that part of the world. five other merchant ships volunteered to help search as well. australian warship is on the way, expected to make the scene over the weekend. the new search area defined because of this supposed finding, it's about a four-hour flight from perth, australia, to the area they want to be searching. planes are currently scouring that. including according to the australian maritime safety authority a p-8a pasiden from the u.s. navy which is a fancy plane that can do that. it flies between 5,000 and 10,000 feet, can dip as low as 1,000 feet for visual inspections. it can stay aloft for up to nine hours when the thing you want to look at takes you four hours to get there. the navy calls it the most advanced long-range anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft in the world. there haven't been any reports of any meaningful sightings from any of the surveilling aircraft or any of the ships so far, but they are continuing to look. as the head of the emergency