this particular egreat had a lithium battery, and manufacturers do say that when charging a lithium battery, you have to take precautions and follow instructions, and, again, this particular cigarette was not being charged with the included charger that came with the item. they say always stay near an item that is being charged. don't leave it unattended. they also say don't charge it for too long. >> stop the vehicle. >> new mexico state police just released this video from a january 4th police chase. the man behind the wheel of that white cargo van is 72-year-old albert urban. he is going the wrong way on the i-25 in new mexico. what you are about to see is the dramatic ending of it. officer jonathan wright has just executed a pit maneuver. you see the van roll, but this incident isn't over. keep watching. >> oh, he keeps going. >> the car continues to move, so officer jonathan wright pulled out his gun and opened fire. mr. irving was shot in the arm. it wasn't a fatal injury, but let me take you to a few minutes before this happened. here you see officer wright turning around in the car.

. >> jim, i also understand you're understand in the lithium battery idea, why? >> well, it is just significant. obviously, we've seen very recently some accidents occurred in the cargo industry, as a result of the carriage of lithium batteries. there was a whole lot of attention last year on the new boeing aircraft and the subject of lithium batteries. so having that carriage aboard the aircraft is just one of the factual areas that obviously their investigators are going to have to rule out as they go through and try to determine what occurred. none of this, of course, can happen until the wreckage is found. and we're able, hopefully, to get whatever information is available off the black boxes. >> and you seem to want to set a very reasonable expectation for how long this could take. if you were advising, if you were talking to these families would you tell them to brace for months? >> well, as mary pointed out these families become experts in this accident. their loved ones have -- are missing. possibly perished. and they deserve -- they deserve answers. so i

and around the world, they are going to eat up all of the demand for the lithium ion sales, and theyly and therefore they will sell the giga factory to supply them and other potentially industries when it comes to the lithium battery sales. >> and the headline today is china and are they going to build there and then import to the u.s.? is what is the idea there? >> no, they will not import to the u.s. they have the factory in california, and that is going to supply the united states, but i suspect that they will build in china in a few years, but you have the build where you sell vehicles, and it is the largest auto market in the world. this is individuvideo of the fil s being delivered in china today. china, richard, it is going to be a huge market, because it has two things going for it, and one, they are pushing the electric vehicles, the government is, and two, this is the number one market in the world for luxury automobiles and make no mistake, model s is a luxury automobile. >> and they have 2.1 billion people, and a few people who want cars there. >> yes. and the stock is sh

you would be probably powering it with lithium ion batteries which have caused problems for the 787.ipment of lithium ion batteries on this plane contributed to this. >> i remember that came up. there is so much to examine here. it will be rarer if we don't find anything and never get answers in terms of aviation history. jon, i'll let you prepare for take-off. thanks for bringing it in. have a great flying day. thanks for the information. you're always such a wonderful resource. jon scott. >>> think about this. if the full force of the u.s. government goes after you, well, it could be a nightmare. suddenly even innocent americans can become the enemy. tonight on fox news we go indepth in a one hour documentary called "enemies of the state." among those targeted this guy, willman harold hamm. he discovered the oil gas fields of the northern plains. here is what happened when i asked about his trip to the white house. you had the opportunity to speak with president obama. >> i did. >> what happened? >> i wanted him to know for sure of the opportunity that we had, and we were creating

batteries and on this cargo were lithium batteries, can you explain the dangers of the fire and gases used to put out the fires and why this may add to this mystery. >> in 2010 a u.p.s. flighted crashed and decided and found out the lithion batteries on board caused that accident. since that time they have special extinguishers come mon place putting them out. >> let me stop you there. haylon is a gas emitted that puts the fire out, correct? >> in that case, it displaces the oxygen away from the burning source. in the aft of u.p.-- aircraft o. it damaged the aircraft and caused the craft. since then, haylon turns off and ex sting quicks the flames of the lithion battery and would not stop the heat or gases. they're burned away with the flames. it's the heat that causes the structural damage. in this case, if the fire had been extinguished let batteries continue to heat and put off gases, hydrogen chloride and sulfuric acid in very dense amounts put into the air in that aircraft. i hate to speculate too far on this but the fact is there is historical data that talks about this and 114

