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It's just to try to think about how big this is compared to where this thing is underneath the water. i've been trying to think of an example. i just can't. there's nothing that's that massive versus this little tiny needle in the haystack in the bottom. so the search has got to be nearly impossible. >> mary, after seeing that chinese image a few days after the plane went down initially and mistake they called it, the australians seem more confident. they're still hedging. compare that experience to this one. >> and the australians gave us some more clues they'd done a whole lot of homework. t...

Right? >> absolutely. it's just to try to think about how big this is compared to where this thing is underneath the water. i've been trying to think of an example. i just can't. there's nothing that's that massive versus this little tiny needle in the haystack in the bottom. so the search has got to be nearly impossible. >> mary, after seeing that chinese image a few days after the plane went down initially and mistake they called it, the australians seem more confident. they're still hedging. compare that experience to this one. >> and the australians gave us some more clues they'd done a wh...

Information that we don't know about. but it could take as long as three years depending on where this airplane is found and how much information is available. >> wow. >> greg, they may have that information but we don't know about it. why isn't there a better way to track these planes? >> well, you ask a very good question. we've been pondering that for quite a while. we've talked about it in the aviation industry. if you look at the way we fly airplanes, the majority of the time, commercial airliners are in some sort of radar contact. there are spots around the world, whether it's the top of...