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Takeover of crimea. here's the president. >> the world is watching with grave concern as russia has positioned its military in a way that could lead to further inkurgss and to southern and eastern ukraine. >> nbc's sara james joins me from melbourne, australia and here in washington, tom costello. i tom, i want to start with you. this search focused on the coast off australia, 1500 miles from perth. what's the latest? >> here are the images we have of the debris out here. this was spotted by australian satellite about four days ago and takes a while to process these images as you may know. and...

Appear to be fairly large. the biggest estimated to be about 80 feet long, one-third of the length or width if you include the wing span of the airplane. in addition, there is another piece that is about 15 feet big. 18 ships, 29 aircraft and 6 helicopters are currently involved. >> it was described by some as having little objects around it, some say a bitç of a debris field. >> just a few hours before that press conference, the australian maritime safety authority spoke about these grainy satellite images. >> joining us now from london with that part of our coverage is kitty logan. is ther...

Long and 15 feet long, if this type of plane, the 777 were to create a debris field what is likely to match up with 78-foot or 15-foot object in your mind? >> there's two parts of the airplane really that could match up to that. one, it could be a wing panel because the wing span is over 200 feet. it could be a large section of wing panel. or it could be a large section of the fuj laselage, whether th crown portion or belly of the aircraft and could be a large section of fuselage. you have to look at the shape again. that is the thing i was looking for with the chinese photo to see if it was s...

What i hope they have, like a wing, descriptive of a tail section or something that shows malaysian airlines markings. otherwise i'm nervous that it's premature. one of the good things you mentioned, it's about 78 feet, the largest piece, which is a third the length or width of a triple seven, give or take a couple feet. so that would be encouraging. that that could be related to a debris field for this airplane. >> for viewers who haven't been following, this jet is, give or take, a couple hundred feet long and with the wing span, a couple hundred feet across. is that correct? >> that's corre...

Is now focused on the southern corridor about 1500 miles off the coast of perth, australia where two pieces of debris rather large have been spotted that could possibly be debris from the missing malaysian airliner. >> about the size one-third of the plane either in length or in width if you include the wing span. doug luzader is live for us in washington, d.c. not only works here at fox news but also a pilot himself. tell me a little bit about the aircraft being sent over. new zealand u.s. nave reand australia are sending aircraft. owe rye enincluding the usp 8 which is a pos side den are you...