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Two years ago led to discovery of the black boxes. as anyone whos heard the safety lecture knows your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device and there also may be much larger pieces of the boeing 777 still out there waiting to be found and waiting to share the story of what happened on that flight with investigators. our aviation correspondent, rene marsh, taking a look at that. >> reporter: 3 million pars to a boeing 777 and after more than two weeks of searching, not one piece of fligh...

>> now lets add this, what are we talking about there? >> its crazy. have you to do the basic math, youre looking at something like 10 million square miles. >> lets bring dan in here, you hear what were talking about on this. do you agree or concur with the way they came to this conclusion? >> i agree with a lot of what michael said, first of all, nobody really knows for certain yet. and again, in the absence of any evidence out to the east and certainly i never put much credence into the theory...

Been lost and that none of those on board have survived. as you will hear in the next hour from malaysias prime minister, we must all accept that the plane went down in the indian ocean. after two agonizing weeks of mis-information, is that not heartbreaking that the families received this news that they were gone? fox news aviation analyst kathleen bangs, and still at the board over there, michael kay. really? we have a green thing or gray thing, now we make it definitive. >> it seemed a little...

Out what happened. >> and the other thing we still dont know, did it land somewhere safely? heard from mcinerney, seen him on hannity, he still believes this thing has landed in pakistan, the government is in on it and it could potentially carry a weapon of mass destruction which could put the entire world at risk. >> the newly trickling out photos, new wooden palette, what does it mean? heres another theory. take a listen. >> thats the first thing you hear when you get on an airliner, your seat...

>> yes, absolutely. it came to our attention that one family was trapped in one of the hotel rooms. they couldnt get out somehow and heard a woman screaming desperately and smashing the glass windows with her fists in a desperate attempt to get out and it was clear that they it was basically a life-or-death situation. one of my colleagues josh morgan and he went out there trying to fish another colleague actually injured himself, but the team among us managed to get some sort of flotation device...

Shot at what looks like a woman is on some sort of pad that was pushed by other people and this high water rescue taking place, maybe it is a mattress. describe the extent people were going to save one another. >> reporter: there were people trapped on the ground floors as the water was rising, and it was rising so quickly, within a matter of minutes it was 30, 40 feet high. people in the ground floor were trapped, desperate, the door was jammed, couldnt open it, were resorting to smashing glass...

Managed to get some sort of flotation device, a mattress, i think, something to float to get that family out which included some elderly and infirm people that could not get down by themselves. but with the flotation devices we managed to put them on and get them to safety, don. >> its just unbelievable. i hear you talking about, youre talking about electricity in the water. when theres that much water i would imagine its probably a good thing that there is no electricity in the town because tha...

And sho its all about the response time. you know, how quickly can we respond from point a to point b, or from a zone to the impact zone where the waves are breaking and back out of that. >> archie, he definitely puts other ahead of himself when it comes to game time where he has to save somebody. >> i started screaming help, help! and the next thing i know, this wonderful man has a little flotation device and was dragging us through the waves! >> reporter: today, his innovating new rescue techn...

For parents to throw life jackets or water wings on kits, but it more often than not provides a false sense of security. they can slip off, deflate, they can even trap a kid face down in the water in the worst case. back to the previous point, theres no substitute for supervision. you want to make sure that if youre using a flotation device, like a coast guard-approved life jacket, avoid the inflatables and have that person watching the water the whole time. >> lets talk about fences. obviously,...

When i was a kid, it was illegal to drive a car without a tie on. and now its just are these peanuts free range? is my tray table done downloading? because my e-nook needs more leg room. your seat can be used as a flotation device. it can also be used as a seat. you want to know what my carry-on baggage is? korea. >> oh, okay. drunk uncle. >> everyone is walking around with blue teeth. all these girls in their bikini s showing off their instagrams all over. if i want to see your breasts, ill mar...