condition for the pilots. today, it's sunny, it's a little hazy. the weather is not so much an issue. it's a number of air assets in this area. >> of course, because of weather like this that is more optimal, does that raise the hopes of them canvassing a greater area? >> caller: i'm sorry. i couldn't hear you. >> because the weather is better today, does it increase the chances of being able to stay in the air, conduct more searches? >> reporter: yeah. it absolutely does. we have about three hours of fuel when we took off. we probably can stay in the air another hour and a half. a lot of these crews are constantly checking in with each other to determine exactly how much fuel they have. that's why this chopper actually responded to this because of the amount of fuel we still have that they still had to fly around with.