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Is about two miles deep or 12,000 feet. that would be a little shallower out here. surrounding that, very deep water, 16, 400 feet deep. just heartbreaking here. were looking at a storm system rolling through parts of the southern indian ocean. once that does move through, quieter conditions will follow. >> if this debris is the debris of the plane, the rest of the plane could be thousands of miles away. >> thank you, maria. that would explain why the australian military has got a c-130 hercules...

Contain eer falling off a ship thing. 78 feet, that is a big chunk of something. >> the big chunk of something, theyre saying is about 79 feet long, the largest piece. there are two debris fields. does that sort of fit to what we could be looking at if this was wreckage? >> well, yeah. and i dont knowing the dimensions of the tail, i wouldnt be the tail. my speculation, of course, is that it could be a piece of the wing which makes sense. you know, that there is air trapped in the wing. which co...

How did we go from the large search area and connect it to this small area to what weve been looking at? a little speculation. we took the information we had. we had the last known satellite contact with the plane, this huge ring. and then what we knew is the last radar image that we saw the plane was this last wave at 2:15 in the morning. we took the amount of flying time they would have left in that point of time, six hours. assuming you have the plane at the same altitude until it ran out of ...

To track it back. >> because even though this is a great lead, thats a good term to use because theyre hoping it leads them somewhere else. its not just about finding this. this is about find wrg it crashed. thats most likely going to be where everything you need. >> the search pattern has moved south, correct? >> yes. its moving slowly south as they believe the currents are going. >> probably because the xurnt moving zbhchlt right. >> so it had as to go back to find the plane. >> because where ...

Carried them by ocean current and different feelings about the movement of wind, sea, and different components there and take knew this region. then they get the satellite images. they got two pieces debris. one of them is like 75 feet. another is 20 feet. theyre 14, 15 miles apart. if everything is right, if every guess they smmake is perfect an those are pieces of this flight, it is still just the beginning. >> its the beginning. this is the beginning. and theres a clock ticking. this is the f...

Ourselves. they may not be from the aircraft. >> matt taylor from cnbc asian pacific reporter appreciate that very much. we have a lot of different things pushing against this investigation. timing aspects in terms of getting to the potential scene which is 1 thousa,500 mile and having to leave in two hours. it is being seen now as the best lead. debris found outside the australian perimeter, outside the perimeter just a bit but within the flight path in the indian ocean. so i want to go to bobb...

Satellite in the southern indian ocean could be debris from the aircraft. they were picked up a few days ago are being analyzed. four search planes headed almost 1500 miles off the coast of perth, roughly the distance from new york to dallas. desperately hoping to see something in the water. but the first crew couldnt see much thanks to limited visibility because of rain and clouds. that weather is making it tough for the other planes along with the lack of daylight now which is dwindling off we...

We are following this breaking news on the missing jet and the possible debris, large piece of debris that were found off the coast of australia. steve rattner, you have some more thoughts on the whereabouts of this plane other than what we are talking about this morning? >> well, id like to go back to first principles a little bit, because there are still a lot of theories around us as to what happened. to me, certain things if what we are being told is true, that is a big if, i think we know s...

Cloud really hampering visibility. were still waiting for another three of the aircraft to return. as i understand it, one is still on target in the location where those objects were seen. they can only go two hours on location because its such a long flight out there, its a four hour flight. they can fly for 10 to 12 hours. if the weather does continue to deteriorate, it is going to make it so much more difficult given this is such a vast, empty part of the planet. so they need all the fortune ...

Sunday. they have only just come to light. theyre not very clear. we must emphasize that the australian authorities while theyre taking this very seriously, they think this is a promising lead but we havent confirmed yesterday that this is mh317. theyve gotç assets in the area searching for it. but they do believe this is a very promising lead. >> the mammoth of this imagery was discovered to reveal an object that might indicate debris. simply, it is credible enough to divert research to this ...