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777. but even the boeing 777 has gone more to composite questions as well. this a big question, to what extent will we see any wreckage floating if it came in at 300 and hit the water. thats like hitting concrete and everything would have shattered. but you will get floating debris and get the seat cushions and large chunks like the gally that would sink to the bottom along with the engines. you might get a lot of material luggage that would be floating on the ocean surface. thank you so much. t...

Weather. the gear can see through that weather. and the bottom line is that these aircraft with their gear onboard are designed to search for submarines. this is for anti-submarine warfare. theyre now deploying this equipment over the area to see if they can find that debris floating on the surface or maybe even just below the surface. im going to take a map here and take you down to the area that were looking at. so as you look at the map here, and i just sort of telestrate, thats the general a...

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The chemical dispersants that we have heard so much about this week. but many wonder if those dispersants could be as dangerous as the oil itself. more than 436,000 gallons of dispersants have been used on the ocean surface. the coast guard is hoping, however, it can be more effective if they use it underwater. >> the chemical dispersants are our number one concern. we understand that epa is allowing them to do the dispersant at the wellhead again because they have done tests that they think sho...

Hit with seven to ten foot seas and wind gusts up to 25 miles an hour. drilling on relief well was have to stop if winds reach 46 miles an hour. thats according to thad allen in charge of dealing with the disaster. cleanup efforts have been suspended due to high waves caused by alex which forced many of the oil skimming vessels to sit in port. they will remain out of commission for 24 to 48 hours. the effects of hurricane alex halted the controlled burns of oil on the ocean surface. and flights ...