avoid it. we're joined by the cnn aviation analyst and former managing director of federal aviation administration safety board. the search has been halted except for some of these ships that were already in the area they have stopped, they have those large bright lights. might be able to see something while they are there. but is it your concern, are you worried that we might be losing some valuable time in locating this plane and potentially those passengers on board? >> well, every hour does count. but it's foolishness to have any kind of air assets up after dark. i think this will give the searchers also some time as richard quest pointed out to really look at the radar tracks and to download any automatic information that the plane might have been transmitting to get a better fix on where the plane was last reported to be so that