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Best anybody could do. >> the pilot apparently requested permission talking about the crew he had requested permission to change altitude to avoid storms but was denied. what kind of issues could thunderstorms pose to a plane? >> some severe issues. i've been in very, very heavy turbulence before, and i got to tell you, to a certain extent, the only thing you're doing as a pilot, you're holding on keeping the wings level. there's not a lot more you can do. you can't control the climb or the descent, because that's what the wind currents are doing. you got currents inside those storms moving ov...

Project. >> how many times have youen institutionalized? [ laughter ] i mean, this is not the first time you've climbed mount everest. alone, you've climbed mount everest alone prior to this. >> three times i've gone on everest. and each time i've been really alone. i've done solo, like speed-type climbing. so this will be the first time i actually have a whole team and really supported. >> tell me about the danger or having to pay attention to the wind currents at the top of mount everest as you jump. >> well, i'm pretty lucky. the wind conditions lend itself very well to what i want to do. i...

Pilots. >> well, if you think about the satellite imagery that's coming in to the pilots, it's generally a guide for where they can look but the waves and the wind currents of the ocean can move debris several miles -- dozens of miles before planes can actually get there. so when you think about how these planes execute these search areas, they're given a general grid, so a box in which they have to search in. so if you think about it like mowing your lawn, you have your yard and you have to go back and forth and back and forth in a very systematic way so you can check off that grid and make s...

>> well, the longer it goes, the further materials that are floating are going to disperse. with the air france situation, they found the floating debris within five to six days. at least you have a general idea of where to start. but the longer it goes on, the sea currents, wind currents are going to move all of that debris. they are going to scatter is and mix it in with all of the other trash that unfortunately happens to be throughout most of the oceans. >> well, mike, you were there. you helped fine this thing i guess two careers after that first wreckage was found. just give us some pers...

Flotsam two weeks after the crash, would you know where to start? and if you don't find >> well, the longer it goes, the further materials that are floating are going to disperse. with the air france situation, they found the floating debris within five to six days. at least you have a general idea of where to start. but the longer it goes on, the sea currents, wind currents are going to move all of that debris. they are going to scatter is and mix it in with all of the other trash that unfortunately happens to be throughout most of the oceans. >> well, mike, you were there. you helped fine th...