this is the mapping s.o.n.a.r. so we re going over a bit of a debris field here, as well. this s.o.n.a.r. is looking down, and it s picking out where the where the points on the bottom are. and building that up into a 3-d cloud. and so you re able to get an image of what s beneath you and build up a 3-d point cloud as you go over it. once they know where the debris site is, they re going to be using this type of s.o.n.a.r., similar, to build up a map of the layout of wreckage on the sea floor. reporter: one of the questions we have this looks like a pipeline here. one of the questions, the water is so deep in the sound indian ocean. how far down to the cables have to be how long to be able to do this. right. that s the real difficulty. the ocean is so deep, and these sensors, you need to get near the bottom. so either have to tow them behind the boat on tens of thousands of feet of cable in order to get that sensor down near the bottom or put them on remotely operated vehic
the pilots in the moments leading up to that plane vanishing two weeks ago. really we have the first notice of this two weeks ago in about ten minutes time. u.s. investigators say they found evidence that files from the pilots simulator was deleted after february 3rd. that s important because malaysian thorjts enamelly said t authorities are originalally said they were deleted before. a transcript has been obtained by the british newspaper telegraph. we haven t confirmed the authenticity of the transcript but here s the bottom line. i want seemed routine except there was one nonroutine aspect, repeating of the plane s altitude. as for the search planes are at this moment heading west from perth, four hour flight to get to the debris site. they will have a couple of hours to look and then four hours plaque. they are joined by p8 navy
the u.s. you are asking them to go beyond what they are ordinarily designed to do. would it be nice to have an aircraft carrier closer to the debris site? believe it or not, that wouldn t be as effective for the aerial search, because the p-8s are too large to be used on an aircraft carrier. they are a terrestrial aircraft for the most part. tell us how they can spot things underneath the water so far down. well, the p-8s are designed for submarine warfare. there are a couple of things that they have got on board to help them find submarines. they have essentially got a censor that can detect metal, like steel. that s one thing they have. they have a really big radar mounted on board. it is the ap-y 10. which is a very sophisticated
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. the first search plane of the day right now heading to the possible debris site. a second search plane skenl wld to take off in less than an hour. they are headed to a remote area about 1,500 miles southwest off of australia s coast. that is where satellite images taken four days ago show two objects located about 14 miles from each other. the objects are roughly 16 feet by 79 feet long and they are believed to be debris from flight 370. just to compare, a wing of the missing plane, of the 777 would be about 81 feet long. now, australia s prime minister was confident today when he released these images calling them new and credible information in the search. i want to note this area, australia, itself, is remote in many ways when you look at the oceans and this particular spot in the world is incredibly remote. far from regular shipping
breaking news coverage on the search for flight 37p 0. heading to the possible debris site. now, as i said, takes a few hours to get out there and then look for a couple hours and get back before it runs out of fuel itself. shows what officials say could be debris from the missing jet. two pieces, one about 16 feet and one about 79 feet long. all of these about 1,500 miles off the western coast of australia in absolutely the middle of no where. this is the best lead so far, but it has been almost two weeks, tomorrow it will be two weeks to the day in this hour that that plane disappeared with 239 people onboard. we still have no idea what happened. martin savidge live in the 777 simulator and also with me miles o brien, cnn aviation analyst and jeff wise a private pilot and aviation journalist and another familiar face who flies the boeing 777 and also a cnn