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Capabilities of this plane? >> well, the primary capability is its persistent surveillance. one tank of gas, we can fly over 21 hours on the same fuel load we would use for a standard corporate jet. the corporate jet to do the same mission, would take six flights. so woo it allowsitous stay aloft, persistently remain and collect data and execute a mission that a manned airplane would have to refuel or land or talk about leap frog. you are able to stay on the threat for the entire time. >> we are inside ground control, where the predator's flown from and mission exploitation is executed. most p...

And the word from qua lampoor what do you think? >> we have another piece of the puzzle. it is narrowing the area to search. our focus needs to be in the southern route that is projected by the satellite system. how do we do that? model the possible place that the aircraft could have crashed and you obtain data and do modelling of the differentality to youeds that the aircraft could have floun at and take that seven and half fuel load and fly at different altitudes. they are all over the map on that. and models have to start working to find out where the aircraft may have run out of fuel.

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This case perhaps end a life. >> and luke stand by with me. >> that's horrific. >> look at the plume there. there's a fuel fuel load. court nit kube is on the phone from the pentagon. what do you know? >> well, it was an f/a-18s d, a two-seater jet. it went down just after taking off from naval air station oceana in virginia beach. it looks like it was just taking off. there were some reports it may have been dumping some fuel. we don't yet note why. right outside of the base, it went down into a residential area. there's some reports it went into an apartment building. we can't yet confirm th...