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>>> 25 COUNTRIES HAVE JOINED THE
SEARCH FOR THE MALAYSIA FLIGHT
777.
THE UNITED STATES IS ONE OF
THEM.
A NAVY SHIP WITH SPECIALIZED
HELICOPTER ON BOARD IS IN THE
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
RECON JETS FLYING MISSION DAY
AND NIGHT.
LIKE EVERY OTHER SEARCH GROUP
OVER THE PAST TEN DAYS, THEY
HAVE FOUND NOTHING YET.
ON THE PHONE WITH ME NOW, A
SPOKESMAN FOR THE U.S. SEVENTH
FLEET, NAVY COMMANDER, WILLIAM
MARKS, ON BOARD THE USS BLUE
RIDGE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE IN THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
TELL OUR VIEWERS HOW THE NAVY IS
SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING YOU ARE
NOT EVEN SURE IS THERE?
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE.
HONESTLY, IT IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE REALLY NEVER SEEN BEFORE,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE THE "USS KIDD" MOVING
NORTH IN THE ADAMAN SEA.
THEY SEARCH ABOUT 1,015 SQUARE
MILES EVERY DAY.
THEY HAVE TWO SEARCH AND RESCUE
HELICOPTERS.
THEY WILL FLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY
ABOUT 3 1/2 HOURS EACH.
EACH TIME THEY FLY, THEY WILL
SEARCH AN AREA OF A COUPLE
HUNDRED SQUARE MILES, COME BACK,
REFUEL, CHANGE OUT THE AIR CREW
AND RIGHT BACK UP.
THEY KEEP THAT GOING THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
I ALSO POINT OUT WE HAVE TWO
AIRCRAFT, A P-8.SI PIE SON DONED
A P-8, O'REILLY.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER FOUR HOURS ON
STATION SEARCH TIME AND THEN FLY
BACK.
SO YESTERDAY WE HAD A P-8 FLY
ALL THE WAY TO THE BAY OF
BENGAL, DO A FOUR-HOUR SEARCH
AND COME BACK.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE NOT FOUND
ANYTHING.
ALTHOUGH, WE COULD DEFINITELY
SEE THINGS ON OUR RADAR.
WE SEE SMALL DEBRIS, WOODEN
CRATES, TRASH, BUT NOTHING FROM
AN AIRCRAFT.
>> CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY?
IS IT A GRID SYSTEM OR ARE YOU
TAKING PARTICULAR AREAS, WE ARE
GOING TO GO OUT THIS FAR IN THIS
DIRECTION THIS DAY OR THIS
DIRECTION THIS TIME?
TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY?
>> IT DOES START OUT AS A SORT
OF GENERAL GRID SYSTEM.
WE ARE ACTUALLY NOW UP TO 25
COUNTRIES WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING.
IT STARTED OUT NINE AND TEN AND
THEN MOVED UP.
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A GRID
SYSTEM.
THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF
FLEXIBILITY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE P-8
YESTERDAY, THEY HAD ANOTHER
COUPLE HOURS OF SEARCH TIME.
THEY HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.
THEY SEARCHED AN AREA THAT HAS
NOT ET YET BEEN CYET BEEN COVER
WHERE THEY SAW A LITTLE BIT OF
RETURN ON THEIR RADAR.
THEY WEREN'T SURE WHERE IT WAS.
THEY MADE A DECISION TO SEARCH
THE AREA WITH THE RADAR RETURN.
IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE
ANYTHING.
THERE IS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY,
SPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
SIZE OF THE AREA.
WE HAVE SOME VERY INTELLIGENT
PILOTS AND AIR CREW OUT THERE.
THEY ARE MAKING THE BEST OF IT.
>> COMMANDER WILLIAM MARKS,
THANK YOU.
WE KNOW YOU ARE VERY BUSY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE
TIME TO COME HERE.
WE WANT TO BRING IN OUR
METEOROLOGIST, CHAD MYERS.
THIS SEARCH AREA JUST KEEPS
EXPANDING, DOESN'T IT?
>> IT DOES.
>> I WANT TO ASK COMMANDER
MARKS.
HE IS HERE IN THE SOUTH CHINA
SEA.
