CNN CNN Special Report March 31, 2014 02:03:00
Earlier. you need a small search area for this to be effective. they can cover about 50 miles a day. with the time frame we're look at here, they need about a thousand square mile area to cover in about a week. that's about as much as they can do. we're looking at a search area well over 100,000 square miles. so until we can narrow down where debris essentially is, potentially the ocean shield with all its technology will be looking for a visual search just like the one thousand sailors on the eight ships which are currently out in the search area 1100 miles from here, don. >> will ripley, we ...