Foam Lines News Today

To have to probably in consultation with everybody who has a stake in this, review what we do next. >> so i turn once more to colonel michael kay and christine dennison here in new york. and then also live in seattle right now, oceanographer, curt ebbsmeyer, a pioneer in flotsometrics. at what point can we no longer extrapolate, even if we find one piece of debris, where that came from and ultimately end up at an airplane? >> thats a good question, ashleigh. i saw your -- i saw the fine reportin...

I would say if they did find that, certainly that would be a positive thing. debris -- anything at this point. they could start to sort of trace back and see it. >> colonel kay, if youre flying, and i would love you to react specifically to what curt ebbsmeyer reported to us, and that is that this kind of weather causes foam lines, not debris fields. he says its helpful. and youre the guy spotting this stuff before. is it? >> yeah, i think its a great point brought up. and obviously going to be ...

Take oceanographic data and backtrack where that came from with a fair degree of accuracy. >> certainly more optimistic than a lot of the reporting i hear, which is great to hear. i want to bring christine into that conversation. she is the person who usually is out there on the water. we saw the conditions of the water. we saw the troughs, how hard it is to spot. and then curt says look for foam lines. are those easier to spot than massive debris fields when youre looking at those particular co...

Many miles long. and the debris might be concealed within the foam. so ive been on searches like this before, not for aircraft, but for other things. and these foam lines are often places where turtle eggs and oil and so forth cumulate. so i would urge that people look for foam lines, and the winds are the best ways for nature to make foam lines. as to your question, what pie piece -- i hope we luck out and the searchers luck out and find a piece like the air france tail, but its likely pieces c...