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Taking the pictures at 1700 miles an hour. then they have to download the information to get the high definition information. it takes a long time. he is talking 24 hours just to download them after they take the pictures and then they have to do the analysis. >> you know, david gallow, i talked to the commander, we'll talk to him shortly after the break. he said they were not frustrated. this is what they do. you have been out on the water 24/7 searching out in in water. personally, do you get frustrated? what is it like to search out there? it is maddening for people watching it to feel very...

And it's a critical part of the world. that's why we're rebalancing here. to be part of this is something we're proud of and hopefully we can help. >> commander marks, we appreciate you talking to us and all your efforts. thank you very much. i want to bring in our panel here who have been with us throughout the evening. cnn safety analysis david soucie. richard quest, david gallo, co-leader of the search for air france 447. and also former transportation department inspector general mary schiavo. david, let me start off with you. i still find this confusing. so all the satellite data, which...

Presence not just in this area but north of japan, all the way to south of australia, all the way from hawaii to the india-pakistan border. so we're not frustrated. this is one of our admissions. and we're very proud to be doing it. and another thing is to see all of these countries come together is so encouraging. you know, this part of the world is known for having a big melting pot of different governments and ethnicities and religions, and to be a part of this is something we're proud of and hopefully we can help. >> commander marks, with the u.s. 7 fleet, we'll be right back. [ male annou...

Debris field, and the satellite imagery is helpful, but i have to caution not to be too optimistic until we actually get visual confirmation. once you do, our oceanagraphers reverse plot and that will help us determine a much more specific point where this plane may have crash landed. >> commander marks, help me understand this, because i'm an idiot in science and this kind of thing. but for days now, we've been hearing about satellite data from a variety of different countries showing in one case 122 pieces of debris, whatever it may be, but multiple sightings of debris in the water. i assume...

For the latest i want to check in with commander marks. the poseidon 8 had been down for scheduled maintenance, wasn't searching the area. is it back up today? has it already gone out? >> we are will be today, anderson. we have a flight leaving here in a couple of hours. that's our p 8 poseidon heading southwest there to the search area. one point i want to make is that when our p 8 leaves today, i just got the list of participating countries here that have aviation assets in perth. china, south korea, japan, india, australia, the u.s. and more. that's an encouraging fact to put out there. tha...