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REPORTING.
>>> WE'VE GOT SOME BREAKING
NEWS.
WE'RE GETTING SOME VIDEO RIGHT
NOW COURTESY OF REUTERS.
THIS IS A SEARCH OPERATION IS
ONGOING RIGHT NOW OVER IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE INDIAN
OCEAN AND YOU SEE THE PILOTS AND
THE CREW MEMBERS AND THEY'RE OUT
THERE AND SATELLITE IMAGES AND
MAYBE DEBRIS FROM THE WRECKAGE
OF THE MALAYSIAN AIRLINER.
RICHARD QUEST IS WATCHING ALL OF
THIS WITH US.
RICHARD, THIS IS NEW VIDEO JUST
COMING INTO "THE SITUATION ROOM"
COURTESY OF REUTERS.
YOU MULTIPLY THIS BY SEVERAL AND
YOU'LL SEE THIS ENORMOUS SEARCH
THAT IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE NOW
THAT THE SUN HAS COME UP OVER
THE OCEAN OVER THERE.
>> AND I WOULD JUST ADD, JUST
LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AS THEY ARE
WATCHING.
AND PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES,
WOLF.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, YES, IT'S
FIVE METERS OR 24 METERS, BUT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECK OUT
OF THERE AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN
SURE THAT IT IS THERE BECAUSE OF
THE DRIFT OF THE CURRENT AND
YOU'RE NOT EVEN SURE YOU'RE
COMPLETELY IN THE RIGHT PLACE,
BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY -- JUST
LOOK AT THAT.
IMAGINE LOOKING OUT AND LOOK AT
THE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER.
IT'S MODERATE, BUT IT'S OVERCAST
AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE AND
YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND ANYTHING
ON THAT WATER.
THERE AREN'T MANY WHITE CAPS
THERE WHICH SUGGESTS THERE ISN'T
A HUGE AMOUNT OF WIND.
BUT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE
ENORMOUS NATURE THAT IS
UNDERTAKEN.
>> THOSE AIRCRAFTS CAN FLY
RELATIVELY LOW, TOO, CAN'T THEY,
RICHARD?
>> THEY HAVE TO.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE VERY GOOD
AT.
EXACTLY.
AND ALSO, OF COURSE, A BIT
DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND ME
LOOKING OUT THERE.
THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE
TRAINED AND THEY KNOW HOW TO DO
IT AND THEY KNOW HOW TO --
THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE VAST
EXPANSE OUT TO THE HORIZON LIKE
WE WOULD.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT VERY DEFINED
BLOCKS OF AREA AND THEN, OF
COURSE, HERE WHAT YOU YOU'VE
GOT, THE RELEASE OF THE
TRANSMITTER BUOYS THAT WILL
GAUGE THE DRIFT OF THE TIDE SO
THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WORK OUT