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To be on its way at this moment to u.s. authorities also that are involved in the searching. obviously, this is more good news. you know, if there's more satellite images perhaps showing some debris, this gives them more hope that perhaps they're searching in the right area, which is a big, big relief because, as you know, this has been going on for more than two weeks now and nothing much has been found. >> australian officials say today that mostly it's a visual search, but, of course, these teams hopefully are listening for that ping from these flight data recorders. we understand malaysian...

South of kuala lumpur and over the indian ocean. that sounds like a lot, but put that in context with the size of this search area. >> honestly, on a scale, a small percentage. that's what we can do. >> reporter: even getting to our search area will take three and a half long hours. the 11-member crew takes turns sleeping in cramped corridors or even on the floor so everyone is ready to tackle the tedious task ahead. we shut down one of the engines to conserve fuel and descend to as low as 300 feet, or just 91 meters above the water. and the search begins. some look out the windows. others wat...

Morning, emergency search and rescue teams are following cries for help in washington state. and they're taking, as they describe them, extreme risks in hopes of digging survivors. look at this. digging survivors out of this wreckage. a massive land slide happened northeast of seattle. now, at least three people have been killed. three others, including a 6-month-old baby are in critical condition. and the deep and deadly mixture of rocks and trees and mud and all the wood you see there. it means this is still a very unstable situation. we'll continue to follow that breaking news there in wash...

Expert yesterday talk about the fact that everybody was trying to distinguish, if we can bring it back up on the screen. what that satellite image yesterday was. was it a wing based on its dimensions. but an expert yesterday was saying this is a piece of debris that is a lot of little pieces stuck together like overhead bins and seat cushions that are intermingled with wire and other things. the fact, if this could be part of 370 and it's been out there for two weeks in the water since this plane vanished two weeks ago, what would be the condition of this debris? >> well, pretty weathered and ...

Shatter effect, breaking into thousands of small pieces. a mid-air explosion like twa flight 800 would produce larger pieces of debris and a wider debris field. a third scenario, when ethiopian airlines flight 961 tried to make a controlled landing in the indian ocean in 1996, the plane broke into large pieces. what sinks and what floats depends on the part of the plane and the material it's made of. >> most of the cabin feurnishins made out of plastics and thermal plastics and some composite materials. things like the overhead bins and the seat cushions and the bulkheads all of those typicall...