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So theres a lot in here that the public has not been exposed to before. >> you talk about one man, blaine gibson, who has discovered roughly a third of the debris that has been found from the plane since the crash. how is a civilian who is unaffiliated with any official investigation the one who is making these discoveries? >> amazing story, actually. blaine gibson is the lawyer from seattle who has been wandering the world all his life, wears a great big fedora, an adventurer, and he decided he...

Currents work. they are optimistic they can help solve this great international mystery and even find more debris. that big piece of aircraft debris that has been found is in france and it will be examined by french aviation experts who are hoping to unlock its secrets. they packed it carefully. every square inch of the aircraft wing flap may be vital in answering what happened to malaysia airlines 370. the degree has arrived in france to be analyzed at a specialist defense lab. french police ar...

Its only there to take sonar pictures. the next step is to send down other submersibles that can do more. gary tuchman got an upclose look at one vehicle that played a key role in finding pieces of space shuttle "challenger." heres what he saw. >> reporter: at first glance it reis semables a spacecraft more than anything else but this is a research sub that has combed the seas doing everything from medical research to ship and aircraft recovery. >> we have an array of light systems on the sub. s...

Area down from the size of the state of massachusetts to maybe the size of the city of boston. down on the bottom to start finding pieces. there are some sophisticated sup submersibles out there today, robotics, that can go down and cut the pieces of the fuselage open to get out what we need to. any investigator is not only going to want to recover the black boxes but the cockpit section, perhaps the leading edge wing juncture points to see how sharp the tearing was that will give us a good idea...

The islanders, experts and oceanographers are a little more cautious. they say because one large piece of debris floated onto the shore it doesnt mean that dozens of others are going to follow that is not the way the ocean currents work. they are optimistic they can help solve this great mystery and even find more debris. that big piece of aircraft debris that has been found is now in france. it will be examined by french aviation experts who are hoping to unlock its secrets. they packed it care...