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The team from massachusetts met with dramatic success. locating air france 447 two years after it crashed in the south atlantic ocean. the discovery possible because of this a.u.v. this is the initial shot of the air france captured from the remus 6,000. >> it can go down mountains on slope. they are stable. you get good data. >> reporter: another a.u.v.? a dorado based in california where cnn's stephanie elam visited. >> this is a titanium atmosphere. >> reporter: the other option is man submarines. this vehicle is a submersible based in florida. this sub located wreckage in the

>> reporter: this is the triton connected to a ship by an umbilical cord. then the auvs which are not connected. this is the o'rion. vehicles like this paint a picture of what is on the bottom. then there is the auv, the team has already met dramatic success locating the wreckage of air france flight 447 two years after it crashed in the south atlantic ocean. the discovery only possible because of this auv. this is the initial shot of the air france debris captured by it. >> they can go up and down mountains that are up to 40 degrees and slope. they are very stable so you get really good data ...

Company called phoenix international. vehicles like this send sound signals to the sea floor which paint a picture of what's on the bottom. then there is the rema 6000 also an auv. the team from woods hole massachusetts has had dramatic success, locating the wreckage of air france flight 447 two years after it crashed in the atlantic ocean. the discovery only possible because of this auv. the initial shot of the air france debris. >> they can go up and down mountains up to 40 degrees in slope. they are very stable. so you get really good data. almost all the time. >> another auv that could be ...

Anything of cig nif kanlt. >> if the auv turns up nothing, they are going to turn north to locate the jet liner. >> we are turning to a retired air captain and director of marine operations. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. roy, let me start with you quickly. do you think it's the right move to move the search north, if we find nothing by the end of today and what do we do about the air search? do you keep the planes in the air? >> yes, good morning. yeah, i think it's a good move to move north. you know, seeing they have finished in the present search area, they are limited in which ...

Meeting is the place to do that. i'm sure they are extremely interested in this case and will do what they can. the timing, probably, not the shareholders meeting. >> okay. >> roy, last question to you, as the search expands, do you think it could continue at this level, 26 countries involved with both the investigation and the search. how long can they go on at this pace? >> actually, searching is not so -- searching with auvs is not so labor intensive as one might think. because they launch the auv, then it runs on its own for, you know, 20 hours before they recover it. so, the crews on boar...