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About whether wreckage from the plane has been spotted under water. A search official told cnn he believes sonar equipment detected the wreckage at the bottom of the see. But the ceo of airasia says that hasnt been confirmed. Finding the planes black boxes is a top priority. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders are key to figuring out what went wrong here. They contain information on air speed, altitude direction, as well as the conversations and the sounds from the cockpit. Preparations are under way to identify the remains of the Crash Victims once theyve been recovered. Tents have be...

Misinformation as both andy and david will confirm. there's always misinformation during the early stages of an accident. and we're still in the early stages. and you need to be very careful. people want to give good news out. they want to see things that tend to be positive. you have to take it with a grain of salt. you have to be careful. you have to be verify -- verify the information. and i think andy's right. the whole issue of dispatch is a critical one. there were planes taking off before and after this plane that were flying a very similar route. and we need to know whether the dispatc...

Going on there that we could talk about for a long time. but a doctor i interviewed up in montreal said that prior to his regime, the president had gone down to indonesia to try to make sure that they were complying with these standards and practices and the annexes within the system. it's important to remember too, it is a continuous improvement program and they're very good at learning more. but there is room for improvement certainly. >> certainly something to -- and you're nodding as well, peter. clearly something to be learned from this, as you said, andy. i wonder peter, there are a lot ...

And flew eastest west or southwest into the indian ocean, before likely crashing into the sea that. is one item. the second one ties in additional details of how the jet was flying. malaysian military radar showing the plane climbing to 45,000 feet soon after disappearing from civilian radar screens, then reportedly desends to 23,000 feet, then climbs again as it heads into the indian ocean. there are doubts which such drastic changes are possible. "the new york times" citing american officials and others saying the plane also altered course more than once as if still under the command of some...

Is in control of where that aircraft is going. >> david, i want to get your take on what andy is reporting, as well. >> again, i'll accept that. my and our expertise really begins on the water and underneath the water, but we have a vested interest in knowing if we're in the right spot, so all of these things play into that. the question is where does the information come from that says the plane crashed? and two, it doesn't take five hours to get to those two search hours, at least from my calculations, only a couple of hours. so what was the plane doing for the rest of the time? >> andy, do ...