are they of no value at all? maybe not. one australian official is downplaying their significance. we have not seen any debris. we have not wished to classify any of the satellite imagery as debris nor would i like to classify any of the few visual sightings that we ve made as debris. that s just not justifiable from what we have seen. but the malaysian transport minister says the new search area, quote, could still be consistent with objects spotted by those satellites thanks to ocean drift. you heard what tom was saying. i want to bring in colleen keller, a senior analyst with metro, inc. she helped in the search for air france flight 447. your firm has been hired. let s talk about this new search area and the new debris spotted by the five planes, all different colors. first of all, i want to get your take on this. well, it was an interesting
because of ocean drift, this new search area could still be consistent with the potential objects identified by various satellite images. reporter: the hunt for flight 370 started in the south china sea, moved to the strait of malacca before expanding into the andaman sea and northern indian ocean. then came these arc, the search stretches from south kazakhstan to the southern indian ocean. until now. were the last eight days of searching the old area a waste of time? australian officials say no. this is the normal business of search and rescue operations, that new information comes to light, refined analysis takes you to a different place. i don t count the original work a waste of time. well, meanwhile, today the ntsb had a show and tell at its laboratory here in washington, d.c., where flight 370 s black boxes may, may be examined if