of the search for flight 370. a few minutes to the top of the hour. we want to check in with our panel of experts to get the answer to the question so many people are asking right now. daniel rosen, one sentence, do you think investigators will find this plane? i do. i think on one hand time is on our side and that we have as much time as we need. on the flip side, the longer it it takes, the harder it is to get back to the wreckage. it s the worst thing possible for the families. rick, we re going on two weeks now. do you think investigators will find this plane? that s a tough one. i personally don t believe you re going to find it where you re looking for it. you think they need to change the search area altogether? i think simultaneously we should be looking to the north. i think the opinion you need to go after one piece of material were two large pieces floating.
emotional roller coaster ride. every new satellite image we are seeing. many families increasingly frustrated by the way the government is handling the crisis. today, the frustration boiled over during a briefing with malaysian officials. take a look. we are here. malaysian officials say the one thing the families want to know, they can t tell them. that s, of course, what happened to flight 370. we have a lot to talk ability. we gathered a fantastic panel of experts to stay with us for the hour. rick in washington is an aviation specialist. tom is a cnn law enforcement analyst. from denver, david is the author of why planes crash. thank you all so much for joining us. david, i want to start with you.
electrical cables and mechanical cables. i m not discounting it, but it gives me hope they will find something down there. we have had two hits on what appears to be similar. david, just to be clear, at a minimum, it gives greater specificity in a greater search area? it would in my mind, yeah. rick, you think, though, this piece of debris, you think it may be too big to get excited about? some 73 feet by over 40 feet? i didn t really comment on the size. there was another comment earlier about the size. i m certainly not an expert at looking at satellite photos and the kind of terrain with the wave action, the sea states and the other pieces. but, i guess my point was, i wouldn t solely function on one piece of debris with my entire search team. i would certainly look along both arcs based on the ping. it s not unusual to have
standard order, issued so all new pingers have to have 90 days. that starts in 2015. that s only for new pingers. there s no regulation forcing or mandating that those pinger that is are in existence now have to be upgraded. rick, we talked about the pingers, the length of time they run and the fact they need to be extended another 30 days. you feel in some cases, the technology we are using in general isn t what it needs to be. i pointed out the utilizization of surveillance that s pitched in the united states and the faa. there s a committee looking at it. they tend to spend a long time in committees and immediatings. i d like to point out the transponder being shut off may or may not be factual. i have seen no previous track