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Detailed imaging of the "titanic." >> the smaller ones go down to 5,000 feet. the next classes are much more expensive, larger device, 15 by 25 feet, very large. it adds a lot of batty capability, a lot of hydraulics capability. >> reporter: the autonomous underwater vehicles, auvs, can go as deep as 20,000 feet, sending acoustic pulses to the sea floor to find debris. then maps are drawn to guide search teams. then even find things up to 300 feet under the sea floor. the search zone needs to be...

Off of the table, and the northern arc in particular that perhaps it is premature to do that. >> fair point. as you say, the tensions between the u.s. and china and the china and the southeast asian countries and malaysia and other countries as well. and jim, i want to ask you about a question that came up in twitter and it is a frequent one that comes up with the disugss with experts. why does it take three or four days to read the satellite photo? and the same was true for the australian photo...

The position and altitude of the aircraft is continuously reported, and it cannot be, that capability cannot be disabled. >> and that is, im glad you brought up that topic, because it is another question that i am getting frequently over twitter which is what can airlines do to prevent a giant airliner from disappearing under such mysterious circumstances. keep the data stream flowing and what measures could they take to keep it from happening down the line. this is a question that came from ziy...