possibility of finding something on the surface. there s lots of things in aircraft that float. i mean, in previous searches, life jackets have appeared, which can be connected to the aircraft that was lost. richard quest, this one is for you. life jackets, other floating debris, how difficult is it to detect something small? let me show you more than anything else. there we have, of course, an aircraft seat. this is exactly the sort of thing that would float because it s made of materials that will float. it s very light. it s also designed for buoyancy. you have several hundred of them on the aircraft. not only that, but on the back of this, this was manufactured in 1996. but there s a huge amount of detail about the seat. the numbers, the serial code,
the aircraft. not only that, but on the back of this, this was manufactured in 1996. but there s a huge amount of detail about the seat. the numbers, the serial code, all that sort of thing. i m not suggesting if you found one of these seats in the middle of the ocean you wouldn t be able to tell where it was from. but you would be able to definitively say this came from this particular aircraft. here s the thing. you said if it did break up. if it didn t, it s not going to float. right. which is why i m interested in that first tweet, whether or not the plane went down substantially in tact. something as small as a seat cushion may help, but are they more likely to find debris by air or water? look, i think that with debris, if there s one piece, there s typically a whole lot of