i asked our techspert he said that denting a lithium ion battery will separate it resulting in a chemical reaction. the heated gas insid >>> good afternoon. i'm frank somerville. we are following breaking news out of the south bay. live pictures from news chopper 2. firefighters in san jose are battling a fire that has spread to three homes. it is burning on mossbrook circle to. give you some idea of where that is, it's just a couple of blocks from moreland middle school. it is in between saratoga avenue and san tomas expressway. we're getting word that three houses are on fire. the fire itself has gone to three alarms. it's in the 80s down there so the weather probably isn't playing much of a factor. it doesn't look like the winds are strong. crews are on the scene working to put out that fire that has spread to three homes, some cars may also be involved. when you look at that neighborhood, it is a neighborhood of single-level homes. don't know what started the fire. don't know if there are any injuries. we are working to get that information. we have a reporter headed to the scene. we

what i have been focused on, talking about the lithium batteries, the fact they changed the system. that is going to affect a fire from lithium batteries in a different way in such that gases would escape from them. so that is my theory at this point because i'm thinking that at some point, the crew and the passengers were incapacitated. there was never cell phone discussions. there was nobody trying to reach somebody through a cell phone. there were no communications from the aircraft. something took out either the crew and passengers. and/or the radios, as well. i'm looking more along the lines of an on-flight fire, or decompression. something along those lines. >> and how would that explain the describe turns in and around indonesia? >> well, it does in that if the crew were incapacitated, because the crew has a lot longer period of oxygen than the cabin, the passengers, the oxygen only lasts 15 minutes, whereas the crew has 45 minutes up to an hour and a half depending on where they were having an emergency. so they could have been cognizant. >> and let's move to the area of the

outrageous provide jumping and also act as shock absorbers upon landing the kind of reruns on rechargeable lithium batteries and electric motors help it maintain balance and contorted position. you can jump forty centimeters high that's almost call it the hike. i enjoy hearing on afghanistan. it is also similar like it's in the real and actual. this has to be able to get to touch it the landing. when we can bring sanity back. the next job. it's a dental screening markets that make it difficult to sew the top of him and takes the team in the sense that imitates nature and its potential for industrial nations. also in eighteen seventy. gone is sophisticated enough to play table tennis. make it to the variable speed and precision in the jam and table tennis champ and to hold the machine performance remains weak and the multiple winning eleven to nine. he believes it's just a question of time. i thought the location the bank it's not. and he has made the show the ultimate. the twelve kos table tennis player to take on industrial jobs requiring a high degree of precision able to change the face of the

. >> look at the lithium batteries. >> he jumped in the printer. >> the thing that's great about these videos the final cut king, this guy, so much creativity. the imagination behind it. >> it's cool to see somebody else doing it. >> the final cut king is the king. >> he has seen this video and thinks it's hysterical. he loves it. where he's levitating and really selling it, really committing to the part. >> are we hiring here at "right this minute" editors? >> do we want this guy to be our editor. >> sure. >> all of a sudden we could swap heads or something. >> that would be cool. you could be on my body right now. >> right. >> he could be on your body anyway. >> i want to know if he actually got that hair cut or just created that on screen. >> i think he actually got it. >> red hot nickel ball meets. ♪ >> somebody give this bear a job. that's what i think it wants. this is a tiny bear cub. >> oh, man. >> he wandered into a garage and i'm thinking he's looking for some work. >> i'm thinking, where's mom? >> i am too. i'm thinking either mom's on the way in to attack or this is a littl

