found this piece of debris in the early days when there was such a wide-scale search conducted? >> remember, in the early days they were searching in entirely different places. first the south china sea, then eventually they made their way down to an area much farther north from where they are right now. so in the key days when that wreckage would have been near where the impact was, they were looking elsewhere, including in a different ocean. >> which is a good point, peter. also, there have been two, two full-scale typhoons in that indian ocean area since that plane disappeared. and that could have had a huge impact on anything that might have been floating around. >> exactly. this is, remember, seven feet long. if you're looking for a piece that small in the ocean, it's very difficult to find. you're flying at 150 knots, 300 or 400 feet over the ocean. very tough to find. >> what does it mean now there's