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I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THIS IMPORTANT MISSION.
SHIPS ARE ARRIVING IN THE SEARCH
ZONE AS WE SPEAK.
WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US?
>> WELL, THERE ARE FOUR SHIPS
ARRIVING IN THE SEARCH AREA, THE
LIKELY AREA WHERE THE DEBRIS HAS
BEEN LOCATED.
AT FIRST LIGHT IN THAT AREA AND
ALSO AIRCRAFT, SERIES OF
AIRCRAFT GOING OUT, AND THE
FIRST AIRCRAFT IS A CHINESE 76
FOLLOWED BY AUSTRALIAN P3.
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS ACTUALLY
DIRECT, RELOCATE THE DEBRIS AND
THEN DIRECT THE SHIPS TO THE
EXACT LOCATION.
>> CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
DEBRIS THAT THE PLANES HAVE SEEN
HOW MUCH AS WE WERE JUST TALKING
HERE ABOUT A NEED FOR A DEBRIS
FIELD THERE WAS THAT ONE IMAGE
THAT CHINESE TELEVISION PUT OUT
ABOUT DEBRIS SPOTTED BY ONE OF
YOUR PLANES VICE ADMIRAL.
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU SEEN?
>> OUR CREW HAS FOUND 11
OBJECTS.
MOST OF THOSE OBJECTS ABOUT ONE
METER IN CROSS SECTION,
RECTANGULAR, WHITE.
VERY INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE
AIR.
ALSO PICKED UP AN ORANGE
FLOATING BUOY.
THEY ARE ALL WITHIN THE SEARCH
AREA.
OTHER AIRCRAFT FOUND OBJECTS
QUITE A WAYS FROM IT, HUNDREDS
OF MILES AWAY FROM IT AND THAT'S
NOT UNUSUAL WITH THE VISION OF
OBJECTS WITHIN THE OCEAN BECAUSE
OF WIND.
>> SIR, QUICK QUESTION.
YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO GET
THERE AND FIND WHAT YOU CAN.
WILL YOU IDENTIFY THE OBJECT ON
BOARD THE SHIP OR IS IT INTENDED
JUST TO RETRIEVE IT, BRING IT
BACK AND WAIT FOR IDENTIFICATION
THERE?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THIS WILL TAKE SEVERAL
HOURS JUST TO MATCH THE LOCATION
OF THE DEBRIS TO THE SHIPS
COMING ON STATION.
SO IT WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR
THAT TO OCCUR AND THEN THE
RETRIEVAL PROCESS.
THOSE ON BOARD THE SHIP IF CAN
WILL GIVE A FULL DESCRIPTION
BACK TO PERTH WHERE THEY HAVE
THE HEADQUARTERS DESCRIBING THE
OBJECT, YOU KNOW,
THREE-DIMENSIONAL COLORS
CONSTRUCT, WHATEVER IT'S MADE
OF.
THEY WILL DO THAT ON SIGHT.
ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE ANALYSIS
OF OBJECTS BACK AT PERTH BEFORE
THEY CAN DEFINITELY SAY.
>> I GUESS THE FINAL QUESTION TO
YOU THEN IS COMPARING THIS SITE
TO THE LAST SITE THAT EVERYBODY
WAS SO CERTAIN WAS THE RIGHT
PLACE FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SO
FAR ARE YOU ENCOURAGED THIS WILL
BE IT?
>> YES IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE
THAT THIS DEBRIS HAS BEEN FOUND,
THE LATEST ANALYZED POSITION.
IT IS QUITE A LONG WAY TO THE
NORTH.
BUT THAT'S BASED ON RE-ANALYZING
THE SATELLITE INFORMATION AND
THE SPEED WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WAS
FLYING AND SAYING THIS IS