malaysia s transportation minister says search officials may have to regroup and reconsider if the pan of the ocean floor doesn t pan out but suggests the search would continue in some floor and the us australian ship ocean shield oil was negative for aircraft engine oil and hydraulic aircraft fluid. peter, an aviation analyst and former phish assistant director, thanks for coming in. this first mission they had a problem. second mission they had a problem. the third one ended completely, now back. we re not being told yet when a fourth mission will be attempted or what the results were. it shouldn t take too long to download the information to find out if they saw anything during that third effort. i think they said about four hours it would take to download
that s what they re trying to figure out right now. crews are anding data from the bluefin 21 submersible. it completed its first full mission today. search officials may have to regroup and reconsider if the scan of the ocean floor doesn t pan out. he insists the search would continue in some form. an oil strip detected by the ocean shield is not from the flight 370 airliner. the sample tested negative for engine oil and hydraulic fluid. the bluefin-21 drone has covered three square miles during its first trip to the ocean floor, an area roughly the size of miami. the first two deep dives were cut short. now the vehicle has completed an entire mission. our correspondent on the scene, erin mclaughlin. give us an updated, erin, what s