Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20141230:15:05:00
Sky. in a more or less vertical attitude. what happens is we have radar data that shows that the aircraft was found approximately 66 miles from its last known position. now, most airliners have a glide ratio of about 15-1. simply what it means from about 33,000 feet they can glide about 93 miles. so where the aircraft was found from the last known position suggests the glide. however, the radar data suggests a very low ground speed which suggests an arrow die dammic. it's going to be important they find the black boxes. ? >> from what we understand the java sea not too deep relatively 100 150 ...