Leading French daily Le Figaro says this morning a "Last Attempt" has been started to recover the flight recorders using sonar at the end of a 1,500m cable to "visually scan" for the wreckage down to 6,000 metres. The search will go back over the 16,000 sq.km. search zone and take four to weeks.
For the anecdotal laff, I have to add some source's complaint that pingers sounded like whales, or whales too much like pingers.
Source:
Le Figaro - France : AF 447 : ultime tentative pour retrouver les boîtes noires