A new method using the geochemistry of barnacles offers a new way to track the debris path from the ill-fated MH370 flight, which went missing in 2014.
is. the piece of debris found in the western indian ocean will be analyzed to see if it is part of mh370. they ve identified the wreckage as being part of a boeing 777 wing, which is the model aircraft of mh370. joining me is nbc s jamie alistair. why isn t this process moving faster? it seems like it s taking forever. reporter: that s right, it is frustratingly slow tamron given that we re 16 months on from that aircraft disappearance and still really no movement forward after the discovery of this wing 4,000 miles away from where mh370 was last seen and
the presumed crash of the plane. because if it isn t, we re really in a race against time right now. the pingers on the black boxes last for about 30 days, and we ve got about two weeks left of that under the best of circumstances. t if we don t have those pingers, it s going to make the search exponentially more difficult for investigators, for searchers there. we have certainly seen criticism of the malaysian government s handling of the investigation and the press conferences. the families have certainly been outraged. do you have criticisms and have you heard any from the aviation community? well, i hate to criticize their efforts because they are dealing with something they ve never had to deal with before on a world stage that s showing that s casting more light on this event than we ve maybe ever seen after an aircraft disappearance or accident. so there have definitely been some missteps on the malaysian government s part.
it is all happening now. a chocolate pill i might consider. gregg: i already had my almond joy this morning. the search for the missing malaysian airplane is grown. suspicion and i have played a role in the aircraft disappearance. gregg: happy st. patrick s day. 26 countries now trying to find any trace of the boeing 777. as i the search goes west, litte radar coverage which further complicates the hunt.