facing in finding the vessel? reporter: jake, we just had an update from the u.s. coast guard. they confirmed how difficult this is. remember, you said about 12,000 feet. they confirmed it could be that far down in terms of the deep ocean search they have to conduct here. almost two and a half miles. they have three to four assets in the air and sea searching. the problem is that the coast guard admits, this is what they call a remote area. they re going to muster as many resources as they can and it includes commercial vessels. he was clear, as of right now while they re putting listening devices on the surface of the water to hear anything, they are relying on more resources being deployed, perhaps as well by the canadian military in the coming hours so they can launch a rescue mission in what we call a deep sea mission rescue. this will be quite difficult. he s saying they could have come closer to the surface, but the area they ve got to search is so large. they lost co
facing in finding the vessel? reporter: jake, we just had an update from the u.s. coast guard. they confirmed how difficult this is. remember, you said about 12,000 feet. they confirmed it could be that far down in terms of the deep ocean search they have to conduct here. almost two and a half miles. they have three to four assets in the air and sea searching. the problem is that the coast guard admits, this is what they call a remote area. they re going to muster as many resources as they can and it includes commercial vessels. he was clear, as of right now while they re putting listening devices on the surface of the water to hear anything, they are relying on more resources being deployed, perhaps as well by the canadian military in the coming hours so they can launch a
carries out the regular search and rescue admissions. it s a vast expanse of sea and ocean they have to cover on both sides of the malaysian peninsula. that s 12,500 square nautical miles. that s why they are so thankful for the efforts. they have more than 40 ships scouring the sea searching for any includes. mostly neighboring countries, but also countries like the united states, australia and knew s.e.a.l. land. on board that plane, the minister of defense telling me they will not give up hope this is still a search and rescue mission. let s bring in the former fbi