geoffry. will that lead this investigation? there s two elements to this. which probably haven t the two elements to this now. if we get no more pings, then we have to go to the bluefin-21 which has been talked about. however, there s one other asset that is working in this area which is the hms echo. that s in the pinger search zone with our australian ocean shield which is towing the pinger locater. the hms echo is using echoes off the bottom. the bottom at this area is silt. they re hoping a large metal object like a big large airplane will give them a different sort of return, a more positive return. and that may shorten dramatically the search. because the hms echo unlike
international search. prime minister abbott also told journalists that even though the search zone has narrowed down, locating the block box will be, quote, a massive, massive task. beijing, cnn. as the search continues in the indian ocean, so does the investigation on what happened on 370. what are we hearing from malaysian authorities as the australian prime minister expresses this high degree of confidence in efforts to locate the black boxes? reporter: isha, the malaysian authorities also continue to be cautiously optimistic. some who say the acting transport minister here said that the fact the australians have detected the signals, that is a promising lead. especially because they seem to be similar to that of a black box. but he said all of this still needs to be verified. he also said that if, indeed,
more than 400 people died. the single worst ebola outbreak on record happened in 1995. 254 people died. again n the drc. and in the most recent outbreak in 2012, the virus killed at least 14 people in uganda. to a bizarre story now out of pakistan. the story of a baby accused of attempted murder that sparked outrage this month. a judge reportedly has dismissed the charges against the 9-month-old. the baby made an appearance in court today held by his grandfather. that s him on your convenience. his family was charged after a clash with police. the baby s adult relatives still face criminal charges. all right. time for a check of the global weather forecast now. we re going to bring in meteorologist samantha moore at the world weather center. i know you have the latest on the conditions in the search zone for mh-370.