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Last ten days. could those images have shown us nothing at all? >> well, there's a lot of garbage in the ocean even down in the indian ocean. we heard various reports that the southern i.o. is pretty clean but there's still a lot of trash there. so those reports until we have something picked up, they were just potential. i don't think that -- you know, there's no validity to those reports unless we saw something. >> the interesting thing is is they worked this out using mathematics, i think, right? with this new area where the plane probably went down based on the speed in which it was travel...

Talking about for the last several days aren't worth anything? >> well, they may not be. what i know is that the ntsb and the investigative team have been really breaking new ground on the analysis of the inmarsat data. if you're, working with a number that runs out to 15 digit points, they're working with the last three or four numbers, which are very small increments, but it has given them a much clearer picture of where they believe this plane flew to and where it came down and it's their best shot before the flight data recorder and the voice recorder pingers perhaps wear out. >> the type ...

Long and short of it, they are able to work out, because it still has to be in the corridor. it still has to follow the pings. it had to be further north. therefore, that's how they worked it out. >> tom, that means these five satellite images we have been talking about are probably meaningless. the latest debris that the pilots spotted, the debris was actually there. should we feel more hopeful? >> carol, that's a big difference. you are right. the other debris was focused by satellites. the planes found nothing day after day after day. this time, you have the planes themselves, seeing object...

Deal or is this another false hope? >> well, i think it's the best deal that they can come up with today. this is all new territory. the analysis is difficult, the analysis hasn't been done before. they had a fresh set of eyes looking at the data. they did it in a more extensive way. this is their best call in finding debris in the area with the airplanes rather than just five-day-old satellite images. >> miles a. pilot flying over, they see something white or gray or whatever, how long should it take to determine if that is wreckage from a plane? >> well, once you get a ship on site, it shoul...

And a lot of other things. the critical thing that's happening right now, we have photographs that are being analyzed as we speak. we also have ships that are heading to this area. they are going to pick up the debris and take a look at it. very promising news after some pretty discouraging information we have been looking in the wrong location. >> at least an aircraft has spotted something, although we don't know if that debris has anything to do with the plane. many thanks to you. i want to take a closer look that the new search area, 700 miles away from the previous search area. cnn's tom f...