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More the size of new jersey, something like that then you have a better chance of finding it. the other issue is the debris. if you find the plane debris on the surface and we have reports of debris but we dont know if it is connected at all to this case. if you do find the debris you can probably get some sense of how the currents may have taken the debris from where the plane actually went down. >> let me ask you a primitive question. why dont they make the black box floatable? these planes go...

Around the world. one last point that is important is winter is fast approaching. the days are getting shorter. that means the ocean is going to get rougher. they had one good day of searching. it will get bad for the next days. >> winter is coming in the southern hemisphere. what do we have in terms of the ability of us to get to the black box? is it american assets? whose assets can find the little box in orange there to the right? >> the americans have great expertise with dropping these subm...

Control room that would then be looking at all this preliminary information and then tagging it. so that perhaps they could go back and take a look, erin, and those oddities that stood out out to them. >> rosa, how long could it search? >> you know, it depends. it depends on how long the mission is going to take. so for example, this particular probe can do a mission for about probably about 24 square miles in a day. when were talking about the indian ocean, of course, its a very big area. but i...

What happened. they may hear everything thats coming out of malaysia. but till they have the debris in someones hand to verify it, it is really hard for the families to accept. erin? >> kyung, they may get a visual as they have, but its impossible to confirm unless someone goes and gets it and removes it from the surface of the ocean. thats where the ships come in. what resources are now in play here for this search? >> well, we know that the australian ship this morning will be heading out and ...

Debris went. >> well, unfortunately, they are battling the elements. what we do know is that we have a deep ocean location for wreckage. they havent released exactly the area that they are looking for but we do know this particular area where the south indian ocean is is very deep. in areas, it goes down to 25,000, 26,000 feet depth, which is extraordinary. you also have the terrain. mountainous, ridges, valleys. we are not sure exactly where they are going to find this debris. they are at the m...

Nevertheless, there were ten sets of eyes and minds looking at the ocean. operators staring at their screens and monitors. and on the monitors was a continuous video feed from a camera underneath the plane. also on either side were two spotters looking out windows. they had binoculars, as well. and at the front, the three pilots scanning the horizon scouring the sea for any sign of this debris. we crisscross the debris field, two or three times. we didnt see anything visually. but on the radar, ...

Where a piece of debris is now or has been spotted, then you can get a better handle on what parameters are at play. with respect to the wind versus currents. if its just currents carrying it along, that gives us more information if its wind pushing on the surface and blowing it in different directions in addition to currents. and if its just currents, what i would assume but with no information i cant say for sure, then itll be a lot slower transport. and so really does narrow down the field qu...

Mission a success because they carried it out and they cleared a lot of area where there was no debris. so by a process of elimination, they have now cleared that area of debris. so a very dramatic day above the indian ocean. krystal? >> thank you so much for that report. and here with us now is kyle bailey, an aviation analyst and pilot. and kyle, given what we know at this point about where the plane went down and the ocean about that additional right-hand turn, that was taken about the plane ...

Under the surface of the ocean, for the deep ocean in general. but in general, its a lot slower currents. so at least -- >> right. >> it wont be moving around a lot. >> were getting there. >> when we say someone is an oceanographer and they can study the ocean in this kind of situation, what are the tools a the your disposal. how do you know what you know about the ocean? >> so how i know what i know is i use satellite data to calculate surface currents. so this is all nasa project, all satellit...

These individuals. and thats what the fbi is good at and going to help them with on the ground. >> i think thats a great point that even though this particular circumstance is so unusual, the sort of psychological pressures and profile that you might find in an individual that would take extreme action is something you see time and again. but i wanted to ask you. the malaysian prime minister in his press conference, when he said the flight had ended in the ocean. he was pretty unequivocal, can y...