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Are they just not telling us or just not collecting much debris? >> reporter: well, what we heard today, the debris they found was pretty minimal, a couple of bags and pieces of tin associated with the aircraft and some small objects. youre right, officially at least theyre saying very little. its very difficult to say, carol. so far the information flow has been pretty good. there has been some conflicting statements, obviously you would expect that in a disaster like this. it sort of ties in w...

Transiting that area right now. in a way theyre going through a crime scene at 10 20 miles an hour. im wondering what they see. we need more debris from the surface. im sort of amazed that we havent heard more about debris fields at this point. >> well supposedly its monsoon season. of course, most of us in the united states dont experience that. what would that be like for those searching in the water? >> im sure its horrible. they should see something. i would think that they would see -- ther...

>> lets talk about the evidence found in the water. there was a black suitcase. david soucie says that the black suitcase found came from an area very close to the black boxes. that suitcase was intact. that probably means something good for the black boxes. >> yes. we cant learn too much from the very limited amount of debris we have right now. i think one of the things we can deduce is it wasnt an extremely high speed impact. there was a case also in indonesia a few years back where the pilot ...

Weather, strong winds and heavy rains are again hampering the search for more victims and wreckage. the arrival of monsoonal rain and its unpredictable eruptions of bad weather holding back divers as well and their investigation of a so-called shadow on the ocean floor. without confirmation that its the bulk of the airline nah, officials say it could take a week to locate the so-called black boxes thachlt contain the crucial information that will explain what caused this plane to crash. in the m...

Debris which is now floating on the surface. its very difficult to sachl also you have to remember the stormy conditions will disperse a lot of debris anyway. actually picking up the stuff thats in the water going to be a challenge as well. theres a whole lot of reasons why theres not so much debris being found at the moment. >> andrew stevens reporting live thank you so much. from parts of the plane to pieces of the engine search teams continue to scour the java sea for anything in flight 850...

Legs and things of that nature together. it could just be the majority of the human remains are together. its hard to say. but a stall is an aerodynamic function. its not the engines that stall, but the airplane itself that stalls. >> i want to talk more about the debris. david, you also mentioned that the planes over-the-wing emergency exit door was found. its designed to pop inward in the event of the crash. airasias door was found outside of the plane. what does that tell you? >> thats a bett...

Turbulent, when we get into a turbulent situation, flying what we call attitude. lets not worry about our altitude even though its a clearance thing. right now lets just worry about how the airplane is upset in relation to the ground. so we just try to control the airplane from that regard. >> the debris thats been found floating on top of the ocean the bodies largely intact. what does that tell you about how the plane came down? that stall way up at 36,000 feet mesh with the evidence found so f...