Have skimmed off of it, narrowed it down by 29,000 square miles instead of the 30,000 it was yesterday. It is still a vast area of ocean. But the two areas of focus still one in the south where the chinese, you remember they say they found some pings. They have not verified that but theyre still working on it. Another area in the north of the zone where the shield, the australian vessel is using equipment borrowed from the u. S. Navy which has tracked what they believe are pings from the black boxes but still have not managed to capture them over the weekend. Theyre still working on it but as yet they have not managed to get the signal back, and theyre very worried about it. You talk about ocean shield, do we know how many planes or ships are participating in todays search . Yeah, it is 15 planes, not just the two vessels, it is 15 airplanes, most of them civilian, but military, as well. 14 naval vessels out there in various locations in the search. All playing a distinct role, looking
boxes, 15 aircraft, 14 ships are joining the hunt in the coming days. three of the ships searching, without question, the southern indian ocean is probably the worst place for a plane to crash, deep, rough waters, hard to reach by ship or plane. this is not the first time an extended search has taken place off the australian coast. cnn asked the man who recovered a ship if he sees parallels with the search under way. reporter: these are the first images of the hmas sidney, more than 60 years after sinking in battle with all 645 on board lost at sea. this was taken in 2008 off the coast of western australia. the same waters malaysia airlines flight 370 is believed to have gone down. the sadness on board to see those images will be met again if this occurs in that case.
michael mccarthy was on the team that found the sidney, after more than 25 years of searching. he sees eerie similarities in the search for flight 370. you have an enormous area where it could be or may not be. you have the similar depth of water. you have similar emotions. but the search today has the advantage of technology. if satellite images and search planes can find debris from the plane in time, the flight data recorder should be sending out a signal. but the search for hmas sidney shows that even without that signal wrecks can still be found using sonar scans. it just takes time. mccarthy describes the process. that just mows the lawn back and forward until you finally find a signal which tells you there, we have our rig. and that takes a while even if you know where you re going to go. by salvaging the sidney,
quest. i m excited to talk to you about this, mr. mirs. let s assume that the pings that, you know, have been picked up and towed with this pinger locator are the black boxes. and you led the expedition that found the hmas sidney, which sunk in 1949, very near the area where the ocean shield detected the pings. what can you tell us about the challenges of working in those types of waters? well, our challenge was similar to this one, in that it was first finding the wreck. sydney was one of the ship wrecks that people thought would never be found. and actually, that phrase was used the first time. forget about a needle in a haystack, we don t even know where the haystack was. so finding it was really the difficult thing. but once it was found, working in we were a bit closer, or actually, quite a bit closer to
water search and rescue expert. also back with me, mr. richard quest. i m excited to talk to you about this, mr. mirs. let s assume that the pings that, you know, have been picked up and towed with this pinger locator are the black boxes. and you led the expedition that found the hmas sidney, which sunk in 1949, very near the area where the ocean shield detected the pings. what can you tell us about the challenges of working in those types of waters? well, our challenge was similar to this one, in that it was first finding the wreck. sydney was one of the ship wrecks that people thought would never be found. and actually, that phrase was used the first time. forget about a needle in a haystack, we don t even know where the haystack was. so finding it was really the difficult thing. but once it was found, working in we were a bit closer, or