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The last known position of the aircraft that was lost, and this came from acars data, was 6.5 nautical miles from where the wreckage was finally found. two years after the aircraft was lost. so i just -- i just say that because i think it's important to put it in context that the environment down there is incredibly demanding. now, that wreckage was found at 3,000 meters depth. we're talking about operating down closer to 4,500 meters. and i think that gives you some idea of how challenging this should be. and that's why i say we've got to be realistic about this. it may be very difficult to f...

So it's a 24-hour cycle. it goes down, you don't get any indication of how things are going while it's deployed. you have to wait to recover it before you can get the download of the data that it has picked up. yes. >> hi. i'm wondering at this point the search has been going on, do you have any estimate of how much this is costing and also is it possible -- this has been going on for a long time. are you in this for the long haul? could it be a couple of months. >> well, it's very expensive. all of the countries that are contributing to this are running up big costs and i think the world comm...

To what i would say is one of the largest search and rescue and recovery missions that i've seen in my lifetime. but just to put a bit of realism into it, the model that we tend to use in air france aircraft that was lost and this came from acars data was 6.5 nautical miles from where the wreckage was finally found two years after the aircraft was lost. i just say that because i think it's important to put it in context that the environment down there is incredibly demanding. now, that wreckage was found at

The data. that actually is four hours to download the data and they will have all day to look at the data while the bluefin is off on its next deployment. they have to recharge the batteries and that's what takes four hours. so this process is deliberate and time consuming. >> the air and surface search for flight 370 will be concluded within the next couple of days. now the search will happen under the water. does this mean that it is a scale-back? let's discuss, next.

In the employment of the underwater vehicle, it has a 24-hour cycle. so we anticipate deploying it this evening. it will then be recovered. and with the collection of data, analysis and so on, it will be ready to be deployed if everything goes according to plan exactly 24 hours after the first deployment. and so on. so it's a 24-hour cycle. it goes down, you don't get any indication of how things are going while it's deployed. you have to wait to recover it before you can get the download of the data that it's picked up. yes. >> hi, associated press. we're wondering at this point,