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Information. they said they had conferred with the ntsb, the faa, boeing and others. and they found better data, better coordinates. and thats really what a good investigation has to do. if your data is bad you have to be willing to throw it out along with all your preconceived notions, particularly if youve got any piece of data you were hanging on to that was your anchor you have to be willing to throw that out. i think that actually is signs of a healthy investigation. they said hey we have b...

New information. they said they conferred with the ntsb, faa, boeing and others and found better coordinates. thats what a good investigation has to do. if your data is bad, you have to be willing to throw it out, along with your preconceived notions, particularly if you have data that you were hanging on to. you have to be willing to throw that out. i think it is signs of a healthy investigation, that they said we have better data, time to change the coordinates. >> miles, were getting pictures...

Bit better what were seeing here these streamlines. theyll show us what little pieces of debris, what little plankton would be doing here in the ocean, going this way and this way and this way. all part of that gyre we talked about last week where if you think about the indian ocean, there is a vast area here where the water, the current, generally goes to the west, the south, to the east and to the north. right through the middle is kind of the garbage pile i-think thats why we have found so mu...

You haveassumptions beyond your level of comfort. >> have you reached any personal opinion as to whether this plane was on autopilot at the time prior to the crash? >> theres no question in my mind it was running on autopilot. again, we have very little clues as to where it was. 20,000 or 5,000 feet. as far as the flight path goes its possible not only autopilot but this aircraft is very well trimable. you trim the aircraft to the best configuration even b without autopilot, potentially could fl...

Anymore. >> geoffrey, in your estimation, given this new information, how close are searchers to finding debris that they can confirm is from this plane? >> i spoke to some officials overnight, don, and there seems to be a greater level of confidence about the new coordinates that are being worked -- that have been worked through, using more data out of southeast asia. they werent specific about what data they now had. but they seem to be a high level of confidence. we do know they took photogra...

Given this new information, how close are searchers to finding debris that they can confirm is from this plane? >> i spoke to some officials overnight, don, and there seems to be a greater level of confidence about the new coordinates that are being worked -- that have been worked through, using more data out of southeast asia. they werent specific about what data they now had. but they seem to be a high level of confidence. we do know they took photographs yesterday. these debris items were spo...

Flying overboard -- and we have multi nations there. theyre dropping down buoys there so they can get a marker with electronics so they can go back with a boat and vector in and find this debris. one of the biggest challenges, if you think how big the ocean is, were talking about an overall search area thats the size of new mexico. when they say, i saw something and they give the coordinates, with the currents and everything else, its a lot harder to zero back in and find it. >> they spot it and...

Its definitely debris. but we definitely do not know if it is connected to the missing plane. the coordinates have been set and a sea vessel has been directed to go there. wolf? >> so the vessel probably wont get there for several hours. im assuming its going to take a while to get out there. once they get out there, how did the waves look? how did the weather look? you think theyre going to be able to get close to this specific location where you saw this suspicious object? >> reporter: well, t...

That is where we can get their pinger locaters out there. >> help me understand, im an idiot in this kind of science, for days weve heard about satellite data from a variety of different countries, showing 122 pieces of debris, but multiple sightings of some sort of debris in the water. i assume those had relatively specific coordinates and that is where the -- and that is where your efforts and australian efforts and new zealand and the whole multi-national contingent has been looking. now this...

The plane dipped down, and it made a dramatic turn. and then another crew member said, "i see something." and so we took two passes around. the camera in the front also making sure that the other crew members did see, as well. so in all, what the p-8 poseidon was able to see, crew members aboard, white debris. we dont believe it is connected to the new zealand debris. but it was separate debris that was found nearby, near this search area. there was orange rope, as well as a blue bag. now, what ...