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TOM?
>> WOLF, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
THIS.
THIS NEW INFORMATION HAS ALSO
SIMULTANEOUSLY MADE THE SEARCH
BETTER IN THAT THEY HAVE A
DIFFERENT IDEA WHERE TO SEARCH
AND MUCH MORE COMPLICATED
BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH BIGGER.
LOOK AT THE SEARCH AREAS AND HOW
THIS IS TYPICALLY DONE.
THEY WERE FOCUSED OVER HERE.
NOW THEY'VE HAD TO ADD THIS AND
ADD THIS.
SEARCHES LIKE THIS ARE DONE BY
BASICALLY GRIDDING IT OFF LIKE
THIS AND HAVING PLANES FLY OVER
EVERY SQUARE BLOCK METHODICALLY
SEARCHING BOTH ELECTRONICALLY
AND PHYSICALLY TO SEE IF THEY
CAN SEE ANYTHING.
THIS TAKES A TREMENDOUS NUMBER
OF AIRCRAFT AND A LOT OF TIME
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO IT AT A
PIECE OF TIME AND GRIND IT ALL
AWAY.
THE AIR FRANCE PLANE THAT WENT
DOWN OVER THE ATLANTIC, THEY HAD
DEBRIS IN THE WATER THAT THEY
SPOTTED VERY SOON AND THE SEARCH
AREA WAS MORE THAN 124,000
SQUARE MILES AND THEY KNEW WHERE
TO LOOK.
IN THIS CASE, YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT A MUCH, MUCH BIGGER AREA.
IT'S ALSO COMPLICATED, WOLF,
BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
TERRAIN.
IT WENT OUT OVER LAND AND YOU
HAVE TO WONDER HOW DENSE ALL OF
THIS IS, HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND
ANYTHING IN THAT AND BEAR IN
MIND, THIS PLANE WAS TRAVELING
AROUND 560 MILES AN YOU ARHOUR.
IT HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO GO FOR
SEVEN HOURS.
THE LAST PART TO LOOK AT IN ALL
OF THIS IS THE WATER DEPTH.
IT'S NOT TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY DEEP
IF IN FACT THE PLANE WAS LAST
SPOTTED HERE AND WENT DOWN HERE
BUT IT'S ONE OF THE BUSIEST
SHIPPING CHANNELS IN THE WORLD.
THERE WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND IT COULD
TAKE A LONG TIME WITH ALL OF