deep. if the jetliner went down in this remote part of the indian ocean and if any debris is found, it may no the be anywhere near the possible crash site beneath the surface. that s because things move very fast on the ocean surface. median ocean current feet is about a foot per second. an object moves about 16 miles a day. this plane has been missing for two weeks. so any potential debris could have traveled 224 miles in any direction. that was an issue in the last major aviation investigation of this type, air france flight 447 which crashed off the coast of brazil in 2009. investigators found debris from that flight five days after it vanished from radar about 30 miles away from the point of impact. it only took five days to find floating debris from flight 447 but it took another two years to find the main crash site on the ocean floor. the search for that air france flooigt is any indication, the
austral australia. this is an area of open water that runs up to three miles deep. if the jetliner went down in this remote part of the indian ocean and if any debris is found, it may no the be anywhere near the possible crash site beneath the surface. that s because things move very fast on the ocean surface. median ocean current feet is about a foot per second. an object moves about 16 miles a day. this plane has been missing for two weeks. so any potential debris could have traveled 224 miles in any direction. that was an issue in the last major aviation investigation of this type, air france flight 447 which crashed off the coast of brazil in 2009. investigators found debris from that flight five days after it vanished from radar about 30 miles away from the point of impact. it only took five days to find floating debris from flight 447 but it took another two years to find the main crash site on the ocean floor. the search for that air france
was very poor because they had a front move through. all of that has pushed to the east. so when the sun comes up in the next six or seven hours, we should see clear skies, conditions should be much, much bet earp. and looking forward to the next 48 hours looks like most of the rain is going to stay on the north and east side roughly 200 miles away. we re good in that regard. we also have to look at the winds. this part of the world is known for very, very strong winds. but luckily over the next couple of days we re not going to see winds any more than say 15 to 25 miles per hour. winds can definitely push debris, also the current. so those are the two things we re going to be watching very, very closely. this is our cnn exclusive forecast model. you can see over the next couple of days those winds not getting over about 20 to 25 miles per hour. and that s in the far end. okay. this is where the search area is right here. this is a very, very strong current. the west australian current
it s being called the most isolated place on earth. let s go deeper into this area where this debris has been found. debris that may, we don t know if it is, but may be part of malaysia airlines flight 370. our meteorologist jennifer gray is tracking this for us. lots of moving parts, jennifer. give us an idea just what this area is like, what the ocean currents specifically are like. yeah, this is not a very forgiving part of the world. you have a lot of moving parts. you have very strong winds, very strong currents. it s a very deep, deep part of the world as well. this is the search area right here. you can see it s just north of the west australian current. now, that current moves at about a foot per second. right now where the search area is not much current at all. so this is actually a best case scenario, if it can just stay put where it is and have nothing move it into that west
assembly had been broken loose and broken away from the fusleage. that flight was coming in quickly. 1400 foot per second. and as we hear from the people who witnessed the crash. and we are getting plenty of reaction from the fa a, and other investigators. elizabeth is live in washington. what is next for the investigators? we heard from the ntsb chair woman about how extensive the investigation will be. members of the time are loving washington d.c. and heading to the bay area. throw investigators are on the west coast. they will take in to account air traffic control and weather and maintenance issues.