Page 5 - Mp 3s News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

That to be effective, too. so it's pretty tough going right now. >> miles, we also heard commander marks tell us a short time ago that the u.s. might provide more assistance if t malaysians ask for it. right now the malaysians haven't asked for it? >> i thought they did ask for it at one time. maybe they need to be clearer. just say look, send us an aircraft carrier, more p 8s, p 3s. i thought his answer was a bit of a sidestep saying we don't want planes to bonk into each other. that can be worked out. >> a lot of people say send an aircraft carrier. why aren't there 50 planes and not 20 plan...

You said it is the best we can do. to be blunt, are you hoping to get lucky? >> yes, we are. the area, still hundreds of miles big. we fly every day. our p-8 and p-3s. we have flown 300,000 square nautical miles of coverage, until we get conclusive evidence of debris, it is just a guess. >> just a guess. hoping to get lucky at this point. the search for flight 370 its really now just based on educated guess work. that's commander william marks, whom i spoke with overnight. an interesting discussion. >> it really is. searchers are in a race against time to find the flight data recorders before ...

Evidence found of any debris or wreckage from the aircraft. so for now we just do the best we can and make the best estimate we can and put them out there. >> at this point you said it's the best we can do. to be blunt here, are you just hoping to get lucky? >> yes. we are. so the area is still hundreds of miles big. and we fly every day our p 8 and even back to the p 3s. we've flown 300,000 square nautical miles of coverage. until we get conclusive evidence of debris, it is just a guess. >> friday's search involves 14 planes, nine ships. what do you say to those people who will look at this a...

>> right. i'm glad to see the one british nuclear sub showed up. these nuclear subs, as you know, travel at 30-plus miles an hour. they can go very deep, so they can get close to the signals. they operate all day at 30 miles an hour. the towed pinger operates at 3 miles an hour. we don't have much time on those batteries. we have 41 of these nuclear subs. certainly we could send one into the area in the next several days. we also have fleets of these p-3 aircraft that can drop listening devices as well as another aircraft that can be helpful is the mc-140 special forces transports. those can b...

Debris on the surface or on the ocean bed. and that's what the p-8s -- the p-3s should be doing. it has been delayed, but the maritime surveillance is still going to be out there and still looking for the on top of the surface clues. >> colleen, i wonder if this delay really puts the crew under pressure, giving them about two days before they get out in the area where they think that, you know, they can reach the or hear the pinger before it dies. >> well, i'm sure they're feeling the pressure. but the silver bullet comment is -- has a lot of merit. if you think about it, this is the only tpl ...