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It started as an area that was 600,000 square kilometers which was just gigantic but they've been able to narrow that down and so especially the p-8 which is a very advanced u.s. anti-submarine aircraft that is now flying over the area, they can take in a good 10 to maybe even 20,000 square miles on every flight with their electronics looking down. the sea state, sort of rough, tamron. you have seas of about nine to 12 feet, winds of 25 knots which means that whatever debris might be there is being moved around considerably. but bottom line is they're now focussing, as the u.s. has said all al...

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Washington. >> reporter: the u.s.'s most sophisticated sub hunter, the p-8, has joined the search for malaysian flight 370 as more evidence is revealed this disappearance was a deliberate act and who was at the controls apparently knew what was doing. abc news learned early in the flight that took off at 12:41 for beijing, three specific actions happened in the cockpit. a hard turn off the flight path was preprogrammed into the jet's computer. the data transmission system was turned off, some time after 1:07. the location transmission cut at 1:21. someone in the middle of all this radios kuala...

What the first set of eyes and equipment did not find, confirmation of that debris. so right now we have two 3-3 orion class aircraft that are over that area. its's 10:00 here on the east coast. it's 10:00 a.m. there in the morning. they are also accompanied by a civilian gulf stream aircraft. and they have the able to use some onboard electronics to look in this general suspect area. later today there will be another p-3 leaving, and then finally, perhaps the most advanced piece of equipment which will leave several hours from now, which is going to be the p-8. that is from the u.s. navy. tha...