it s dark down there. if it s in deep sit, it s going to be a tough task. wolf. the fifth ping we talked about so much over the last 24 hours, that now seems to be not something coming from one of those two black boxes, something else, right? yes, that of course the first four pings came from the ocean shield vessel towing that u.s. navy ping locator. this other thought to be ping or possible ping came from sonobuoys dropped from aircraft, dropped down about 1,000 feet, and listen in as well. they got that data back to a research area in addlaid, in south australia. they decided that is not a ping from a black box. these other four pings they re very confident are. they re the ones they re working on. wolf. michael holmes in perth, thank you. malaysia airlines has put some new security procedures in place since the disappearance of flight 370.
ever trying to narrow down that search area as much as they can. try to pinpoint where this wreckage might be. you ve got the ocean shield out there still towing the ping locator, trying to get one more ping or two more pings so they can further triangulate and narrow down the search area any further. the batteries, of course, well, they were designed to last 30 days. it s day 36 now. so hopes of finding, they ll get much more in the way of pings. then, of course, wuoncethy star to search down there with that submersible, the bluefin, that s going to be a long and tedious process. it takes pretty much a day to get it down there, back up and have a look at the data and doesn t count going down with a recovery vehicle were they to find anything. this is still a very, very long process, wolf. certainly is. michael holmes on the scene in perth, australia. let s bring in our panel. aviation correspondent rene marsh still with us along with aviation analyst miles o brien,
is very different. it wasn t done by the towed locator, the ping locator behind ocean shield. this was dropped by an aircraft. it s one of the sonabuoys that s been put into the water and has managed to give a signal. now, what we know is the frequency s in the right area. they don t believe it s of natural origin. and they believe it is a mechanical. but they haven t given us any details. for example, we don t know what the frequency is, we don t know what the repetition rate is. we don t know anything like that. we do know it was at about 1,000 meters. 1,000 meters under the surface. we also know now for sure, malaysian authorities have confirmed this that the final words from the cockpit came from the captain, not the co-captain. well, it s still it s still yes, it s believed to be. i m putting it like that. because people who know both voices have said that this is the captain s voice. right. good night malaysian 370. the final words from the cockpit. two minutes be
in the indian ocean about 1400 miles northwest of perth, australia. nbc s ian williams joins us live from perth. ian, what s next here? reporter: hi, tamron. well, the search coordinator angus houston, cautious as ever, is describing this as a possible signal which will be analyzed overnight. now, if it is confirmed, it will be the fifth signal in the same area that s consistent with the sig fall from a black box. significantly this came from an aircraft. it didn t come from the ping locator that s being towed through the sea. it it came from an aircraft, an australian orion p3 which we believe was talking to sonar buoys which have been laid out quite extensively now across the search area. what next? they ll want to make sure they have as much sound as possible, as many signals as possible and don t forget, the battery on that black box as far as running
moments, a summit celebrating the civil rights act already heard from carter and clinton and bush this hour, president obama steps in. you have a front row seat to see it live. hello, everyone. i m ashleigh banfield. it is thursday april the 10th, welcome to legal view. from the depths of the indian ocean to the skies over western malaysia, we are tracking developments, revelation of the indian ocean. the alleged floating microphone search teams have been tossing out of airplanes by the dozens, one of them picked up a signal that could be from the flight cockpit voice recorder. this could be the most important signal with those all important pings since saturday. the others came from the ping locator attached to the ship