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. >> the lithium batteries is what comes to mind when they think about this. these sort of batteries do not fly below passenger aircraft in the united states and there's a lot of fire suppression on the aircraft but it can cause a lot of problems, up to and including electrical failures which could knockout communication, perhaps depressurization. there's a scenario that you can build on. why not lay that on the table so we have an understanding. >> have you ever seen in a disaster investigation, four weeks into it and obviously everybody knows so little? >> we have two or three facts, wolf, that are really out there and verified by the authorities themselves. it's extraordinary. completely unprecedented on so many levels. >> have you ever seen anything like this, peter? >> never in my life. it is -- as miles said, it's extraordinary. they haven't handled it well. >> and you worked in the ntsb for a long time so you're familiar with u.s. investigations of aviation disaster. >> and we had tough investigations. some of the investigations went on for four years b

he was the cfo of blue lithium, the company that chahal founded before selling it.e is not a startup ceo. whether this is the long-term answer to who will run the company, we do not know that yet. >> may be the most inflammatory thing that he said yesterday was that he said the board compelled him to take the plea, that he wanted to fight in court and become exonerated. it runs a direct quote in my story, the board wanted me to settle the so we could go on with the ipo. he is leveling the charge against his board of directors that they compelled him to take the police so they could get their payout in the ipo faster than they would otherwise if you are fighting it. >> in terms of timing, what have you heard? are the plans the same, will it be postponed? >> a spokesperson for the company would not say. it is small enough, they could file anytime now. we know they are coming close. >> it is ironic this is all happening at the same time, in the same week literally. >> it is not a coincidence. i think it is the reason it is all happening at the same time. maybe after 10

iroad.oyota's powered by aer is lithium-ion battery, giving it 30 miles per charge.yet -- not yet approved for u.s. roads. toyota is pitching it as the perfect car for city dwellers. >> we see this fitting into a transportation network where they can be shared between users and play a role between mass transportation such as trains or buses to him. >> why washington? >> when you have a new technology and you are considering to take it to u.s. roads, you may as well show it off to the decision-makers. the car uses but the company calls active lien, on balance computers that counterbalance centripetal force when the vehicle turns. >> we were testing to see what public reaction would be. is there actually a market for such a vehicle in the united states? >> how did the show go over? > >> compared to other hearings, way more exciting. fastly when you have objects coming at you, it is not in the form of an automobile. living in a big city certainly has its challenges, and parking is one of them. fortunately, for the less racially aware, there is a robot that can do it for

>> hydrogen, helium, lithium, ber ril yum, boar ron, carbon, night tro general, oxygen, floor reen, nione, sodium, magnesium, alo argon, potassium, calcium, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, arsenic, solalium -- >> jimmy: all right, i believe you. i give up. [ applause ] >> cesium, solarium. >> jimmy: we get it. you're embarrassing me now. >> chromium, urbium -- >> jimmy: what's your favorite element? >> neodinium. >> hey, why is it going? brobelium. >> jimmy: unbelievable. what do you think of the element neon? do you like that one? >> yeah, because it lights up. it's noble. >> jimmy: as a matter of fact, we have a little present for you. i think it's something you might be excited by. that is your name. i think that's neon. >> it might be an open sign or something. >> jimmy: no, it says arden. oh, you can't read? >> i can. i mean, there could be neon in an open sign. >> jimmy: there could be. but in this case it's your name there. if you put a "g" in front of it, it will be garden. thanks very much, arden. he's a genius. tonight, manny pacquiao is here. we'll be right back with presid

he's looking at four states for large factories to produce lithium ion batteries. >>> remember minorityand computers you touch on a virtual wall? this is something like that. our business and tech reporter scott budman is here with the first look. >> you remember minority report and how we moved things around. this is a little preview of that. i'm doing this on an ipad, but check this out. you can also do it on a giant wall. >> i can bring in content. >> reporter: neither jenny rutherford or i look like tom cruise, but we can act a little like him here. blue scape makes software and hardware that lets you work together on big walls, ipads, laptops, even smart phones. >> it's a visual collaborative workspace. it's designed to work how people want to work. >> reporter: the how part looks cool here. it's a giant wall that puts you in control touch by touch. starting price? $10,000. >> reporter: you actually sill that gigantic wall? >> i try to talk them out of it. >> reporter: after all, bluescape is a software company and it's software that lets you touch, move and share content and ideas

