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Vanished malaysian airlines jet. one of the passengers with a stolen passport was seekinging asylum in europe. they do not believe he has ties to a terrorist group and are in touch with his family. the search is expanding now four days later with 239 people still missing. the leplane's last location is the south china sea. tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: the search has entered its fourth day. dozens of ships, helicopters and planes running searches. so far, nothing. oil sheen and debris spotted over the weekend ended up being false leads. on board the uss blue ridge, commander willia...

Something small as say a basketball in the water. jenna: you're. >> we're very good finding things like this. that is what we do. i should point out it's a huge area and, as time goes by it actually expands because of the wind and currents and so now we're up to hundreds of miles. so and time is not on our side. as time goes by it gets bigger and bigger. jenna: any news, commander marks? we heard now we know of false reports of debris being found. is there any sign today of any location where this plane may have gone down? >> unfortunately there has been no sign. as i mentioned our radars can ...

Boarding with these stolen passports because security experts say millions upon millions people are doing it every year. we really can't really jump to conclusions yet, jenna. jenna: good point to make. david, thank you very much. the u.s. navy in the meantime announcing it is sending a second destroyer to help search for the missing plane. commander william marks joins us live on the phone from the south china sea on the newbie uss blue ridge supporting the operation. commander marks, many of us can not appreciate how challenging the search this really is. can you tell us a little bit what yo...

About just what this search entails. commander marks, thanks for joining us. we appreciate you joining us. later in the program we'll speak with a former ntsb officer to what investigators may do to locate the plane. remarkable, they can find a basketball on radar in open water but can't find a piece of this plane. jon: they don't have a clear fix where it was when it disappeared. it's a bush ocean out there. jenna: what a mystery? jon: here is a question, could your baby save your life? brand new study shows how having children reduces risk of cancer but as with everything there is a catch. ...

>> this is the biggest challenge at all, greta, is to locate those signals which need to be fixed. once that happens, the ocean shield will possibly lower the blue fin under water to try to locate any wreckage on the sea floor. as you rightly say, we are talking about a huge depth of water. well more than 10,000 feet deep. we are still a long way off from actually locating any wreckage, it all depends on whether those signals can be detected or rather traced back to where they are originating. >> roger, thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> you have to love our navy. work around the clock along w...