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Is a coordinated international effort. and everything we have done has been by request. so at first even when we sent our first ship in and the first helicopters, that was all by request of the malaysian government. so the u.s. navy, part of our role is to support all the nations in this region. if we're requested we'll certainly look at those options. but really at this time, yes. that's true. >> commander marks, i appreciate your time. i appreciate all your efforts. thank you. want to bring in our panel that's going to be with us throughout the evening. david soucie, cnn safety analyst, auth...

Obvious. >> the fact that these were spotted biplanes as opposed to satellites which take days to reposition which take days to analyze, that certainly -- in that old search area there weren't any objects spotted biplanes. >> we saw them by satellites. there were two i think spotted biplanes on one day, a green and orange item. but nothing more than that. the fact we've seen so much spotted, it's still a vast area. it's still got a long way to go. but they are quite confident. if you liston what the new zealand force has said in that report, they are quite confident that at least they're getti...

Of, any u.s. naval vessels to aid in searching? >> i should mention this is a coordinated international effort. everything we've done has been by request. so at first, even when we sent our first ship in, our first helicopters, that was all by request of the malaysian government. so the u.s. navy, part of our role is to support all the nations in this region. if we're requested, we'll certainly look at those options. >> commander marks, i appreciate your time and appreciate all your efforts. i want to bring in our panel that will be with us throughout the evening. david soucie, richard quest, ...

Justified in having optimism provided you're in the right place. >> but the fact that these were spotted by planes as opposed to satellites, which take days to reposition, which take days to analyze, there weren't any objects spotted by planes in the old search area. >> there was two items spotted one day, but nothing more than that. it's still a vast area, but they are quite confident. if you listen to what the new zealand forces said, they are quite confident that at least they're getting closer. >> miles, it's certainly an easier search area, as you heard from commander marks in terms of di...

Slowly, one to four knots, and it simply cannot search hundreds of mile area like it is right now. so we still need to keep flying. we still need to get a visual confirmation on the debris, let our oceanographers work backward and get that datum so we have a good central point. the black box only has a range of maybe a mile or so. so it's not like it's pinging out this very strong signal. you have to be close to get a hit on it. >> commander marks, appreciate all you're doing and talking to us. >> cnn safety analyst david soucie author of "why planes crash" cnn aviation analyst and veteran pri...