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>> look at these. did they call this body of ocean the roaring 40's because they are so overwhelming. they are talking about the waves getting up over 32 feet high. how are they supposed to even search out there? >> will you are exactly right extremely challenging. very adverse conditions. part of this is using gps technology which is something that is far more accessible now than some of the past investigations, some of the other guests have talked about. using that technology with no search pattern, that these folks are trained to do this. they know how to do this. that still doesn't have th...

Extrapolated version of a last known position. when you are talking about the south indian ocean, the vastness of that body of water, the depth of that body of water, the terrain around it that body of water makes it an extraordinarily difficult search pattern to put into place. you know, when hunter left jfk and exploded in the air the datum was immediate and well known. even the jfk jr. flight which left new york on its way to martha's vineyard very well known pattern, we knew exactly where to search and we found the debris exactly where we expected to find it in this instance, 13 days later...

And so forth. so actually they have a good observation platform for any type of observation. with good visibility, with binoculars they will be able to search through a relatively large area. let's not forget they're being pinpointed to the area by the australian authorities. so hopefully it's going to be effective today. >> just so we can do the math, if they do spot it from the air, how fast is that gigantic cargo ship? how fast could it get to where it need to go? >> well, it already has an area, a sector that it will search through. they have already agreed to a search pattern, whether tha...

Extrapolated version of a last known position. when you are talking about the south indian ocean, the vastness of that body of water, the depth of that body of water, the terrain around it that body of water makes it an extraordinarily difficult search pattern to put into place. you know, when hunter left jfk and exploded in the air the datum was immediate and well known. even the jfk jr. flight which left new york on its way to martha's vineyard very well known pattern, we knew exactly where to search and we found the debris exactly where we expected to find it in this instance, 13 days later...

A sector that it will search through. they have already agreed to a search pattern, whether that's straight or zigzags in certain segments is really up to the australians. but they will do what they are told to do by the australians rescue authorities. >> but do you anticipate the australians saying we found the piece we're looking for, we need you guys to get over there and pull it out of the ocean? do you have the capability of doing that? or will that be a different dedicated search vessel? >> well, that depends on how far away it is from what the australians think they have found. yesterda...