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Indicated by some meteorologists might have been a situation where there was no way to get out, because there was so much converging at once. >> it's very difficult to predict because i think the aircraft was probably an hour into its journey and any weather report at the time it had taken off would have changed significantly in that kind of situation. thunderstorms can pop up and down in many parts of the world including in the united states. and you have to normally find a way around them. that would be the response. but it's not inconceivable that a pilot could find himself in a complete so...

And one of these new ones is about 60 feet long we're told. it's impressive they can find them when you talk about the strong winds and 18-foot waves that are challenging searchers as they comb the java sea especially at a time -- i find this on twitter and facebook people asking how can you, since we can track almost anything through gps not be able to find a high tech plane, that they can vanish? >> but there soon may be a solution to this. here is alison kosik. >> reporter: right now when an airplane disappears the story of what went wrong vanishes with the black box. what if we had those a...

The black boxes will be there. the voice, the data recorders. also, there will be expected many, many bodies still trapped within cabin. so that is the grim assessment. and that's a working assumption of the investigators. as i said, terrible conditions on the site, even though it's the most sophisticated vessels and assets out there. it's actually getting in to see eyes on what is actually down there. it's so frustrating. >> i'm sure. i want to ask you, though, about these new questions this morning as to why flight 8501 was flying the route specifically on a sunday. because as we understand ...

All right. we are following every development on airasia flight 8501. here's what we know today. four large objects were found by sonar in the search area. indonesian officials say they found the objects after they saw an oil slick. but huge waves, some as high as 15 feet and strong currents are keeping the divers out of the water. the search has been suspended until sunday when the weather is expected to be better. and we also know two more victims were identified. a 44-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man. that is now 6 out of 30 bodies that have been identified of those recovered. so what w...

And i can discuss, but we do appreciate you joining us. jeffrey thomas from perth. >> pleasure. well time is ticking away on those batteries, as you know in those black box pingers. if they do get to the 5irarea of the data recorders and do get them that will be absolutely critical. here with more on what's in those recorders and what valuable information they hold is miguel marquez. >> reporter: the search for airasia 8501 narrowing. the hunt on for a tiny signal in a turbulent sea. new pings from the data flight recorder. >> the pinger has a pulse and it comes in a specific interval and sp...