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Indicated by some meteorologists might have been a situation where there was no way to get out, because there was so much converging at once. >> its very difficult to predict because i think the aircraft was probably an hour into its journey and any weather report at the time it had taken off would have changed significantly in that kind of situation. thunderstorms can pop up and down in many parts of the world including in the united states. and you have to normally find a way around them. that...

And one of these new ones is about 60 feet long were told. its impressive they can find them when you talk about the strong winds and 18-foot waves that are challenging searchers as they comb the java sea especially at a time -- i find this on twitter and facebook people asking how can you, since we can track almost anything through gps not be able to find a high tech plane, that they can vanish? >> but there soon may be a solution to this. here is alison kosik. >> reporter: right now when an ai...

The black boxes will be there. the voice, the data recorders. also, there will be expected many, many bodies still trapped within cabin. so that is the grim assessment. and thats a working assumption of the investigators. as i said, terrible conditions on the site, even though its the most sophisticated vessels and assets out there. its actually getting in to see eyes on what is actually down there. its so frustrating. >> im sure. i want to ask you, though, about these new questions this morning...

All right. we are following every development on airasia flight 8501. heres what we know today. four large objects were found by sonar in the search area. indonesian officials say they found the objects after they saw an oil slick. but huge waves, some as high as 15 feet and strong currents are keeping the divers out of the water. the search has been suspended until sunday when the weather is expected to be better. and we also know two more victims were identified. a 44-year-old woman and a 23-y...

And i can discuss, but we do appreciate you joining us. jeffrey thomas from perth. >> pleasure. well time is ticking away on those batteries, as you know in those black box pingers. if they do get to the 5irarea of the data recorders and do get them that will be absolutely critical. here with more on whats in those recorders and what valuable information they hold is miguel marquez. >> reporter: the search for airasia 8501 narrowing. the hunt on for a tiny signal in a turbulent sea. new pings ...

To say. but yes, they would have been on the lookout. but it is now a little bit too late i fear. >> yeah. and then les, this is a question that has been asked a lot. what happens if they dont locate the data recorder in time? >> i dont know if its a question of in time. i think the data recorders will be located, period. whether they locate it by virtue of finding the pingers and locating it that way or the wreckage itself. so i dont think it is an issue. were dealing with much shallower water ...

Of the keys to happening to flight 8501 is the black boxes. the device contains the flight data recorder as well as the congress data report. weve been asking you for your questions. one question "why isnt there a way for the black box information to be transmitted to computers without having to find the actual box?" great question. the missing airasia is only the latest in a series of aircraft mystery this is year. in the age of information technology it may seem strange high-tech vehicles flyi...

Bricks. >> in fact we have seen more often than not the sully situation notwithstanding on the hudson, said they dont end well. if that were the case. obviously they seem to be ruling out early on -- that could change very quickly as you reminded me -- that there was no explosion or there does not appear to have been an explosion. do you buy that? >> well, it seems like that. we still have pretty limited information but the fact that now in the last 36 hours we have found so many of the victims,...

Voice recorders and data recorders and black boxes that are in the fuselage as well. and so far not found. and the latest speculation bad weather and also how the pilots handled the plane in the bad weather. there are bits and early indications that the plane might have stalled and the pilots were tried to move around the bad weather. they were experienced pilots and we are many days or weeks away from coming to a conclusion of what happened in the flight and the search for the victims of the fl...

From the last location. we dont know if the final resting place of the plane is close to the debris field at this point, do we les? >> we dont and that is going to make a forensic aspect of the investigation important. you know and how far it drifted. how it impacted the water. i mean this whats happening now is little bits of information are coming in. enough that now you can develop more theories and more speculation. >> you put those theories and speculation to rest the data recorders and can...