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REALLY A GIANT AREA FOR THEM TO
COVER.
>> IT IS A HUGE AREA, JIM.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY THESE PIKE CHURS ARE
SO EXCITING TO THEM BECAUSE
THESE PICTURES ARE A SOLID LEAD
THAT HELP THEM CUT DOWN THAT
SPACE BECAUSE FRANKLY THIS LOOKS
LIKE AN AIRPLANE DEBRIS FIELD.
TO PROVE WHETHER IT IS OR NOT,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT
THING.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT CUTTING DOWN
THE SPACE, WHAT WE MEAN IS WHEN
YOU'RE SEARCHING A BIG AREA LIKE
THIS, 621,000 SQUARE MILE, YOU
ESSENTIALLY IMPOSE A GRID UPON
IT.
AND NOT EVERY SQUARE IN THAT
GRID IS EQUAL.
SOME OF THEM ARE GIVEN A HIGHER
VALUE THAN OTHERS BASED ON
WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK THE
PLANE WOULD GO DOWN THERE
BECAUSE THERE'S SOME EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU THOUGHT FROM
ALL OF THIS SATELLITE DATA AND
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IT RAN OUT
OF FUEL EARLIER AND DID NOT
GLIDE AT ALL, YOU MIGHT PUSH IT
WAY UP HERE TOWARD THE NORTHERN
END.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE
OPPOSITE, THOUGH.
A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE IT
EITHER RAN OUT OF FUEL LATER OR
IT WENT INTO A 200-MILE GLIDE,
WHICH A PLANE LIKE THIS CAN DO,
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT'S
GIVING THEM REASON TO PUSH THIS
ZONE DOWN MUCH, MUCH, FURTHER SO
THAT ACTUALLY YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT HAVING YOUR PRIMARY SEARCH
ZONE WAY OUT THERE.
NOW, BEAR IN MIND, WE'VE SHOWN
THE PLANE HERE BIG SO YOU CAN
SEE IT, BUT IN LIFE THIS PLANE
WOULD BE A SPECK ON THIS GIANT
SEARCH AREA.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOMETHING
SMALLER THAN THAT BIG RED SPACE
OUT THERE.
A DEBRIS FIELD LIKE THIS, IF IT
PAYS OFF, ALLOWS THEM TO NARROW
THAT DOWN TO SOMETHING MUCH,
MUCH SMALLER, JIM, AND THEN THEY
CAN START REVERSE ENGINEERING
BASED UPON THE CURRENTS AS THEY
KNOW THEM TO SEE WHERE IT IS
OVER MAYBE HUNDREDS, MAYBE A
THOUSAND MILES BACK TO WHERE THE
PLANE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN, JIM.
>> ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT TO
ME ABOUT THIS LATEST SATELLITE
DATA IS IT TALKS ABOUT THE
BIGGEST PIECE VIZABLE IN THAT
LATEST SATELLITE PHOTO ABOUT 75
FEET LONG.
THAT WAS ALSO THE BIGGEST PIECE
VISIBLE IN THE PREVIOUS CHINESE
AND AUSTRALIAN SATELLITE PHOTOS.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO ESTIMATE, TO
GET TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT GUESS
AS TO WHETHER THAT'S THE SAME
PIECE AND IT'S MOVED AROUND IN
SOME SORT OF PREDICTABLE WAY
SINCE THOSE FIRST PHOTOS WERE
TAKEN?
>> THERE ARE WAYS TO RUN THE
MATH ON IT, I SUPPOSE, BUT LET
ME BRING IN A BIG PICTURE OF
CURRENTS IN THAT AREA BECAUSE
YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THEM IN
THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.
ALL THOSE PICTURES EXCEPT FOR IS
THE FIRST CHINESE PICTURES WHICH
WERE DISCOUNTED WERE QUICKLY
TAKEN IN ROUGHLY THE SAME AREA
AND THIS IS THE AREA RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S THE SPOT.
AND THESE ARE TIME LAPSE IMAGES
FROM THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
SHOWING CURRENTS IN THE AREA,
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS, JIM.
THEY ARE A HODGEPODGE HERE, ALL
SORTS OF THINGS GOING ON.
THERE ARE A FEW STRONG CURRENTS
CUTTING IN CERTAIN WAYS, BUT THE