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Cowes resident praised for dedication and commitment after 40 years of service Having worked for the company for 40 years, John Edwards was praised for his dedication and commitment Cowes resident John Edwards retired last week after over four decades of working at Yokogawa Marex. John joined what was then Marex Ltd on 9th March 1981, after serving in the Royal Navy as an electronics technician. Globe-trotter Working at Yokogawa Marex, John enjoyed the travelling side, working on various pro...

>> i havent got the detail on that, but it is a large area for a small submersible that has a very narrow field of search. and of course, its literally crawling along the bottom of the ocean. so its going to take a long, long teime. thats why its so important to try to get another transmission. and we need to continue until theres absolutely no chance that the devices are still transmitting. [ inaudible question ] i have no information on the towers. [ inaudible question ] >> weve deployed more ...

>> weve deployed more than 20 sonar buoys, data buoys, that indicate the flow of the water. we have a good understanding of where the debris, if there is debris, will have gone to. we are currently very actively and aggressively pursuing where we think that debris field might be. so as to give us further information to recalculate back where the point of entry might have been. now, you know, 133 missions have been completed so far. they go on, with the same intensity that we have carried through...

But also by the drift patterns that you were talking about earlier? >> reporter: yeah, thats right, the drift patterns are incredibly important in this. again, such a remote area. its out of range of shipping lanes, for example. so, youre not going to see passing traffic, not going to see things like this. and remember, we are going 17 days now. this debris, whatever debris it is, will have drifted a significant distance. they can model drift patterns, looking at wind speeds, looking at the time...

In, in air techniques in western australia and we have used some from victoria earlier as well. and, the military aircraft. this is their professional bread and butter. maritime control, patrol aircraft. the area continues to change as the waters movements changes and we continue to track that with self locating data buoys and we also seek expert opinions from organizations like the csro, the united states coast guard and others. we have put all of that information together. and any new intellig...

Information on the drift patterns? >> well, i think that with the tools we have, the satellite images and the data buoys out there and im not familiar with the roaring 40s, but the set and drift information should be backward traceable to put it into a pretty close area, i would assume. >> i appreciate your time tonight. thanks for joining us on the ed show. and now to military-trained attorney daniel rose. and tom, the author of soar, the break through treatment for fear of flying. mr. rose, ...