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Theyll be looking for the black boxes. its unclear whether theyll find the black boxes among the larger debris or somewhere else in the water. quite a bit of time before they can officially tell anybody what went wrong with this flight. >> nbcs katy tur, thanks very much. well be back with you throughout the morning. greg, we dont want to get into a great deal of speculation, but in terms of debris field 40 bodies, what does this tell you? >> immediately, the fact that we have bodies floating we...

Thunderstorms popped up. and if they actually -- the director could let me an meat on the screen i can point out what im talking about here. its right in the middle. that line of storms that goes east to west above the letters there with the java sea. that is where we are looking at this line right there. that is the line of storms that they had to fry through. that is where they found the debris during the last 12 hours. so there was a pilot who saw it those storms were exploding quickly right ...

To accept those offers. >> yesterday indonesian authorities asked the state department for help with the search part of the investigation, so there is the possibility that may now morph to include help with the investigation of this debris and all the other parts. and there has also been criticism about how the indonesian government has handled this in trying to offer assistance to the families. >> it is also a tragic reminder that flying is serious business. you know its gotten so safe. i know ...

From those black boxes will be things like what altitudes was the aircraft at. what was the rate of descent. what were the engines doing, what was the rpm doing, the pressure doing and so on and so forth. so this is the first step in the investigation. >> we are now being told that the aircraft -- the airline has confirmed the debris is from the aircraft. it is from the aircraft. so this is the aircraft that they have been searching for. the airline confirms that. david rothgoth in miami, let me...

Off course no matter what. ultimately, the pileot is the one who can decide if they feel their safety is in jeopardy. >> we go to singapore and katy tur live from singapore. can you writebring us up to date? first of all, a lot of people just tuned in it and probably dont know what occurred at that initial press conference when the local television station -- tell us what happened and how horrendous it must have been for the people there. >> reporter: yeah, we have more detail. there was a press...

Aircraft and the debris also includes a plane door and oxygen tanks, luggage and life vests also visible. a spokesman for indonesians navy says 40 bodies have been recovered. crews and ropes are being lowered into the sea for search for additional victims. loved ones of passengers broke down in tears at the airport as their worst fears appear to become a reality. one middle-aged man collapsed while watching the news reports and was taken out on a stretcher. the airbus passenger jet with 162 peop...

Been found in the java sea. a spokesman for indonesia says bodies have been recovered. the debris includes red and white materials, the colors of that missing aircraft including a plane door and oxygen tanks. >> here with us now from miami, ceo of publisher of foreign policy magazine david rothgoth and foreign affairs correspondent mikie kay, who has logged 3,000 hours of flying helicopters and jets. lets start with you. we asked this question earlier of greg feith. whats your instinct right now...

Type of aircraft. thats not the first thing i would suspect on this accident. >> david, when will an underwater search begin? at what point does that happen? >> well maybe if theyve got a decent last known position you start right away trying to hear the pingers on the black boxes. maybe theyve put buoys in the water to look for drift around that area. so we can backtrack any kind of debris we might find in the days to come. but if theres equipment available and the fact that theyre asking the u...

Finding that? >> it was crucial. there was immediate response by the brazilian navy the french navy, and i believe a few other countries, to the last known position. but it was five days had past before the first piece of debris was found. now, grant it that was in the middle of the atlantic ocean, so it was 1,000 miles plus away from the nearest port. but it was five long days and they kept finding debris for the next couple of weeks. but knowing that there was something that tangible evidence ...

They have signals and they have things to investigate. even more so, they were quite excited about "ocean shield" picking up that last acoustic signal just in the last hour or so. this has moved this investigation into a whole new arena. for days weve been talking about finding debris. while that would have been good, this is much more optimistic, the fact that they have leads from signals to investigate. this does not mean they found the black boxes. they need to work to verify. chief houston a...