how long do you think it will take here? well, i think they ve you know, on the basis these pingers are from the black boxes, i think they ll be able to locate the wreckage on the seabed quite quickly. the blue fin, the key thing is whether the depth is still within the range of the blue fin auv. right now they re reporting the depth at about 4,500 meters. that also is the maximum depth rating of the blue fin. the auv can probably go a little bit deeper. you ve got to get permission from the company that manufactured it. they have tolerances that allow them to go a little bit deeper. but if it, for example, if it was in maybe 5,000 meters of water, there may be a problem there and they may not want to risk the blue fin and they would have to bring out a different search vehicle with a deeper depth rating. so i think that s one of the first things they ll want to do,
in 68 hours. how long do you think it will take here? well, i think they ve you know, on the basis these pingers are from the black boxes, i think they ll be able to locate the wreckage on the seabed quite quickly. the blue fin, the key thing is whether the depth is still within the range of the blue fin auv. right now they re reporting the depth at about 4,500 meters. that also is the maximum depth rating of the blue fin. the auv can probably go a little bit deeper. you ve got to get permission from the company that manufactured it. they have tolerances that allow them to go a little bit deeper. but if it, for example, if it was in maybe 5,000 meters of water, there may be a problem there and they may not want to risk the blue fin and they would have to bring out a different search vehicle with a deeper depth rating. so i think that s one of the first things they ll want to do, in addition to trying to