afternoon now. and i know that i was told the p-8 left sometimes this morning australian time. so they can probably push to it 12 hours that they can remain airborne. they don t want to push it too much because they don t want to run into being low on fuel trying to make it back. the p-8 while it has the advance technology and the ability to provide an incredible. a information, it is not the sole resource in this case. there are also two p-3s in the area. they also provide a tremendous am of technology. one is from new zealand and the other from australia so they also have the bail to back this up. and then on top of that, there is a c-130 hercules flying in the area. that s not really designed to look down with advance technology will but rather going there to drop markers so they can put in some markers when and
back airborne. it appears they have been not doing a complete staggering but trying to stagger the various aircraft into the area so you don t have two p-3s and one p-8 on top of each other but have them bicycling in and out so there is a continued search. i think the australian authorities had a pretty confident belief that once they released this information that the aircraft going in were going to confirm what they believed and a fair amount of disappointment that after really raising hopes that there was some evidence of debris floating on the water that there is no confirmation of that by two different aircraft. yep. that is for sure. as we look at this, the conflicting information coming in as well as australian authorities who believe they have seen two large objects in the indian ocean that are possibly the best lead yet. so we continue our breaking news coverage here. coming up, frustration boils over for the relatives of the
confidence. but that means that so far there s not that redundant confirmation of something floating there. and that s what the u.s. military is doing. they re going to be, would have the ability, i did not get the flight times. they have the ability to stay in the area for four hours. so they will continue to do their sweeps in the area to find out whether indeed they are confirming what the satellite imagery suggests. so far they cannot do that. i m sorry. so if they can stay in the air for four hours over that target area, how long have they been there so far do we know? i don t know what time they took off. i know that they can stay in the air for four hours. remember the p-3s that we re familiar work they have propellors that go slower. this is a jet. it can go faster so it got to the area quicker. it can fly in the area for about four hours. and then it has to return. quite frankly, based on the technology that s used, i m not sure the entire four hours will be needed.
and asked that question question. as i said as the p 3s arriving, he said i have to tell you that from the new zealand natives. it would make sense they would stagger these aircraft in so they could continue working around the clock to p to p to see what they can find. it s getting close to 5:00 in the area. these aircraft are not dissuaded by nightfall. the equipment they have can see onto the surface of the water. if something s i just want to touch on quickly, kerley, the other assets in the area. we talked about a 3 31. doesn t have the ability to look down. it has drop sanders. they re drop them into the water if they can find the doeks where
from, if this is in fact the area, to the closest shoreline, which would be perth, australia. that s not an easy challenge, is it? no, it s not, wolf. i think you brought up an excellent point. the transient time from the australian coast to be on scene where you re going to search is almost five hours for the p-3 aircraft, for the p-8, the u.s. navy jet, that s a little faster. but for the p-3s, they have about a 13-hour, 14-hour duration. so five hours to the objective area, five hours back is ten. you re only going to be able to be on station for about three hours. so they re going to have a series of airplanes every two and a half hours two to three hours taking off from australia flying out the objective area and relieving the one that s on scene. so the search can continue. i got a tweet earlier today from someone who said could drones be useful in searching for the debris, what do you think? drones with the correct