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Object if it is findable, and then report back at an accurate gps position and task the ship to proceed to the area and attempt to see it. that would be our first chance to get a close-up look at whatever the objects might be and progressively advance the identification of whether they are associated with the search. >> malaysias transport minister said earlier this morning the search is continuing in the northern and southern corridors of the indian ocean. we have a couple of different members ...

Areas slowly expand. and so for what we usually do for a search and rescue you look at that first 72 hours. it can grow fairly big but within your helicopter range. well, now that is completely a different scenario. and the current and the winds and the set and drift on there play a huge factor. we can track that slightly -- we can drop a sonar buoy and get a kind of a gps position that tracks the environmentals, but its such a long period of time it is certainly a huge factor. and really no one...

The wreckage that was sighted on the satellite? >> no. there have been no sightings yet. >> what will the merchant ship do if it gets to the site and there are objects there? will it pick them up? >> the most likely scenario is that an aircraft will find an object if it is findable and report back an accurate gps position and amsa would task the ship to the area and attempt to see it. that would be our first chance to get a close up look at whatever the objects might be and progressively advance...

The general area. of the biggest one. >> that is almost two hours ago now. have you had report back? >> the aircraft reported on weather on scene. that is where i get the information that there is poor visibility in the area. and theyll talk about the implications of that separately. >> that relocated the wreckage spotted on the satellite? >> no. there have been no sightings yet. >> what will the merchant ship do? if it does find an object? or gets to the scene and objects are there will they pi...

Flight takeoff, its such a huge variable. so what we normally do in the u.s. navy, when we come upon this situation we immediately launch a helicopter and we establish a central point where we think the last known contact was. thats called a datum. so from this datum we calculate the currents and the winds. and that is why these search areas slowly expand. and so for what we usually do for a search and rescue you look at that first 72 hours. it can grow fairly big but within your helicopter rang...

>> exactly. primary radar lost around 100, 150 miles. after 200 miles, what air traffic controllers rely what called a synthetic air picture. that is built up using bits of information, the first is acars, acars will send inform was to the air line, it will send things like burn rates and fuel rates and all the rest to have but also a gps position much the other way air traffic is worked sought a procedural piece. they will deconflict by biff givening each airlinary specific mack number to fly, ...

Apparently flew. so you can see where it took off from malaysia. up there on the northeast, that is the last point of communication. and then head west from there. you can see that is where the reuters report says the military radar indicated that it may have picked up the 777 near a way point over there. them you see a way point just above that that says it is headi heading in that direction. the military may have picked that up. and then pointed again to the northwest. >> can you explain what ...

Apparently flew. so you can see where it took off from malaysia. up there on the northeast, that is the last point of communication. and then head west from there. you can see that is where the reuters report says the military radar indicated that it may have picked up the 777 near a way point over there. them you see a way point just above that that says it is headi heading in that direction. the military may have picked that up. and then pointed again to the northwest. >> can you explain what ...

there because people see the flashes that go. theyre trying to blow a hole in the hull so rescuers can start getting in there is going to make the search and rescue team have better access and make it easier for them to get out. still looking for 29 people who remain unaccounted for if death toll right now is standing at six. there are also stunning new images coming in from under the water today. i want to share that with you. rescuers have to swim through debris in the hull ways. fir...

Underwater sounds. australian officials said the frequency seems to be consistent with the black box. what do you make of it? >> good afternoon. i think we need more information on the data stream that the chinese claim to have heard in the ambient underwater environment. from what i understand they didnt record it. it seems inconceivable if youre listening to the underwater environment trying to detect a certain signal why you wouldnt continually record everything you hear be it whales or whate...