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OVER THE CHARGE HERE.
NOW WE KNOW.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
PERTH, AUSTRALIA, IS THERE,
WHICH IS THE MAIN STAGING POINT,
AND THE TWO AREAS THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, TWO LITTLE
PIECES, OR VERY LARGE 24 METERS
AND 5 METERS, THEY ARE JUST
ABOUT HERE.
IT'S ROUGHLY 1500 MILES FROM
THERE TO THERE.
>> AND LET'S PUT THAT IN
CONTEXT.
VIEWERS IN THE U.S.
VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD.
HOW FAR IS THIS IN TERMS OF
WHERE THESE PLANES HAVE TO
TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH JUST TO
SEARCH AT ALL?
>> THE BEST INFORMATION,
ROUGHLY, GIVE OR TAKE, YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT A DISTANCE OF 1500
MILES, GIVE OR TAKE, WHICH IS
NEW YORK TO DALLAS.
OR IN INTERNATIONAL TERMS THAT'S
ABOUT LONDON TO MOSCOW.
LONDON TO ISTANBUL.
NOW BEAR IN MIND WHAT THESE
SEARCHERS HAVE TO DO, CHRIS.
THEY HAVE TO FLY FROM HERE IN
MODERATE TO DIFFICULT WEATHER.
THEY HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE.
SO YOU ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT A
FUEL BURN, A QUESTION OF HOW
LONG YOU CAN STAY IN THE SKY.
YOU LOOK AT ALL THOSE SORT OF
ISSUES.
YOU SEARCH FOR AS LONG AS YOU
CAN, AN HOUR OR TWO AND THEN YOU
HAVE TO FLY BACK TO PERTH.
IT'S A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 1500
MILES.
AND THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT THIS
MERCHANT SHIP IN THE REGION.
>> A NORWEGIAN MERCHANT SHIP
SAYS THEY'LL HELP VOLUNTEER WITH
THE SEARCH.
THEY WERE FIRST TO THIS ZONE
WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING.
THAT INFORMATION IS FOUR DAYS
OLD BUT THEY'VE HAD TO USE THE
MATH TO COORDINATE WHERE IT
WOULD BE NOW.
>> TO DO THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT WHERE WOULD THE ROUTE HAVE
BEEN ON THIS SOUTHERN ARC.
HOW WOULD IT HAVE COME FROM UP
THERE, RIGHT THE WAY DOWN HERE
AND WHERE -- EVEN IF THIS DEBRIS
IS FOUND AND, YOU KNOW, THE
MERCHANT SHIP CAN'T FIND IT, THE
P-3 THAT'S BEEN UP OVERNIGHT
CAN'T FIND IT.
SO FAR LET'S ASSUME THEY DO
MANAGE TO FIND IT.
YOU ARE THEN WORKING ON, WHERE
DID IT COME FROM?
IT'S ABOUT, ROUGHLY, 25 PLANES,
18 SHIPS IN THIS VAST AREA.
BUT, CHRIS, AS THE SEARCHERS
SAID FROM THE OIL -- FROM THE
SEARCH AUTHORITY SAYS, THIS
IS -- I DON'T WANT TO BE
DISRESPECTFUL, BUT THIS IS THE
END OF THE EARTH.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE.
>> THEY ARE SAYING IT'S THE MOST
CHALLENGING OF ALL THINGS.
IT'S FAR.
IT'S REMOTE.
AND IT'S VERY DEEP.
AND YOU ARE IN THE STORM SEASON