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That. now were there other confounding factors? would you lose power and -- that system might turn off. >> i wouldn't dispute what jeff is saying because everything is up in the air at this point in time. but, if they were in a thunderstorm or convective situation with updrafts downdrafts it wouldn't have bean normal glide. >> it couldn't physically do that. >> it also wouldn't be boom smack on the deck. it would have taken some time. this is a mystery anyway. i'm confounded as to why there wasn't more continuous system of -- there weren't more signals as the plane descended. >> let's move on ...

Box recorders. >> and obviously the weather is a factor in trying to make sure that they find all of these parts of the plane. what about the tracking technology that is being used, satellite technology being used? we saw nothing was helpful in finding mh 370, but in this case, do we have the tech knowledge to make sure enough of this plane is found so that investigators can figure out what happened? >> well, i think by the fact that we found the surface wreckage, that's not going to be a real question in the case of this wreckage. certainly a question for the possibility of accidents in the f...

The bodies weren't wearing life vests. can you read anything into that? >> not really. you could say the plane fell suddenly which obviously it did if the wreg age is not that far from the last contact. so that means there wasn't any time to get people ready for splash down. and i think the fact that the wreckage on the surface is not too far from where the last contact is means the plane fell fairly suddenly. there's been a lot of talk about stall. stall is an aerodynamic. it doesn't mean the engine quit. it means the plane loses air lift. it looks like a stall because the wreckage is so clos...

And in principle, that could have pushed some surface wreckage down. and then there's another current that might have pushed it back up. so i don't think that idea that the wreckage could have been there is entirely unreasonable. sadly, of course, it isn't. so it couldn't have been discounted from the start. >> let's talk about the bluefin 21, jules. it has now scanned more than 90% of the seabed search zone with no signs of the wreckage found. i mean, do you think the plane is likely to be found in the last 10% of the area? >> i think the chances are one out of ten. i mean, i've been followin...

What he's sigh saiing. joining me, oceanographer with the scripps institute of oceanography and worked on the search for "titanic" and has incredible insight into the difficulties of deep water search. thank you for joining us again, jewels. welcome back to the show. earlier, there was a lot of discussion about a piece of metal with rivets that washed on shore. we've learned investigators don't think it is from the plane. would you expect any wreckage to be washing ashore by this time, a thousand mails or more from the search area? >> well, don, i think mother nature always has a surprise. you...