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Jeopardy so it aborted the mission, came back up without finding anything. theyre hoping if they can reprogram, get it back and do a full scan today, they could get more info. >> thank you very much. if you hear anything changing, let us know so we can get to you and find out the latest. lets bring in former faa inspector mr. david souse, to talk about the difficulties facing this new phase of the search. the bluefin-21, not up to the job, its the wrong thing, it cant go deep enough. is that fai...

>> some of the mountains are beneath the sea. mr theres a plateau that has that kind of thing which is near to where theyre working. >> is there a way to anticipate that? >> again, you start with a good base map and preliminary work and you work from there. you plan layer on layer getting progressively more detail over time. >> the next kind of topography and its challenges. the issue of trencheses or canyons under water. >> sure. >> that seems like that could be a real challenge for the bluefin...

With a steep wall, climb quickly because sometimes theyre programmed to climb gently but get out of there. again, its going to start with a very good base map and plan about how to attack that area. >> that just soms from pure analysis of what they have. >> and experience of the team, people analyzing it, that have worked here in this kind of terrain before will know how to do those things. >> lets move on to the last -- the third opgtion of topography. more of a rolling hill or a rolling bottom...

Did this surprise you? >> well, that kind of thing happens. you try to be aware of that if youve got an accurate base map to begin with. >> which is our first problem, we dont have an accurate base map, right? >> if theyve got one, we havent seen it. when the floor takes the dive, so does the vehicle and the vehicle goes, oh, no, im not supposed to be here and punch it out. >> what did you learn from yesterdays search, the aborted search. it was only down there -- the whole trip was 7 1/2 hours....