i stated that the ocean shield would be delayed from going to the approximate area where the haixun 01 had detected the signals while she continued her own investigations. today i can report some very encouraging information which has unfolded over the last 24 hours. the towed pinger locator deployed from the australian defense vessel ocean shield has detected signals consistent with those emitted by aircraft black boxes. two separate signal detections have occurred within the northern part of the defined search area. the first detect was held for approximately two hours and 20 minutes. the ship then lost contact before conducting a turn and attempting to reacquire the signal.
in addition, the position of how the airplane impacted the water may also be determined just by the fact of these two black boxes being positioned apart. right. brian todd, in your reporting on this, you have been speaking to a lot of experts on, you know, considering what might be found, when it might be found, and if anything would ever be found in an ocean as vast as the indian ocean. this is nothing short of miraculous that they re able to come up with, if this is indeed black boxes from mh 370. don, if this is from the black boxes, this is really extraordinary a discovery. what the manufacturers themselves told us about the towed pinger locator was really, it is most effective when you ve already found some kind of confirmed piece of wreckage. once you find that piece of wreckage, then the towed pinger locator can narrow the search
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the surface, nothing tangible to give a start point to this deployment. and so this is the result of some incredibly clever and very, very thorough analysis by the people in kuala lumpur to get the ocean shield to the right place. and then, you know, it s just been amazing to get that hit in such a short time. les abin, usually you find debris first, and you don t get a ping from the black box. i think every part of this situation, it s unprecedented. but one of the things that i was considering, assuming that we found exactly, you know, the black boxes is just by position there was an indication from the commander that the position was actually of the two pings was separated by a certain distance, which would indicate how the airplane fragmented when it hit the water.
acoustic noise being pursued by the australian defense vessel, ocean shield in the current location. i stated that the ocean shield would be delayed from going to approximate area where 101 detected signals continuing her own investigations. today, i can report some very encouraging information which has unfolded as of the last 24 hours the ping lobing indicator deployed from the australian defense vessel ocean shield detected signals consistent with those emitted by aircraft black boxes. two separate signal detections occurred within the northern part of the defined search area. the first detection held for