and we re in a position where if it doesn t, it is going to have a great impact, i believe, on the credibility of the search. the batteries on the flight data recorders or black boxes are supposed to last for about a month. the plane disappeared march 8th. and today is april 5th. time is of the essence for those searching for malaysian flight 370. judge? molly, thanks so much. with me now is pilot kyle bailey. kyle, there s a lot of talk about who should have reported what to whom. we do know that a chinese vessel said they heard a ping for 90 seconds and that this information is released through a chinese-run news agency. who should have been informed of this? australia should have been informed because they re basically running the operation, the search and the recovery efforts. and the international civil aviation authority basically also has jurisdiction. but australia should have been
about a month and the plane disappeared march 8th. today is april 5th. time is of the essence for those searching for malaysian flight 370. chinese news report say a chinese ship picked up a signal in the southern indian ocean. at 37.5 kilohertz. that s the same frequency emitted by the plane s black boxes or flight data recorders. malaysian authorities say they re trying to verify the report. the chinese also say one of their air force planes spotted some white floating objects in the search area. again, we do not know yet if the report of a ping or if these reports of the floating objects are true and if they re related to the missing malaysian 777 jet. military and civilian planes and ships from several nations, including china, australia, britain, and the u.s. are scouring parts of the indian ocean where the plane may have gone down. we re getting word from angus houston, the coordinator of the joint agency coordination