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Water. if theyre in a dry area, the survival time, as long as the air pocket will hold out, if they are wet, again, within one o two hour, they begin to get exhausted. their ability to help themselves will be deteriorating rapidly. but they can survive for up to six hours. >> up to six hours. its been a while now. what do you do in that situation? because it is probably dark. if youre not familiar with this particular vessel, all youre doing is sort of tapping around in the dark. would people st...

>> right, this is what sidescan sonar looks like. the more detail you want to get, you search a smaller area. theyre going to make choices in terms of what frequencies theyre using, what kind of detail they want in order to decide can i cover a broad area quickly, or do i have to cover a small area and take even more time but get higher levels of detail. >> with the side-scan sonar, its basically looking out from where we are. taking a look at whats around us that way. >> were looking sideways. ...

Sticking up. its at least deep enough to swallow a ferry this size. do we know? >> we dont know -- >> i believe the depth in that area -- >> go ahead, peter. >> i believe its 90 to 100 feet. at least the early reports suggest 90 to 100 feet. >> the conditions, you said its cold, right, but its fairly choppy, and in your experience with these things, you know, as peter said were not sure, you know, what was happening inside of the ship. it was probably better for them to get off immediately. but ...

You place your arps against the sides of your chest in order to insulate the area. the life jacket will help you keep your head and neck above the water and dry. then you bend your knees in order to prevent water contact against your groin area. if you have multiple people, they can do whats refer to as a huddle position. in which everyone basically insulates each others sides and chests by holding together while wearing their life jackets. >> andrew, back to andrew salmon now, andrew what are t...

Trip, we just dont know. >> were going to go to rob. peter just told us about whats happening inside the ship, but look at that water. you saw how choppy it is. the question is, is it easy, difficult, to veer off course in this area, rob? >> you know, its a very tight area through there. theres a lot of shoels, a lot of small islands. anything at this stage is really supposition. you know, we have some blessings to count in that this occurred early in the day, in daylight, with relatively good w...

Appreciate it. lets talk about the significant new video. our very own christiane amanpour. what does this say about al qaeda? >> you heard our own terror experts speak about the fact that the u.s. didnt know or couldnt do anything about it is pretty significant. and it just shows that theyre still very active, not just bold, as that video shows, but very active in the arabian peninsula, as we know, in africa, whether it was in mali before the french and other went in, whether its in the libya a...