live in perth, australia, with the latest on what will be a very long search by the looks of things. thanks atika. and the australia vessel ocean shield is headed to the search area with equipment to detect pings from the flight data recorders. 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
remember, it only has a radius of about 1.6 kilometers, 1.5 kilometers that can hear a ping being emitted so with a search area the size of poland your chances of being one mile from the plane are extremely low. many challenges and many frustrations, will ripley reporting there just off freemantle australia. john? now, the mystery of flight 370 continues to take a heavy toll on the families of the passengers. many have gone to the malaysian capital looking for answers only to find more frustration. paula hancock now reporting from from from kuala lumpur. reporter: praying for lost souls. chinese relatives of the missing airline passengers seek refuge in a buddhist temple. looking for comfort in the words of a monk. this woman says i really hope my husband and other passengers