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Efforts. u.s. officials confirm the indonesians wouldn't give the u.s. permission to overfly their territory, delaying the search efforts of the p-3. the thai government refused to share military radar images with the malays for more than a week because thai officials say the malays never asked. the chinese say they repurposed 21 satellites to help, a claim doubted by several experts. >> the chinese aren't using 21 satellites to cover this one issue. they may not even have 21 satellites that are capable of dealing with this particular issue. >> reporter: the next flight for the p-8 is schedule...

Out this was part of a plane. at least in that immediate area? >> just because of the hope that finally there may be a piece of information that can answer this mystery, if they tone see anything, they will stay on station. they will stay until they have to refuel because this is the first real significant seemingly concrete, i guess is the wrong word. but seemingly hopeful evidence that we can locate where the aircraft may have gone down. so they will remain in the area and continue to search and don't forget, they have the ability to share the data back and forth with the p-3 during the area...

That's the area where the p-8 and two aircraft which are called p-3, a propellor planes, they have that anti-submarine warfare technology on board. one from the new zealand and the other from the australian navies that are now headed to the area. so there will be redundancy to see if there is any feedback to confirm what those satellite images have suggested will. >> and i want to make sure we help people understand this. when you look at that satellite image and you see the in the upper left-hand corner that says the 16th of march, about four days ago. we're obviously now on the 20th here in ...

John, given everything we know, all of the parameters that we know and all of the difficulties technically to getting to this debris, what would it take to find this debris and identify it? >> we are off to a good start. the p-8 is one of the most technically advanced airplanes out there. we need eyes on -- human eyes on the debris and we need to find more than two pieces. the thing that's important to realize is there is going to be a lot of small pieces floating. seat cushions and things like that. that is the debris field that will positively identify it from being from malaysia flight 370....

Whether this looks like it complies with what the first suggestion was from the satellite images. in addition to the u.s. military sending its p-8, which is a jet engine plane. there are also p-3s headed to the area. there's a propeller plane which means they travel a little bit slower. one is from the new zealand navy and the other from the australian navy. this is sous of an area where they said this is where they believe the plane may have gone down.