it doesn t have to be a direct hit, really anything sflint. thanks so much for the latest on that. so much frustration and anticipation that the bluefin mission could bring an end to this mystery. aviation analyst, former pilot with british royal air force, aviation analyst mary schiavo, former inspector general, and former navy submarine officer david jordan, he is co-founder and president of the deep ocean exploration company nautikos. can you imagine this search comes up empty and years later we find out what happened? we can. if we look back to air force 447, it took two years to find the black boxes. we re in day 45 as you pointed out. i think our expectations should be set for the long haul. if we look at the blue finer it s on its eighth mission.
the eight bluefin missions so far have covered about 2/3 of that area. now, it is an important week. the acting malaysian transport minister saying the searchers reached in his words a critical juncture. both he and the australian prime minister say the current search area will have been picked over in the next few days. despite no sign of the missing plane, the search leaders do, though, still feel this area is their best shot at finding the plane and those who were onboard. as you said, the sea search from air and on the ocean continues. but surely, that s going to have to wind up soon. they found nothing. and you mentioned there, cyclsce jack, in the u.s. we call it hurricane. hurricane jack northwest of the search area, not niekly to make a direct hit, but weather and sea conditions are expected to be impacted. it doesn t have to be a direct hit, really anything sflint. thanks so much for the latest on