look for any debris related to that missing jet. the man in charge of coordinating the mission says there is still a chance that something will be discovered. i think there s still a great possibility of finding something on the surface. there s lots of lots of things in aircraft that float. i mean, in previous previous searches life jackets have appeared. and a total of 14 planes and 9 ships are scouring the search area today, which totals some 84,000 square miles or roughly the size of idaho. the specific region, 1,000 miles off the western australian coast. cnn s will riply is there. he has more on the conditions faced by the teams. reporter: kyra, after a day of fair weather in the search zone where we saw somewhat low clouds but calm seas, we re starting to now see light rain here close to the coast of
as kerry said, there were reports of a pallet in the water and other small debris which was seen by civil aircraft which is part of the search. more sophisticated military aircraft then went into that area to check it out. all they found was seaweed. they are going back tomorrow to take another look. they have tasked one of those ships and pick up what was in the water. today they benefitted from pretty good weather, calm seas. there s warning of storms on the way, a tropical cyclone. things will get much choppier as this effort gets stepped up. encouraging development with the chinese satellite image but certainly people here on the ground are being very cautious before reading too much into it, jonathan. nbc news correspondent ian williams in perth, australia. thank you for that report. joining me from washington,
because the currents will have affected where it ended up. you add the weather and all these challenges. this is a really instrumental task. it s more than a needle in a haystack. it really is. from the impact and the fact the picture was taken four days ago. that s that piece would be submerged if in fact it s an airplane part. then if we do find it, there s a debris field that could go for thousands of miles. the two pieces were 14 miles apart. that may surprise a lot of people. that s just one picture out of the puzzle. the fragmentation part with reference to impact, you know, not dealing with calm seas. we ve heard this before. if indeed it was the act or my theory of mechanical and slowly
of gliding across the surface in flat, calm seas. now 14 hours into her swim, very little is going as planned. the water is choppy. the current surging. and a terrible pain in diana s shoulder is taking its toll. it feels like it s going to come out of the socket. but still she pushes through, driving her body forward. it s not easy. simply keeping her body fueled is a delicate balancing act. even getting her something to drink can be a challenge. a special mix. we re looking for 20 ounces and she s been doing about 24, which is really good. he rigs a line to drop the pouch of fluid into the water. i ll blow the whistle. she ll see is trailing by the strip there and she ll pick it up and drink out of it. now rehydrated, diana takes
diana nyad dreamed of swimming from cuba to florida, of gliding across the surface in flat, calm seas. now 14 hours into her swim, very little is going as planned. the water is choppy. the current surging. and a terrible pain in diana s shoulder is taking its toll. it feels like it s going to come out of the socket. but still she pushes through, driving her body forward. it s not easy. simply keeping her body fueled is a delicate balancing act. even getting her something to drink can be a challenge. a special mix. we re looking for 20 ounces and she s been doing about 24, which is really good. he rigs a line to drop the pouch of fluid into the water. i ll blow the whistle. she ll see is trailing by the strip there and she ll pick it up and drink out of it.