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However, the surface debris, if this is found to be the debris from mh-370, the surface search could now shift along a linear course that would follow the currents. it would be a monumental task at this point. >> lets go back to this piece of debris. what are the -- what are most of the -- whats the most optimistic reading of what we could possibly determine about the crash just from this one piece? >> well, unfortunately, about all you can determine is the gee om tri of the impact or what happe...

He has written a new book "malaysia airlines flight 307, why it disappeared and why its only a matter of time before this happens again." david, i want to talk about the issue of time and why its important. as these days tick off and they dont find the fuselage and they dont find the black boxes, what are they risking in terms of the investigation? is it just a matter of the pings wearing out the batteries? if the pickngs are even going off at all. what are the other issues? bodies -- as sad as ...

Airlines worldwide got together, formed a task force to try to keep better track of planes over oceans. theyre discussing options like trying to make sure you know where a plane is within one nautical mile every 15 minutes. now, over 15 minutes, a plane traveling 500 miles an hour would still move 125 miles. thats still a very large area for planes and ships to search. so theyre going to continue discussing that. theres another meeting in march of international airlines. >> from what youve seen ...

>> yeah, what theyll do is theyll back-draft on any of the movements of the ocean itself and the direction of the wind. you notice that the debris is south and a little bit east of where they last got a fix on the aircraft. that could have either been from the aircraft turning around or from a stall or it could be just from drift. theyll back-draft up to where that came from, try to get all the surface debris collected first. then at that point start focusing on looking for the beepers themselve...

Additional water vehicles. i would guess that they will bring in some more in addition to the blue fin. >> okay. we have heard quite a bit now, thank goodness, could have happened weeks ago, this prime minister interview with richard quest and he told cnn, you know, this search for mh-370 is very, very different from the one that we keep bringing up here, air france flight 447. but in your opinion, in what ways is it similar? what might we be able to learn from 447 in terms of strategy? this sta...

That. that should not be held from the public, in my opinion. >> and let me ask you, what do you think is more likely at this point, something under the surface? >> well, more likely. that is a good question, but more likely under water if theyre in the right place. >> my feeling is they should find debris first. without debris we dont know where is the aircraft. it could be a thousand miles north. we dont know. >> and david, what do you think? do you think they will find something down deep? >>...

You think is more likely at this point, something under the water or on the surface? >> well, more likely. that is a good question, but more likely under water if theyre in the right place. >> my feeling is they should find debris first. without debris we dont know where is the aircraft. it could be a thousand miles north. we dont know. >> and david, what do you think? do you think they will find something down deep? >> well, i think they will as long as the pings were really from the black box....

Welcome back. time for our experts to answer your questions. first one will go to michael kay. we have a question from mabel. mabel says what are the first steps taken in the investigation once the plane is found? >> i guess my answer to that, don, is which part of the plane is found first. that is critical. if it is surface debris, i think the huge bit of the investigation will be allowing closure for the families. that will be absolutely key. we have been talking about bypassing the hay stack ...

Ships still looking for surface debris. but the weather is not helping as if they needed something else to help search. >> and we understand theyre mapping out sort of broader strategies for the long run, what do you know about that? >> reporter: yeah, because theyre not going to give up, even if this focused area turns up nothing. the malaysians have made it clear this search wont stop. so there are discussions between the australians and malaysians on who would handle the debris if it is found...

Welcome back. time for our experts to answer your questions. first one will go to michael kay. we have a question from mabel. mabel says what are the first steps taken in the investigation once the plane is found? >> i guess my answer to that, don, is which part of the plane is found first. that is critical. if it is surface debris, i think the huge bit of the investigation will be allowing closure for the families. that will be absolutely key. we have been talking about bypassing the hay stack ...