. >> we knew they carried lithium ion batteries so obviously malaysian authorities know what went onwhy you can't release a lot of things. >> some countries are more forthcoming on how they search that. >> if flight 370 landed in tact, is there a possibility of the pinger signals being 17 miles apart? do you have an answer to that? >> no. >> if the flight landed in tact, in the water, sank, is there a possibility of the pinger signals from the two so-called black boxes being 17 miles apart if it landed in tact. >> if it landed in tact then the boxes would be in tacts. >> there are four pinger detections 17 miles apart some of them. >> normally wouldn't expect them to be that physically far apart on the bottom. they should be, you know, maybe a mile or two is one thing, but 17 miles is is a different manner. >> it's a whole different world. >> thanks very much kevin and tom. good analysis. that's it for me. i'll be back, 5:00 p.m. eastern, another special two-hour edition. newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> here we begin the hour with a potentially huge development. her

my experience with lithium batteries, they tend to quit rather quickly. what an amazing stroke of luck that we caught the last of the pings, maybe that happened within five days. there is going to be a lot of pressure to deploy that unmanned vehicle. >> david, why are we still on 30 days for black box batteries, why don't they last longer? >> that is the biggest disappointment. we shouldn't have that deadline at all. five days is replaced for the french authorities to have it send out to be 90 days. to date there has not been anything done yet. there is something much bigger that is broken, that is the international aviation authority for not taking action. there were several recommendations, not only the number of days but the frequency that would allow you to hone in, when you pick up the pinger frequency, you can almost triangulate, why we're having to do this at this point falls scarily on the shoulders of the regulators. >> john, looking at what we know at this point. as a pilot, what sort of questions does it raise for you? >> well, there is no real

it's just a huge area, and the fact that the pinger is -- okay, a lithium ion battery, going to last maybe 45 days. but again, air france 447 was not found with the finger. it was found with a deep sea submersible. the blue torpedo like object they dropped in to troll the bottom. the area is so massive and any edition with debris -- debris can coo be a thousand miles from where the air craft went down. >> a lot of storms out there. a typhoon. >> one problem is it's 20th 20th century technology in an aircraft that is $240 million. this flight data reporter and pinger goes back to 1950. the batteries, 1990. so, we're talking about reactive. the airplane peninsulas to crash before we start -- away has to cash before we start locking locking -- whether it's an abnormal climb at some altitude and it's then triggered and the agencies are aware via satellite. we have a problem. and now it's instantous and i have a transmission that gives me a location. we're dealing with old technology and it should -- 20 years we have been talking about getting more pro-active, and that is an emergency loc

fire from lithium batteries that brought the plane don't or a real cargo problem that caused the planesh into the sea. >> others that have happened in history are probably a good start, and to have technical explanations, that is a little more solid. >> reporter: more solid, but still no concrete explanation and no plane. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> back now with richard quest and jonathan kaye, we're hearing extensively about the conspiracy theories. jonathan, it is really fascinating to me. these theories that persist around things that we find terrifying, and certainly flying falls into that category. >> sure, you know, even in normal times people are absolutely terrified in many cases about boarding an aircraft. our brains tell us statistically it is quite safe, but being 30 feet above the earth our imaginations go crazy, we think about the people sitting around us and terrorism and all sorts of things. and it is only natural that this kind of material would be ripe fodder for conspiracy theorists. >> and you know that we hear a lot of them, richard, people tweet them to me, as

a lithium battery typically has a very flat response and as the battery dies, it's a very steep -- a it's possible that we could have been on that steep curve and heard the last gasps, so to speak, out of the black box pinger. but there still is hope for the next few days to try and relocate the device. >> fred hegg, thank you so much, appreciate it. >>> coming up next, driven to find answers. why the creator of the first black box had his own personal motivation for creating the recording did i advice. >>> plus, could the search for flight 370 be so kifl because there's nothing left above the water in the one scenario that could have left the plane in one piece as it made impact. that's ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains... you can't help but see the good. >>> welcome back to "the lead." it's a desperate time for search crews now racing to find signals that may be coming from the data signals from malaysian flight 370. those black boxes are something that you hear about every time there's a plane crash. they hold the answers to some of the b

