trends. have you to look at a lot of radar data. the radar data people are pulling off the internet those are 14 to 16-second hits. they don t have the radar at four seconds. to say the airplane stalled or the pilot was trying make a landing, at this point without really having the fidelity of the data on the ftr and understanding what the crew was talking about on the cvr, we aren t going to know a story line for this particular event until we get better data. one last point. the crucial part with the search and recovery if you will the bodies that rbing pulled up i know that the families have been waiting anxiously to get their loved ones back i m hoping as they recover the bodies they do a furrow and methodical autopsy or examination because those those types of examinations can help investigators understand what type of breakup occurred how much impact there was and if
scenario. a hijacking of a ethiopian flight in 1996. the pilots ran out of gas during the hijacking and were forced to make an intention am landing in the indian ocean. even that kind of landing would result in significant debris above the water. you hit it hard muff and it destroys the airplane s integrity. you are going to have pieces that are going to be there and open up things like compartments and sections of the airplane that have items that will float. reporter: that sentiment is widely agreed upon by experts. here at the accident lab at the university of southern california s aviation safety program, the director says crashes on the water will almost certainly leave floating debris. the question is how far away will it float? the best-case scenario for the malaysia s airline flight. sully did an incredible job
have run at this point, does that sound like a possibility to you, it would explain why they heard pings but not found any floating wreckage despite flying planes, searching for a number of weeks now? sure. that s a possibility. then remember, too, in the sullen burger styles landing on the hudson, there were various boats and other ships in the vicinity. they got lines on that plane in a hurry to keep it from sinking. not only did they make a landing there they had help. if it did make a landing, water landing, it would probably not stay afloat very long. maybe it would break up some and in the sinking process. but it is possible. okay. possible. arnold, i wonder if i could bring you in. we are talking about the next stage of this. assuming the batteries died and looking at that sonar equipment. can you describe the challenges that would come with doing a sonar scan of this ocean at this
of flying. he landed on a river. the river is pretty relaxed by comparison with an ocean where you have swells, 10, welfare, 16 feet. it is pretty difficult to make that kind of landing on water. reporter: the search, of course, continues for the wreckage. the landing scenarios just mentioned all part of the investigation. gary tuchman, cnn, los angeles. welcome back. i want to bring our panel back. miles here. mary sciavo. miles, i want to bring you in. you talked about the conditions that morning when the plane disappeared. that the ocean was calm and that it is conceivable again, we are talking about theories here. it is conceivable that the plane might have been able to land. if not fully intact more intact