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STUDIO.
TOM, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING, WHAT
ARE YOU HEARING?
>> WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING,
ANALYZING THE INFORMATION ABOUT
THESE IMAGES TO SEE IF IT FITS
INTO THE NARRATIVE WE KNOW SO
FAR.
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
LET ME BRING IN THE BIG MAP
HERE.
WE KNOW THE PLANE TOOK OFF, IT
FLEW FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, THEN IT
VANISHED UTTERLY ABOUT HERE.
WE KNOW NOW THAT THE CHINESE SAY
THESE PICTURES CAME FROM RIGHT
OVER HERE.
SO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN WHERE
THE PLANE DISAPPEARED AND WHERE
THE CHINESE SAY THEY GOT THIS
PICTURE, ABOUT 140, 141 MILES.
SO SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
TWO.
THIS IS NOT A TERRIBLE AREA IN
WHICH TO SEARCH FOR WRECKAGE.
ABOUT 200 FEET DEEP HERE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CURRENTS TO
DEAL WITH, IF YOU GO ABOUT THAT
GRIM JOB.
YOU SUEY THAT LITTLE CIRCLE
THERE.
THAT'S WHERE THE CHINESE SAY
THEY TOOK THESE PICTURES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THESE IMANGS OF
CURRENTS THERE'S ENOUGH PUSHING
AROUND THAT DEPENDING ON WHEN
THEY TOOK THE PICTURES IT COULD
HAVE PUSHED WRECKAGE QUITE SOME
DISTANCE, NOT JUST WATER
CURRENTS BUT AIR CURRENTS AS
WELL.
LET'S LOOK AT THE IMAGE ITSELF
BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE
CHALLENGE HERE.
THESE ARE NOT VERY GOOD IMAGES,
AS RENE NOTED A SHORT WHILE AGO.
THE CHINESE MUST HAVE BETTER
PICTURES TO WORK WITH BECAUSE,
IN TERMS OF SATELLITE PICTURES,
THIS IS PRETTY LOW QUALITY WHEN
YOU CONSIDER THE SIZE OF THE
OBJECTS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING SINCE THEY
WERE REPORTED, WOLF, THAT THE
SMALLEST ONE OF THESE IS ROUGHLY
40 TO 60 FEET, 40 BY 60 IN SIZE.
THE LARGEST BETWEEN 70 ON ONE
SIDE, 80 ON THE OTHER.
AS A BALLPARK, SAY THAT'S ABOUT
HALF THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL
COURT.
CAN YOU GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT
OUT OF A PLANE LIKE THE 777?
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIMENSIONS
ON THE 777 BECAUSE THIS IS AN
IMMENSE AIRCRAFT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BEAR THAT IN
MIND.
IF YOU WERE TO START ON THAT
WING OVER THERE, IF YOU STOOD ON
THE WING AND YOU COULD WALK
RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
PLANE TO THE OTHER WING, WHEN
YOU STEPPED OUT ON THE OTHER
SIDE, YOU WOULD HAVE COVERED
ABOUT 36 FEET.
THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW BIG
IT IS.
IF YOU STARTED ON A WING TIP AND
YOU WALKED ALL THE WAY TO OTHER
WING TIP OVER THERE, 212 FEET.
SO YES, WOLF, YOU COULD GET
PIECES THAT BIG OUT OF AN
AIRPLANE THIS LARGE.
AND THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY
THEY WERE LOOKING AT THIS