aircraft might have come down, do it with explosive decompression, do it with potential fires of the lithium batteries and the cargo compartment and run all these scenarios and see what makes the most sense, then eliminate those and try to focus on where the rest -- >> you know boeing. that's a pretty responsible company. a huge operation. no one has more at stake right now, their reputation, on the line. i assume they're doing all that. >> i can guarantee they have hundreds of people working on this investigation 24/7. they are desperate to find out. >> nobody wants to know more -- obviously the families want to know first and foremost, but boeing really has a huge amount of interest in what's going on. >> absolutely. they have the deeper pockets. when all the litigation starts in this case, it's going to go after boeing more so than -- >> not just the litigation, their reputation. they want to make sure these planes are safe, there isn't a mechanical problem. but i just want to nail down on this, pamela, because you've been doing a lot of reporting on this. even though they say they haven'

. >> the malaysians say, they say they have spoken to not only -- >> the lithium batteries. >> there. mangos. the malaysian authorities, police now say they've spoken to the farmers and growers and people who packed it and this is the level of an investigation that is now under way. the depth of it is quite enormous in the same way we're talk about it. >> yes. but at the same time, jeff, you have the reality that it took more than a week and weeks in some cases to begin to even interview families of the crew and pilot. yes, richard has a point. >> there's a lot to do and it all came out empty, apersonally. i do have a degree of sympathy, miles, for the malaysians, because this is the strangest case. this is the strangest case any of us have heard of. so they are trying to explain to people the unexplainable. certainly given the information we have now. in our language we say conspiracy theories like a shorthand term for crazy theory. this was a conspiracy. if you look at the way the plane was flown -- >> if there's a points to entertain it it's in this case. >> let's go back to the b

earlier they said that the plane was carrying fruit, electronic equipment and a load of lithium batteriese hazard. the airline's ceo said that the batteries were packed properly. they said that the plane made a westward turn after it lost contact rather than looping east and then heading west. the family wants to know more about the satellite data that tracked the plane after its intended route. they want a representative from inmarsat to attend the next briefing. also, since some family members don't trust the satellite data, they want a search of the remote indian ocean of diego garcia. some of the passengers' relatives still buy the conspiracy theory that the jet was hijacked and either flown to a military base and hidden or shot down as it approached. in the end, the passengers' relatives left the meeting dissatisfied. >> translator: so they told you old information? >> translator: yes, we had to keep asking them questions. >> reporter: it's important to say that malaysian law enforcement officials have not been willing to release certain information because, in their view, this is st

battery told the english press that apparently they did not use the correct charging case, and that lithiumries if charged incorrectly can do this. by the way, in 2012 the associated press reported that faulty battery exploded in the mouth of a florida man. that blew out some of his teeth, believe it or not. >> oh! >> so there are these cases. but the industry says if you charge the batteries correctly, they don't explode. but it's something to consider, huh? >> just quit altogether. >> yeah. might be a good idea. >>> okay. so we've all heard this crazy -- these crazy two people, they are referred to as human ken and human barbie. they've undergone an enormous amount of surgery so they can look like barbie dolls. >> oh, brother. >> anyway, they have apparently met. and they are not -- there they are. that's -- >> oh, man. >> that's valerie lukyanova on the right. she actually does look like barbie. and that's justin jedlica on the left side of the screen. he doesn't so much look like barbie -- maybe he looks like barbie but doesn't so much look like ken. >> ken, no? >> here's the deal. they

