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>> what the debris will help with, will obviously confirm -- certainly for the families that this plane has crashed. it will allow the investigators to look at the wreckage and draw some preliminary conclusions if they get pieces that show certain types of impact. we saw that with our friends. but what i'm saying is that this debris, 21 days removed from the crash site, removed from the origin, is no longer going to be a very good clue as to where that crash took place. that leaves us with just this estimated track and a very, very proximate search box based on drift. that means a large search...

Get confirmation that it's associated with the 777 aircraft and probably mh-370 then we will know based on drift modelling of surface debris where it was likely to end up that this is very likely associated with the search area that we are currently focusing on. >> reporter: so that search area is a vast area. of course we're talking about the indian ocean. within that ocean, so far they've searched an area half the size of the state of pennsylvania. and they are not stopping. they could go on for up to a year. obviously, they hope that they're going to find wreckage before that. they've alrea...