reviewed. they say the area should be moved several hundred miles to the southeast. now we re hearing it s been moved south. but that does mean that the investigators and the searchers still have an open mind, and they re still refining the data. the flip side means that we haven t pinpointed the location. that s the bad news of the good news. but they re refining the data. and that s always good. david is, this an entirely new area, or is it an issue of incorporating an area that s already been searched but focusing on something else? no, it s an entirely new area. i met with part of the independent group in colorado about a week ago. and he showed me exactly where he felt the aircraft was had terminated the flight. and it s remarkably similar to what the northeast recommended to the to the search as much as a month ago. so it s very something to me that we ve come full circle on this and taken some assumptions and the fact that they didn t take action when the ntsb had told t
not calculated in but have been now. the independent search area is south of the most recent searched area. and it s north of where the where the original search area was. it s kind of in between the two where there s never been any searching going on at all. i m encouraged they may find something there. a new search area, what kind of equipment would be used here? well, they re going to do keep their plan of the course of to map the ocean floor first. so the chinese have had a ship there mapping, additional assets to map the floor first, and then they will deploy the submersibles, except they will be using next time subomers thabls are capable of operation submersibles that are capable of operations at greater depths. one the mapping is done, they ll be able to send them back in. they re still in the process of taking bids from private groups or private or not for private groups. but they re looking for an outside group to carry on that search with the underwater robotic v
safety officials have been re-examining data that could shift the search area hundreds of miles south. since the plane vanished back in march, march 8th, searchers have found no trace of the boeing 777 or the 239 people on board. meanwhile, malaysian police are denying a report in a london newspaper that the pilot is the primary suspect in the probe in to the plane s disappearance. cnn aviation analyst, mary schiavo is joining us from north carolina. and on the phone, from chicago, cnbc safety analyst david suc kri. what does the new area propose to do some is this good news in your view? well, it s a little bit of confusing news. the new search year means that they have docontinued to refine the inmarsat data. there was an area that distinguished gentlemen