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We're joined now by van gurly and peter goelz and fran townsend. van, you spent 26 years in the navy. so describe a little bit of the challenge that awaits those. >> the southern oceans are distant. it's an isolated place and very hard to get to. the discussion is already -- >> for both planes and boats? >> for everybody. if you wanted to find the end of the earth, this is probably where you would start. >> really? >> so one is a very remote area. it's hard to get assets in there. and then once you get in there, it's hard to deal with the weather. the good part is that the good weather is fart...

And two, an ability to define what they're seeing on the surface, and either count it as debris or more importantly just count it off as garbage. so as they are looking now to the south, they have a high degree of confidence that they'll find something that's there, and they'll go to the next level of determining what it might be. >> kerry sanders, thank you. i want to bring if retired aviation analyst hager and tom bunn, good to have both of you here. picking up on what kerry said, robert, if they are able to spot something, because we know the likelihood is they will send the p-3s and p-8s...

Some of it. >> kerry sanders is joining us. let's talk about the objects that have been described as credible, at least in leading search investigators to this portion of the indian ocean. there are two different satellite objects that appeared. one being ruffle 78 feet long and the other 15 feet long, correct? >> that cis correct'. they were taken by satellite images. we are looking at photographs taken from orb bitting satellite with decent resolution but not the resolution you would like to determine what exactly it is. is so that information is then shared with those that have the aircraft...

>> good morning, chris. well, they certainly got the investigative artillery going with the aircraft, the p 3s are scouring the surface of the water but it's so far away, 1500 miles off the coast and that part of the oceaning is royaling. i'm not surprised that electronic means have been used, satellites to the discover this debris and nobody's had a sighting of it. but it's encouraging. unhappily, the human dimension is coming to the forenow. this mystery has been prolonged for so many days, it's agonizing to the loved ones of the passengers aboard that flight. we in the aviation community, a...

Sensors on them would be a very good use of that asset. the one thing that drones don't do well are fly low at low altitudes. so if they have a cloud deck, let's say the cloud deck is 500 feet, the p-3s are able to penetrate the cloud deck and then fly just under 500 feet and continue to search. and that might be a little riskier for the drones. we're not talking small drones. we're talking like predator drones that have long duration 22 hours of air time. >> good point. ken christiansen, thanks very much for helping us. >> you're welcome. the pressure and the anguish of waiting, we're going...