NONE OF THEM, EITHER ONE OF
THOSE SHIP IS IS REALLY WHERE
THE ARCS ARE.
I WANTED TO ASK THEM WHY THEY
ARE NOT WHERE MALAYSIA THINKS
THE PLANE WAS.
MAYBE WE CAN GET HIM BACK
TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY
BUSY.
I WOULDEN DER IF THOSE
HELICOPTERS CAN FLY OVER LAND OR
DO THEY HAVE TO STAY OVER THE
WATER.
COMMANDER, I HEAR YOU ARE STILL
THERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I AM STILL HERE.
I LISTEN TO YOU GUYS ON TD NEWS
ALL THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS PUT
THESE LITTLE ARCS BUT YOUR SHIPS
ARE NOT NEAR THE ARCS.
ARE YOU SEARCHING A DIFFERENT
PATTERN OR ARE YOU DOING
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
OR DO YOU HAVE OTHER
INFORMATION?
>> THE TWO ARE THE NORTHERNMOST
ARCS YOU SEE GOES OVER LAND.
WE ARE NOT REALLY FLYING OVER
LAND.
WE DO HAVE PERMISSION FROM
MALAYSIAN TO FLY OVER THEIR
TERRITORY.
ANY TIME YOU FLY OVER ANYONE'S
LAND, YOU NEED THEIR PERMISSION.
RIGHT NOW, JUST UP, MALAYSIA.
THE SOUTHERN MOST SIDE, WHERE
REALLY NO ONE IS DOWN IN THAT
AREA, TO BE HONEST, WITH OUR
P-8, IT WILL GET OUT THERE,
1,000, MAYBE 1200, 1400 NAUTICAL
MILES FROM THEIR BASE IN KUALA
LUMPUR.
IF YOU LOOK, THAT ONLY GETS YOU
HALFWAY TO THE BAY OF BENGAL.
>> CORRECT.
>> IT IS JUST SUCH A HUGE AREA.
NO ONE HAS REALLY EVEN GUN TO
LOOK IN THAT SOUTHERN MOST TRACK
YET.
>> HOW LONG WILL YOU BE OUT
THERE SEARCHING?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
WHEN WE STARTED OUT IN THE GULF
OF THAILAND, IT WAS A VERY
DEFINED BOUNDARIES.
IT HAD A DEFINED PARAMETER.
NORMALLY, IN THE U.S. NAVY, WHAT
WE DO, THE FIRST 72 HOURS,
THAT'S CRITICAL TO FINDING
PEOPLE AND SURVIVORS.
THE FIRST THING WE DO IS LAUNCH
A HELICOPTER.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO IMMEDIATELY.
YOU HAVE AN ESSENTIAL POINT, A
STARTING POINT TO LOOK.
YOUR HELICOPTER STARTS THERE AND
SLOWLY WORKS ITS WAY OUT.
NOW, WE HAVE A WHOLE OCEAN.
QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S A PRETTY
UNPRECEDENTED SCENARIO.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW LONG WE
WILL BE OUT HERE.
WE HAVE 300-400 SAILORS RIGHT
NOW.
WE HAD 700 AT ONE POINT.
THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
THIS IS A 24-HOUR BUSINESS FOR
THEM OUT HERE.
>> GOOD LUCK TO YOU, SIR, DON.
>> JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
THANK YOU COMMANDER WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE INDIAN
OCEAN.
THEY ARE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
RIGHT NOW.
EVEN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, IT IS
OVERWHELMING TO THINK ABOUT THE
AMOUNT OF AREA THEY HAVE TO
SEARCH.
>> IT TRULY IS, BUDDY.
WE HAVE NOW -- I ADDED THIS UP.
I CAN DO AN AREA SEARCH ON A
GOOGLE MAP.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 2
MILLION SQUARE MILES.
IF YOU ONLY GO 200 MILES ONE WAY
OR THE OTHER OF THIS LAST
POTENTIAL PING.
IF YOU WEREN'T WITH US EARLIER,
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET TO WHY
WE HAVE THIS RED ARC HERE AND
THIS RED ARC HERE, TRUST ME, IT
IS PART OF AN COMPLETE GPS LOW