at this point, however, there's only one ship in the search area, a chinese ship. the other five are expected to get there late this afternoon or early evening. so it could be a while before we still get any confirmation. >> i would imagine they are used to dealing with these things, they do have to handle this carefully. but how challenging will it be to pick these pieces up? >> reporter: well, the good news is that they're no longer in that southern search area, which had much rougher weather. now they're a little further north, so the weather is a little calmer. it's also closer, so the search flights take less time to get there. having said that, the weather is expected to deteriorate later today that's why it's important to get an earlier start. we've seen one flight take off. the sooner they can get there, the better chance they have.