next phase in this search. sima, how long before the hunt resumes? this seems like they are giving up for awhile. >> reporter: yeah, it does feel that way. it's not what they are doing. they are trying to catch up with planning the next phase. it's taking people by surprise that means a pause of up to two months, john, before they start phase two. what they want to do is contracts for the equipment they are going to use. they want more equipment, several machines or underwater drones that will scan the southern indian ocean around 60,000 square kilometers of the zones they need to check out. they want more vehicles. one contracted to operate all of them. they want vehicle that is are side scan sonars so they can plow a great area of the ocean