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I was sitting at home watching “Wheel of Fortune” and talking to the TV when my phone pinged. It was a message from our assistant news editor, Colleen Keller.
portion of this. that doesn t include the australian portion which is going to run into the millions. let s not forget, one boeing 777 costs 200 or $250 million. and the towed pinger locator, 3.5 million just to buy that. one locator. brian, thanks very much. let s get more insight now on deepwater searches. joining me now, colleen keller, with metron, a defense contractor who helped search for air france that went down in 2009 and gene raltson, an expert on the bluefin-21 being used right now. colleen, even if the first four searchers by the bluefin-21 emerge with nothing specific to show, no wreckage, it s still potentially beneficial as far as the overall search is concerned. explain why. well, wolf, it s what we ve been calling negative information. when you search an area and you
have to pick out something that looks manmade among natural objects and that s more art than science sometimes. is it that difficult, gene? it is, depending on the nature of the bottom, as i discussed before. if it s a hard, rocky bottom, things will tend to blend in as far as the deflected image. however, the shadows should still be there. there should be greater shadow detail on the bottom of the ocean there depending on any natural rock-outcrops or that type of thing that may be the same type of pieces of the aircraft. gene, i have to cut you off because we re out of time. thank you for joining us. gene ralston, colleen keller, helping us understand what is going on beneath the waters of the indian ocean. up next, a massive terrorist meeting shining a spotlight on al qaeda and a major terror trial now getting under way in new york. norfolk southern what s your function?