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Be the waves that's the big problem. we're starting to find winds, mid-level winds and surface winds are blowing in the same direction. instead of creating a crisscross pattern. when they go in the same direction it's a wave problem. we had nine aircraft yesterday, four helicopters five fixed wings intermittent flights. not just the search area we're concerned about you got a broad area and in one position or one city where there's a staging ground such as in this case it's going to cause problems. when we look at the region of indonesia there's differences in the rainfall this time of the yea...

For 30 years, also president of kit darby. in seattle rob mccollum back with me. ocean search specialist and search expedition leader. okay, gentlemen. as you just saw this great technology, cutting edge technology with this ship and with the u.s. pinger on board, there's a lot of hope. rob, the point can't be overstated if you don't have the impact zone located, then some of that technology cannot be put to its best use. what is the greatest hope from the ship once it arrives in the search zone area on thursday. >> there's not a lot of hope as you heard the leader saying. they have to be on t...

To move out of the region. so what they're dealing with is just getting to the aircraft at this hour. we know there are storms rolling through the region, but the satellite perspective very quiet over much of australia. but shift your attention to the south midwest of the southern tip of australia, you see an elongated feature. that's a nice sign of a cold front. keep in mind, this is the first day of autumn, or fall across the southern hemisphere. bringing in the search zone area, where they're headed out to, you see the front beginning to exit the region. beyond this, the weather will improv...

On the winds in this region worldwide. the sailors use this route, but you look at the weather pattern. clouds in the area, thunderstorms possible, but scattered in the region. rain fall minimal, but the concern is gusty winds. as high as 55 to 60 kilometers per hour. so tropical storm force winds in this region over the next couple of days. just switching the routers and showing you where the storm system is, where the satellite pings were and the search system coming down from the southern arc. you see the storm system, the only weather maker in this part of the world, happens to be located ...

Objects. they're big, but at this stage, we won't know what they are, at least from satellite pictures, at least until commercial satellites have retuned on that area. they'll provide much more high resolution pictures than the pictures now being released from the australian satellite intelligence community, which has sparked this whole move in the first place. >> immediately, now, how much daylight is left for the search to continue? and bigger picture, what is the time frame here on getting some confirmation one way or the other? >> well, it will take as long as it takes, john. they have ano...