prime minister and the head of the search, angus houston, believe are from the flight data recorders. the ocean shield still towing that ping locator on loan from the u.s. navy. also in that little tighter area, where they did get those pings, there's the british ship, the hms echo, which is an oceanographic ship, it has a two-mile wide beam, if you like that it can put down and try to get back information from the ground floor, and see if it can locate any wreckage. no luck so far. don, this is a very long and involved process, and isn't by far over. >> joe johns in kuala lumpur. if and when these black boxes are found, who will take custody of them and the get the information from them? >> reporter: well, it's pretty clear the malaysia government has the authority to at least lead the investigation, but they've already said they are going to need help. they are going to need expertise from other countries. the three we know that can