operation which now covers some 58,000 square kilometers. that is about 22,000 square miles. total of four suspected segales hasegal segal signals have been picked up in line with the estimated flight path. right now ships and aircraft are working the area of course looking for evidence of debris. all right, let s get the latest now on the search. our correspondent joins us live from perth, australia, aaron, after 3:00 in the afternoon in perth. we haven t had any update on search operations from air chief marshal angus houston. what do we know about any progress made on this day? hi, rosemary, well i spoke to spokesperson from the british ministry of defense just a short while ago. she tells me that the british vessel, the hms echo is in fact moving in the direction of the ocean shield in order to be able to support it in its
remains of their loved ones could be found if they want them to be brought to the surface. some chose to. others chose to lay them there at the bottom as a final resting place. a final resting place. that s what many people do. thank you, richard quest. we appreciate it. the prosecution continues. oscar pistorius returns to the stand this hour for what could be another grueling day of testimony. we are live in pretoria. we had students running about, trying to get out of the area. a lot of evidence of blood on the floors in the hallway. another american school wracked by violence. a 16-year-old allegedly wields knives on his fellow students leaving a community asking why? plus take you live to perth, australia for the latest on the
pinger locater. trying to detect signals. the more pings it gets. the more narrow a potential search field. making it even easier for an underwater physical search for wreckage to take place. it is worth noting. yesterday, angus houston the man responsible for coordinating the operation said he did not want any other vessels in that area while the sound search was going on any other vessels in the area could potentially interfere with the detection of the signals. rosemary. all right. our reporter reporting live from p perth, australia. we ll have more on the missing malaysian airliner for you later and also more on the crisis in ukraine. we don t take anything for granted. we want to i think we are going to go to pretoria. there we are, oscar pistorius, he just went into the courthouse. this is his second day of
operation. she said that it is moving because that, at the moment, is the most promising lead. she also noted everyone pretty much has discounted the detections of the chinese vessel made over the weekend. as for what exactly it is going to be doing when it arrives, she said that is unclear. she said at the moment the ocean shield is taking the lead in this operation. worth noting of course that the hms echo is equipped with sophisticated sound-detecting equipment and technology that would enable it to map the ocean floor. at the moment we do not have any information or any sort of confirmation in terms of of what it will be doing when it arrives from authorities here in perth, it is not clear if this is going to signal some sort of new phase of this operation. the moment, as far as we know, the ocean shield, the australian vessel still combing the waters. equipped with that american toad