are the ships. visibility is pretty low, but they re still trying to spot any pieces of debris that could potentially be from the plane. so far, however, we have not had any reports. we are expecting some of the planes to be landing back here at pearce air base, and if they report anything, we ll definitely let you know, poppy. and in terms of who s coming there, i know that you ve got the malaysian prime minister coming there this week, correct, who s going to be touring the base? reporter: yes, he s going to be touring not just pearce air base here, but also, of course, talking to all the coordinators of the search as well as the investigation, because it s not just planes that are taking off from pearce air base, but anything that they do find in the indian ocean is going to be brought back to perth. right. reporter: and this is where, essentially, they re going to try to put the plane back together with any debris they actually find. thanks for the reporting this morning,
it the very best shot we can. and if anyone can find this aircraft, it s us. reporter: and as you can see, here at pearce air base, planes continue to take off and land. we re expecting a malaysian and korea c-130 to planned here from the search in an hour or so. but australia says they will continue with this search. in fact, the prime minister told me that they are not going to be winding it down. in fact, they re ramping it up. they have ten planes in the air today, ten ships in the ocean and expect to have more out tomorrow. john? atika, more resources than they ve had yet, but it has to be discouraging when we get reports like the one we just got back, that those objects that had provided so much hope, those orange objects they pulled out on sunday really turned out to be nothing. reporter: it is discouraging, and the search teams that have come back, you know, you can see the disappointment on their face, but they say this is how