it's a lithium battery. they do die fairly quickly on the tail end.as you get towards the tail end, you're going to see a decrease in the output, but it shouldn't die immediately unless they just caught it at the tail end. and that would happen to be too lucky in my mind. >> right. it would seem to be too lucky. how concern ready you given their failure to reacquire it that it may not be a pinger signal. you just heard it and said look, it sounds like it is. are you open to the possibility that is not a pinger? >> it has to be something man made if it isn't a pinger. it just sounds and looks, the patterns look too much like a pinger to be anything else but. >> all right. so sounds like you're very confident. now, i know you have brought a ping were you very similar to the one believed to be on the flight. >> sure. >> as far as our knowledge, the one on the flight was yours. so show us how this works. >> sure. here is a pinger. we've talked about the water activated switch. i've got a little bit of water. it doesn't trach much. all you have to do is --

>> it's my understanding that lithium batteries are used and they remain at most of their active power output until the very end of their lives. >> all right. thank you, device. mike, dean, paul ginsburg, thank you. geoffrey thomas, richard quest, stay with me. lots more to come. when we come right back, high hopes that those pings are coming from the plane's black boxes. but what if they're not? where do we go from here? ups is a global company, but most of our employees live in the same communities that we serve. people here know that our operations have an impact locally. we're using more natural gas vehicles than ever before. the trucks are reliable, that's good for business. but they also reduce emissions, and that's good for everyone. it makes me feel very good about the future of our company. ♪ [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. ocuvite. help protect your eye health. [ female announcer ] f provokes lust. ♪ it elicits pride... incites envy..

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it is powered by lithium-ion battery, giving it 30 miles per charge.ps out at 28 miles per hour. it is not yet approved for u.s. roads. it is being pitched as the perfect car for city dwellers. >> we see these cars fitting into a transportation network that can be shared between users and play a role between mass transportation. >> why washington? when you have a new technology and you are considering whether to take it to u.s. roads, might as well show it off to the nation's decision-makers? uses a set of onboard computers to counterbalance centrifugal force when the vehicle turns. >> we are testing to see what public reaction is and what people think of this, is there a market for such a vehicle in the united states. >> how did the show go over? >> compared to some floor debates, android hearings -- >> way more exciting. wow. that's slick. phil mattingly joining me right now from washington, and matt miller writer with me on set in the studio. is this company really trying to curry favor with lawmakers? i kind of need it right now -- they kind of nee

powered by a lithium-ion battery, giving it about 30 miles per charge.ut at about 28 miles per hour. it is not yet approved for u.s. roads, but toyota is pitching it as a perfect car for city dwellers. >> these are fitting into a transportation network where they can be shared with users -- between users and play a role in mass transportation such as trains or buses to him's. -- or bus systems. >> why washington? you might as well show it off to the nation's decision-making -- decision-makers. lean,s active lien -- which counters center circle force when the vehicle turns -- counters centrifugal force when the vehicle turns. >> is there a market in the united states? >> how did the show go over? >> way more exciting. usually when you have fast objects coming at you, it is not in the form of an automobile. >> very cool, phil. you look pretty snazzy in that. explain what is going on here. how much is this the company trying to get the favor of lawmakers? are they trying to impress them? --they are is that there is that. everything happening in washington b

this is operated by a lithium battery, correct?. >> and these have been known to -- lithium batteries have been a fire hazard. >> right. you might have heard about the 787 dreamliner that there was some smoke and fire in a plane and that caused some hull damage actually to a plane that was on the ground in england. and that was a different configuration from the 777. >> these are all things that investigators and searchers are looking into. >> yeah. >> every possibility. no stone is being left unturned. >> at this point we've got so little to go on that every contingency has to be examined. >> we wanted to look at these with jeff because this is one of questions that the community of families put together a list of 26 questions and one of the questions they had was about these elts, emergency locator transmitters. thanks so much. i always like to do a show and tell because it helps us understand what they're looking for and who they're dealing with. . >> thanks. >> chris? >>> we're going to have new questions in the search for flig

