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Bigger or heavier because that means it's going to cost you over the long run. so it's actually not the ideal frequency for under water. here's a little piece of irony. the p-3s and p-8s that are searching for this particular aircraft are outfitted with black boxes that float. >> huh. >> why not? why not have a -- you can have a redundant set of devices that stay on the surface and then you can broadcast on an emergency frequency and you could find a site much easier than trying to, you know, get sonar equipment underwater and hydrophones to listen for a ping. >> yeah. if we can, too, guys, ta...

Further north and east. further south, it's much more with more frequent storms, higher sea heights. now we're watching as this next weather system approaches across the search area which essenti essentially has been described the size of the country of poland. so really they are kind of looking all across this very broad area, very difficult. not every square inch or square kilometer across the search area is going to see bad weather. certainly enough it will hamper flights going out from the p 3s, p 8s, hercules. they'll take measures to avoid what will be a constant parade of wet weather. i...

Of different countries, as well. is this frustrating for you? i mean, have you heard from people on your command who have been working around the clock on this to now feel like oh, wait a minute, the area we're looking in we're now going 600 miles away from that. or is that just the nature of the job? >> you know, it is not at all frustrating because we train for this every day. and these plane, the p-8s, it is still for intelligence, reconnaissance, and war fare, so their mission is to go out and search every day. this is what they train for. they know they have different admissions. some day...

It is amazing the international response to this disaster and this mystery. what about the fact commander marks, that this area now that they will be searching, the currents are not as strong. how might that help with the visual search that many of these people are trying to do from these airplanes? >> really, it is a matter of the weather getting better. over the past week or so the weather has been extremely challenging. with the ceilings dropping to well under a thousand feet that makes it very difficult to see when you're flying. so the p-8s, they have a number of sensors they can use. and...

Work out where it would have been. >> miles, a final word to you. do you think we'll find the body of this jet? again, given the floor here is volcanoes and huge mountain ranges that haven't been mapped. >> here's my concern, i don't think there are enough assets on station, as it were. five ships and 11 aircraft. i don't understand why wire we're not sending an aircraft carrier in there to enhance the effort here or for that matter additional p8s and p3s. it seems to me the window is very narrow and the fact that winter is coming and a global demand for answers here. >> thanks very much. than...