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Great, conditions on the water not great, a little bit hazy, a little bit choppy. the general went out there, were told to the "uss sampson the destroyer, to meet with american officials, thank them for their efforts, and also visited an indonesian ship. we have some pictures of him meeting with the captain of the "uss sampson" captain foley. ana, this is really an international effort. were going into day 11 of the search the united states the "uss sampson "uss ft. worth" along with a lot of ot...

We dont know what weather information, what weather data the crew didnt see and how relevant that is to what happened. >> the airline says the pilots got the documents electronically. but since the crash, indonesia now requires pilots to do face to face briefing with flight operations officers about conditions on the flight path. more than 40 vessels, 20 helicopters, and 97 divers are deployed to the search zone. >> the uss ft. worth detected sonar of two metal objects but we need to confirm if ...

Be a huge problem. officials came out earlier saying that if the plane is stuck in that mud it is going to be cause huge problems and really delay the recovery efforts, theyre going to have to bring in extra equipment. the "uss ft. worth" was called in to assist. they brought in special pieces of sonar equipment to help map the ocean floor and trying to get a sense as to where this debris is. its believed or its hoped that the majority of the bodies will be with the wreckage. three bodies were f...

And oceanographer david gallagher and timothy taylor and oceanographer eric van sebil. taylors from the "uss ft. worth" began to search the wreckage site. how does the technology work? >> the sonar -- its side scan sewn sonar that will make a topographical map of the bottom with objects that you can then identify as possible targets and then go down and look at them a little bit closer with the higher frequency. >> david, is this the best technology to use in this particular setting? >> yes, wol...

Item the one that was 18 meters in length is now believed to have actually been a shipwreck, so those four items that they were working with they believe they are part of this flight 8501 and theyve expanded the search area to up to 45,000 square kilometers when you think about it it is an enormous area they are combing and scouring through but certainly the indonesians have called upon the united states to help them. it is now an international search and recovery effort but call on the "uss ft....

A big development in the search for debris for airasia flight 8501. four large objects were found in the sonar stretch area. one is 60 feet and another 40 feet long. indonesian officials say they found it after they saw an oil slick. huge waves as high as 15 feet and strong currents kept divers out of the water. the search has been suspended until sunday when the weather is expected to be better. and when the search does resume crews will have help from the "u.s.s. ft. worth" it arrived in the a...

This point. >> okay. there are at least two u.s. warships in that area. the "u.s.s. ft. worth" that just arrived. and you talk about the sonar capabilities. the sonar, we understand from which ship actually located four more items. how might the sonar help detect the black boxes? and would that typically be the way in which those black boxes are located? >> well typically, you dont use sonar to detect the black box, or the sonar or the ping from the black box should show up on the sonar record. ...

About 90 feet. >> two pieces here.larger object is about 30 feet by 15 feet. the smaller object is about 24 feet by just over a foot and a half. >> waves are reaching 13 feet high, though. so theyre really keeping the search teams from recovering those pieces right now. but dozens of diver, ready to go as soon as that weather calms down. >> again, 30 bodies have been recovered so far. six of them have now been identified. and so far, the rough waters has kept divers from finding any more bodies ...

Looking for the plane had to turn back. >> meanwhile, theres a team of russian divers with specialized search equipment that is there now along with the "u.s.s. ft. worth" that has sonar capabilities there. cnns alina has the recovery. >> reporter: it may be going on 11,000 miles here in south florida, but we spoke to one commercial diver who said he knows exactly what that process is like. the number of crews around the world helping to search for airasia 8501 kopcontinues to gr. and if anyone ...

Great to have you both with us. you are the crash expert here. i want to get your take on the piece of debris that was found. joe, lets actually go to you first because youve been involved in looking at the search. we saw this u.s. navy ship on site and working. >> we knew the "uss sampson" had been deployed and recovered two bodies on thursday. also, the "uss ft. worth" set sail. not clear of what its function will be. a 16-month deployment starting at the end of december, the "ft. worth" is on...