maybe there were lithium batteries that knocked the pilots into unconsciousness., thanks so much. >> fire, mechanical problem. it's all possibilities and so little evidence. let's bring in indra petersons. what we do know is what the weather in the search area looks like. >> right. it's such an unstable part of the earth. let's talk about what the weather looked like the last several days. unfortunately, they had some inclement weather. strong winds and even poor visibility. this is the system that's responsible for that. this system a making its way out of the region and conditions will improve. it's not going to be a perfect picture here. you can see as we look at the clouds forward in time, there's going to be periods of visibility and should increase, but that could deteriorate again. rain still expected to be in the vicinity. what we do want to watch is the winds. this correlates to the stronger winds in the greens and yellows. this is the best piece of news i have for you yet. that should be dying down as of course the conditions improve. short window, guys.

and on this side is a lithium battery. >> reporter: he invited us to sarasota, florida, where they turnons dai daily. authorities believe it was one of his team's pingers onboard the doomed flight. he also told us authorities allowed him to listen to the pinger sounds just detected over the weekend. >> so you actually heard the pinger sound that the ship picked up? >> they sent us some data. >> how did it sound to you? >> just like one of our pingers. >> reporter: what does one of their pingers sound like? listen. so it's instant. as soon as it hits the water, it starts pinging. >> it doesn't take a lot of water to activate. it's designed that way. >> so if this were in an airplane, and hit the ocean, this would start immediately, this pinging sound? >> if it was not damaged in the incident. >> reporter: in perfect conditions the pinger's pulse can travel as far as 2 1/2 nautical miles. ocean caverns and cliffs, even vegetation can get in the way limiting that distance, though. before any beacon is shipped from here, its sound output is measured in one of these huge 50,000-gallon tanks.

lithium batteries don't slowly degrade over days.. >> and potentially detected something just overnight. >> exactly. the sonobuoys are out here and getting weaker signals. but that could be from a number of things. one is it can be refracted. these signals can be bouncing off of that thermal layer that dave gallo talked about earlier. it's really degraded signal. it starts at 160 db. by time you're out here they're only being received at maybe 30 to 40db. >> it really does get degraded. >> yeah. >> what is -- let's see right here. let's talk about -- i want to just get your take because it's interesting talking about the depth and the silt factor. >> right. >> how does this play into all of this? we're working on the triangulation. they want more pings. >> yeah. >> talk to we me about how the depth then when we are looking at going beneath the surface with the bluefin and the silt that we discussed. >> in this next stage there's a couple of things in play here. one is the silt has two different affects. it's positive in one way in th

another reasonable theory, fire from lithium batteries in the cargo hold brought the plane down, or arashing into the sea. >> and so to exclude the ones that are wild and inconsistent with anything that happened in human history is probably a good start and to have technological explanations that fit with what sometimes happens or could happen, that's a little more solid. >> reporter: more solid, but still, no concrete explanation and no plane. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> another mystery that happened in this country, a teenager stabbed to death in the stairway of her high school on prom day. why? students and police are all stunned. your education is built to help move your career forward. here's how: we work with leading employers to learn what you need to learn so classes impact your career. while helping ensure credits you've already earned pay off. and we have career planning tools to keep you on track every step of the way. plus the freshman fifteen, isn't really a thing here. and graduation, it's just the beginning. because we build education around where you want to go. so,

with all the technology, we have lithium batteries to take an entire summer of using the thing beforex pingers have to last upwards of 90 days instead of 30 days. here is what the black box looks like. it gets its name not from the color of the outside, but because of the way the film used to be processed during world war ii in the blackness, in the darkness of the box. interesting now that this thing and the voice recorder on the left side of your screen may have been recorded over. it only records two hours and then it records over itself, which raises all kinds of questions about the technology being used. that raises something like the 1950s that it records for two hours and then it has to record over itself. >> and there's a lot of talk about the battery life being 30 days and regulation that's going to be in place isn't in place now, it's just 30 days, it's 90 days but but it's not until next year. could that have made a difference? time certainly is of the essence. >> i think that's all absolutely true. i think it's worth remembering that human incompetentence played a role her