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Good at all. >> and the search area is narrowed down to some 240 nautical square miles. you're looking at an area ten times the size of manhattan. so it's still an expansive region in this narrow zone now for the search and rescue efforts. this is ha we'rewhat we're talking about with the indonesian rainy season. tell me one area of the world you can count on for tremendous rainfall over the next months i would say right here. indonesia, malaysia. we've seen on the order of 2 to 3 feet in the past week over this region. and that is expected to continue. that will put the plane in perspective. ...

Us live from surabaya. you spoke to the vice president for latest on the search operation. >> reporter: that's right, john. good morning to you. i must admit i asked him about what he was telling the families of the passengers here. he said basically we're doing everything we can to try to find this plane and to keep praying. they are not expecting a good outcome here. we have to be honest here. vice president kalla said after 40 hours of this the chances of finding any survivors has to be very small. i also asked him john there have been unconfirmed reports of objects of interest spotted by a...

Information to go on. there have been reports of objects spotted by an australia reconnaissance aircraft. i asked the vice president about that. this is what he said. >> there have been reports of objects floating in the search zone. can you tell me do you know if they are linked at all to the missing plane? >> until now, to answer not yet. some report from australia, but we are not yet clear the object is from the plane or not. >> reporter: so not yet clear. we always put a health warning on this, john. remember mh-370 with so many reports of debris in the water and oil slicks in the water. t...

Years. >> spanning two continents a pair of oceans and several seas. >> new series only leading to new frustration. >> imagine 12 days not knowing what happened to your loved one. >> that's why the search zone right now is so massive. hundreds of miles. >> this unprecedented undertaking is giving new meaning to searching for a needle in a haystack. >> 14,800 feet is where the pinger locator may have picked up something. that's how deep it is there. what does that compare to? the empire state building is 1,250 feet. >> the air and surface search will be called off later this week. not a single ...

Authorities will expand the search zone, that will happen at first light tomorrow. >> 162 people aboard that flight have vanished from radar. about 40 minutes after takeoff from the indonesian city of surabaya en route to singapore. the pilot had requested a higher altitude due to weather. that request was denied apparently because there was other aircraft in the area. communication with that jetliner was lost shortly thereafter. i want to turn to our aviation correspondent richard quest to who joins us right now. you have been very busy watching this and we're so grateful to you for joining u...