contribute? well, we know that nasa s satellites are in this area trained over this area, and the request has been made by the australian government for the nasa satellites to now specifically focus in on this area in the southern indian ocean off of australia to take a close look and see if they can also get any sort of image of what is suspected to be this particular debris. we know that these are very high-resolution satellites. they could be able to get a more clear snapshot. the only issue here is once you see it on a satellite actually finding it went you fly a plane out there, that s proven to be quite a challenge. we have a tropical cyclone in the area making conditions treachero treacherous. i was up yesterday. we had to fly around the cyclone and cult our search early, flying through lightning on way back to subban airport at kuala lumpur. obviously once you have the image, that s step one. step two is getting out there and finding something. frustrating so far. thanks, w
yesterday, a wooden pallet with strapping belts floating in the water. they re used in the airline industry but also in shipping so it s not clear where this pallet came from. also malaysian authorities clarified today what was in that last transmission from the plane s communication system at 10:07 a.m. the night that the jet disappeared. officials say it showed nothing unusual and that the plane was still heading for beijing. that appears to undermine the idea that the plane s computer was reprogrammed to take a different route before the flight. i want to get right to those new images that malaysia got today from france. we have cnn s will ripley in kuala lumpur. will, down there, what s the reaction to these images? now you have three different countries with their satellites australia, china, france with some data indicate kwh indicating what could be debris in that area. what s the reaction as to how serious this is? reporter: well, i ll sure tell you the reaction at subban