best guess. officials announcing once the bluefin-21 searched the entire area, they will begin searching an adjacent area closer to where the first ping was detected by the towed pinger locator. one thing people are wondering is why they are still using the bluefin-21. why they have not introduced more powerful submersibles. something they have not addressed yet. considering there are more powerful like the orion which can go deeper and search for weeks on end. we know it is something that authorities are talking about. australian and malaysian officials hammering out a longer-term search agreement calls for a broader search area and calling for a more sophisticated equipment to be used. that agreement expected to be reached within weeks. erin mclaughlin for us in
piece of debris from that boeing 777. right now, the bluefin-21 is scanning the ocean floor in the 14th mission. if the bluefin-21 does not find any debris, search crews plan to shift their focus slightly north. let s talk about this. we have cnn safety analyst david suecy and michael kay and a professor at embry riddle. what do you think of this possible shift north? i mean, is it all they ve got really? well, it s not only all they have, but it is it is the best choice that they have at this point. i think that they ve exhausted what they can do with the bluefin. as they shift north, it s going to be deeper. they re going to have to take a
to an area where a separate ping was picked up. it s been 50 days since flight 370 went missing. malaysia will release a full report of the disappearance to the public next week. it includes safety tips for better tracking systems in planes. the blue finn s part of the hunt is almost over. what is next? it could be the 6,000, a side sub capable of going even deeper. this man conceived the concept of the sub here to talk more about what it can do. good morning. what can the reemus 6,000 do that the bluefin couldn t? i wouldn t look to compare the two things. i think it s better to look at
wouldn t say in turmoil, but unsettled in certain areas at the moment. will, thank you for bringing the latest from kuala lumpur. we appreciate it. the president is in kuala lumpur. it s not a region we talk about much except the last 50 days. now, the search for the black boxes using this bluefin is wrapping up there at the south indian ocean. seven weeks. think about it, seven weeks of surface and deep sea scans. nothing, no wreckage has been found. meanwhile, the high-tech sub, the bluefin-21 is expected to complete its 14th mission anytime now. if the robot doesn t find debris, search crews plan to shift the focus slightly north. let s learn more about the shift. erin mclaughlin is in perth, australia at the moment.
only from xfinity. welcome back. coming up on ten minutes before the hour. here is the question. is it time to fire the bluefin? the underwater drone scannig the ocean floor for flight 370 completed more than 95% of the search. so far, nothing. is there better gear search crews can put down there? let s go through the other options. the ryan is a tow system. it s towed behind a ship. you get realtime information back from that. with the bluefin, you send it to the bottom of the ocean, it does its mission, comes back and you see what the vehicle saw. the big advantage of this is in realtime, you go deeper and get