for flight 370, the search above the ocean surface is set to wrap up soon. really it s not that surprising that over such a vast area in such a long period of time that no debris has been found. it s disappointing for us, absolutely. reporter: in beijing, chinese families of the missing passengers gathered for a prayer service in a hotel after chinese police prevented them from entering a park. family groups also published these documents pushing them to double-check the satellite data. pamela brown, cnn, washington. thanks, pamela. as you just heard, the malaysians have said there s a committee looking into whether to send more underwater drones to help in the search. joining us is captain john kazinski and van gurley is a former naval oceanographer and
either. detect it and find it and find a way to bring it up to the surface and then inspect it. brian, thanks very much. let s dig deeper. right now joining us, richard quest and also joining us here, van gurley, along with sonar technology expert arnold carr. let s say that these pings are coming from the so-called black boxes. so walk us through exactly. if the batteries are dead, how long could it take potentially to find them? the good news is, wolf, they ve got a much smaller area now. up until now we ve been talking about tens and hundreds and thousands of square miles. if they are in fact on the area, we re now talking about 100 square miles, maybe 200 square miles. it s a much more problem to search through that. if in fact the pinger batteries dies and they are not able to reacquire the signal, what they would do is go through the blue fin 21 and search small patches
phoenix are doing it. they must really triangulate that area before the batteries get too weak and disappear. that s critical right now to really tightening up the area. arnold carr, thank you so much, van gurley, thank you. richard quest, we ll see you in a while. up next, new clues about the flight path but mixed messages from the malaysian government. new details coming into the situation room. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it s just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing.
finding is. and your bottom line assessment is? the fact that we have five of ten aircraft coming back and seeing something is intriguing and has to be investigated. again, what are the odds of seeing something on the first day after all of the work that s gone in? van gurley, thank you very much. up next, the pilot s home simulator. we re taking a closer look. and interpol slamming malaysia for completely ignores its database for lost or stolen passports. aflac.
identify or otherwise the missing malaysian aircraft. commander of the joint forces new england defense force, thanks very much. we ll stay in close touch with you. hopefully in the next few hours we ll learn whether or not any of those pieces of debris are in fact from the airliner. let s get some reaction now. van gurley is joining us, former naval oceanographer. what is your opinion about this new search zone? well, it s intriguing that the shift happened to quickly. one of the things that we d be interested in the type of analysis we ve done at metron is to look at the new compared to the old area. you don t want to get you caught running in the same direction. you don t want to get into a game of playing little kids soccer. i m sure that s not happening but you want to keep some folks looking at the places where you haven t seen something yet but there s still a chance you might