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Level of automation. and automation can sometimes increase when work load is high and decrease when work load is low, during a long portion of a flight. so it is important to work hard to mentally fly the airplane using the technology to help maneuver it. having said that i think it is important that we design our cockpit in such a way that we use the human part of the system to its advantage. and one of the things that humans are not good at is monitoring other systems and doing things over many long hours, days weeks and months. we are much better doers and not monitors. it would be better t...

A female haas passenger has become the first victim to be identified and returned to her family. she was laid to rest a short time ago. indonesian officials confirm nine of the 162 people who were on that flight have been recovered so far. nine. also luggage, pieces of stairs and other metal scraps were collected today floating in the java sea. but the horrible weather and rough seas have made these efforts extremely difficult. right now the search is suspended because of the dark and dangerous conditions. officials warn that the pinger locaters on those critical black boxes only have 25 days ...

Says there's more interference from waves, passing ships and inclement weather that makes isolating the pings hard sgler this show it is frequencies in the ocean. if the pinger were nearby we'd see a sharp spike at the pinger frequency. >> time is not on the investigator's side. the batteries on the pingers only last about 30 days. if the pingers fail searchers will likely turn to sonar. >> this is the sonar. this is what they'll use to map the sea floor once they have an idea where the debris site is or to search for the debri brooe site if the pinger can't find it. >> reporter: like hide pho...

Hydrogr hydrogropher. >> they're going to use to this search for that pinger locater. >> reporter: how far can it hear? >> about five miles. >> reporter: but unlike the depths in the indian ocean where malaysia flight 370 disappeared, the java sea is shallow, running only about 80 to 100 feet deep. while it is easier to operate hydrophones at this depth, coleman says there's more interference closer to the surface from waves from passing ships. >> this shows the frequencies in the ocean. if the pinger were nearby, there would be a sharp spike right at that pinger frequency. >> reporter: time i...

Different in the area it sloshes. the divers that have to go from a larger vessel to a smaller one are having troubles getting into the water. once they are down 20 feet the water is calm for them. another thing to think about is if they're going to start to use the pull pinger indicators sore sewnonar sonars they'll have to do that at night because the waters of calm. i remember that during the malaysian 370 search when we had the australian tanker pulling the bluefin 21 they broke a couple cables. this is going to continue to be the problem. we had a tropical storm across the philippines tha...