investigated it. we arrested the child, and then after that happens we always do a follow-on search of the house in communication with the parents to look for access and availability of weapons. if we arrested somebody the day after that in a different district on the same kind of thing, that s the kind of intervention that happens when we re brought in and we see something of concern and sadly, we weren t brought in on that particular day. yeah. the oxford school superintendent put out a video statement on thursday night. here s a little part of that. let s take a listen. there s been a lot of talk about the student that was apprehended, that he was, you know, called up to the office and all that kind of stuff. no discipline was warranted. there are no discipline records at the high school. how do you interpret this?
ever forget all those onboard. reporter: malaysia, china and australia carried out a years-long search for answer as and evidence in the southern indian ocean that wrapped in january 2017. then an american firm called ocean infinity carried out a follow-on search that wrapped in may of last year. neither one finding any definitive answers. now, this morning malaysia s transportation minister says his government s open to new proposals to resume the search for the star-crossed flight. if there are any credible leads, especially from ocean infinity, we are already more than willing to look at it. reporter: and ocean infinity s ceo says the firm s up for the charge, saying they ve developed new technology over the past year that could help. our expectation is for the government to say, yes, let s start searching again. that s what we want to happen. because without doing that, you won t find the plane. you can t be sitting down and
demanding a new search as they prepare to mark this somber occasion later this week. gillian turner live in washington with the latest on that spirit i can t believe it s been five years to turn it by now, it s passed in a heartbeat, eric. the families of the 239 people who perished onboard elation flight 370 gathered together to mark the fifth anniversary of the jets and their loved one s disappearance. will never, ever forget all of those on board. 10 years from now, 15 years from now they will still be in our hearts, in our prayers and constantly in our minds because we will recall everything we ve done for them. reporter: malaysia, china and australia carried out a years long search in the southern indian ocean that wrapped up in january 2017. then an american firm named ocean infinity carried out a follow-on search that wrapped in may of last year.
that we can minimize follow-on search that would need to be conducted by the bluefin-21. and how difficult is it to move this towed pinger locater back and forth? angus houston talking about it is actually more submersible as they look for the vehicle. how will they technically try and get another detection? right, what we re trying to do is we re trying to narrow down the geographic area. basically what i would like to see is the ability to acquire the signal from whatever is transmitting. and then leave the area, turn around, come back through that same area and pick it up again. that would give me more confidence in this specific location that we then deploy the bluefin-21 to go search. right now, the four detections have been made in you know, relatively close proximity.