boxes, they would move on to this. i suppose in some ways it is expected on day 39. those pingers are meant to last for at least 30 days. so we're well past that use by date for the batteries on those black boxes. i think a lot of people were expecting we would get to this phase. they've been desperately hoping to get another one, two, or more pings. they use them to triangulate, if you like, to narrow down the search

officials in australia say they'll have a, quote, big announcement. you'll hear it as soon as it's made. >>> and a new demand by passengers' relatives. they want very specific things from malaysian officials. we'll have details of that as well. making moves that would put an adult in the emergency room. yet all they really want to do is grow up. it's funny, everyone i know wishes they could go back and feel younger. sound familiar? then test drive one of these. current non-gm owners and lessees use your $1,500 allowance to lease the 2014 cadillac ats for around $359 a month with nothing due at signing. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. beautiful day in baltimore where most people probably know that geico could save them money on car insurance, right? you see the thing is geico, well, could help them save on boat insurance too. hey! okay

and u.k., australia, all have the expertise.a, certainly has approached all of this in a collaborative way over the last week during the search and likely to continue that. they have also tried to bring in china because they are trying to maintain relation was that country and more than half of the individuals who are on the plane come from china. >> all right. thanks very much. joe johns. talking about the next challenges in the investigation. the malaysian government had other problems as well. for one thing officials keep contradicting themselves. ten days ago malaysia's police inspector said all 227 passengers have been cleared in the investigation. but now they seem to be backtracking. malaysia's transport minister told sky news everyone onboard remains under suspicion. our expert pan sell back with us. i wonder if i could go to you first, mary, on this point. they cleared the crew. they looked closely, including american officials, intelligence officials i talked to, said they looked very closely to the passenger manifest

nbc's katy tur is at search headquarters in perth, australia. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian from perth, australia, where it is already thursday morning. bluefin-21 is once again scanning the ocean floor, it's third attempt at what is a problematic process. for the second day, bluefin 21 surfaced early and empty-handed with no significant detection. and while the submersible works to map the ocean floor approximately 1,000 miles northwest of perth, the visible search debris covers more than 21,000 square miles. >> it is a engineering feat. it is a major operation. >> reporter: charry is an ocean nothingographer in western australia. he says the challenges are normal, especially in a place as remote and uncharted as the deepest waters as the southern indian ocean. >> the pressure down there is intense. it's 450 times than what we experience at the surface. so there are very few vehicles in the world which can actually go down to that depth. >> reporter: but it can be done. two years after the crash of air france 447, the fuselage

. >> cnn's matthew chance is at the heart of the search in perth, australia. good morning, matthew. >> reporter: good morning, carol. that's right. the search is continuing. remember it's a 24-hour search now. even though darkness has fallen here in perth and in the area a thousand miles off the coast of perth, as the search operation is continuing, we're trying to determine more pings off the water. optimism was briefly raised despite the fact there's been no breakthrough reported by the mission, the search organizers in western australia. optimism briefly raised by comments by prime minister tony abbott. he's on an official tour of china where the majority of the victims of the missing airliner came from. he went a little further than any other australian official had gone by basically saying they've limited the search area down to a few kilometers and said he was confident the signals they were detecting were from the black box flight recorders. nobody has gone that farment within a few minutes afterwards, the head of the search operation, angus houston has

let's go now straight to the base of the search prayings of perth, australia. paula newton there was. you were at this news conference about two and a half hours ago, paula. although we get it that they are using caution that this is a lead and nothing verified, you did detect some energy in that room that you haven't seen before. >> reporter: definitely a a different posture to this investigation in the search, that they underscored the fact we have three separate acoustic signals, two from the chinese ship, one from the "ocean shield," a redesigned search zone and some white objects spotted that ships are attempting to get to to investigate. that's a lot of leads we haven't had for days. angus houston has been in contact with some of those family members and he is being as cautious with them as he is being with us, but at the same time he is saying these leads will be categorically and methodically either verified or discounted and it's so much more than we had just a few hours ago. so definitely the last 24 hours very crucial in this investigation. natalie?