the black box from air france flight 447 in the atlantic and failed to find the pinger. the manufacturer says that s because the pinger broke off from the black box. it may have been damaged. but in three other cases, success. a 1996 air crash in the caribbean. the egypt air crash in the atlantic in 1999 and the 2007 of an adam air jet. the black boxes were found but the search areas were relatively small. malaysia air is the fifth attempt and it s still a long shot. we ve got nothing to lose. it s certainly got a better shot on the indian ocean than it does alongside the dock in perth. airline s pilot association, they are calling for stronger pingers to be used, better emergency transmitters and that kind of equipment. that s a very strong signal from the airline pilots association as it relates to this case. today we got another vote of confidence on the tow s pinger locator expressing total
confidence in that device. they said if that pinger is still working, if they are searching in the right area, they will find it. the pinger locator s track record speaks for itself, wolf. the locators have been successful in finding locators in military crashes, right? that s right. one very prominent one. the manufacturer says that there s been several instances where it s found military planes because of its success record there. in 1997, a u.s. and a german plane collided off the coast of africa. the tow s pinger locator found the pinger locator found it in those crashes. let s bring in richard quest along with colleen keller, a senior analyst at mettron, a defense contractor who helped in the search of air france 447. colleen, you were brought in after they basically gave up. it still took two years to find