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370. >> andrew, what are we to make to this whole finding a wooden pallet floating with the straps on, that whole whatever was on the pallet? is that something or nothing? >> reporter: it's a lead. it's being described as a lead. we can't give more information because no one has more information than that. it was found in a debris field of interest in the target zone, which makes it potentially something more than just a lead. it ties in with the satellite images, candy. these are all objects of significant importance and cannot be ruled out obviously until they're found and identified as to e...

Container. he said i had to get that information out there because the families of the people who are missing deserve to know what we know but, yes, it could be just a shipping container, nothing to do with that flight. so disappointment with the australian government as well that they seem to be dialing back, all around no progress. the optimism that was here just 24 hours ago, the buzz is now really fading. >> so disappointing to hear because the pings from those black boxes, the batteries are about to die. what are they saying about that? >> reporter: well, they're saying exactly that. we h...

Time, quite a lot of time, actually, for people actually in vessels to get there, john. >> now, andrew, when it comes to getting eyeballs on the scene, like you mentioned, talk about some of the difficulties, whether it be weather or whether it be sunlight, to get at least the aircraft hovering over these pieces of debris. >> reporter: well, it's just about everything you care to mention. you mentioned two there. there's about four hours of daylight left in that target zone, and there has been planes circling that area for several hours now. they're going out in stages. this is a staging post,...

It was trumped down to about 117,000 square miles. this debris that showed up on the satellite is south of that target zone. it figures into the larger target zone the national transportation safety board first came up with 48 hours ago which was 370,000 square miles. let's talk about really what the goal here is. if they can confirm that this is part of 370, the missing flight, the goal ultimately is to answer the question of what happened. it's likely they can do some of that calculation. it was the national transportation safety board's calculations that took into account the wind and the c...

Command the actual movement of the aircraft that the u.s. has. the most important one is the p-8 being operated out of perth. i'm on hold now with the lieutenant who is checking to see what the status is. my last note from commander marks would suggest that it is over the target area right now getting some imagery. the commander is not available right now. the lieutenant is checking. he is in a meeting which we can well understand why he would be in a meeting. if it is over the area, they're getting information back from that p-8 in real-time. as well as the folks on board looking at what they...