My optimism is starting to wane ... the meter is running on the pinger batteries and if those die before the searchers can recover the black boxes, well ...
It's roughly comparable to trying to find a single penny. In a football field. At night. Without lights. While suspended 50 feet above the field. And did I mention it was raining?
LTM, who still has his fingers crossed for this one,
Monty Fowler, TIGHAR No. 2189 CER