investigators have said it s going to take a few days at least before they can really confirm what those satellite images show. but what do you see in the satellite images? what can we glean about the size? the largest is about 79 feet. what do you see in the images? as tom said earlier in his piece, you know, anything that s 78 or 79, 80 feet, there s only two possibilities really, one is part of the wing section, you have a wing span of over 200 feet. that means each wing is better than 100 feet. then of course the fuselage is around 200 feet long and again, it could be a portion of the fuselage structure, whether it s the crown, or side panel with the window belt or belly section, we re not really sure. the satellite fidelity is not that good as far as what we re seeing in the public, s australians may have better pictures, that s probably what gave the prime minister some
fox since the flight disappeared, especially with that false alarm with the chinese satellite images, that the type of debris that would survive an impact into the ocean, would be the large sections of the aircraft. so the wing span, which is about 210 feet, and then that tail section which would be the horizontal stabilizer, as well as the vertical fin. and finally, i would just say that as you rightly point out, the weather may be one of the biggest unknowables in this situation. it seems to have made it harder to discern what exactly has shown up in that section of the ocean by the satellites, and it will certainly complicate the recovery which is in an area that s quite a jog off the coast of australia. so you have the challenge of reaching that site, navigating the weather, trying to recover what may be there, because it s
fox since the flight disappeared, especially with that false alarm with the chinese satellite images, that the type of debris that would survive an impact into the ocean, would be the large sections of the aircraft. so the wing span, which is about 210 feet, and then that tail section which would be the horizontal stabilizer, as well as the vertical fin. and finally, i would just say that as you rightly point out, the weather may be one of the biggest unknowables in this situation. it seems to have made it harder to discern what exactly has shown up in that section of the ocean by the satellites, and it will certainly complicate the recovery which is in an area that s quite a jog off the coast of australia. so you have the challenge of reaching that site, navigating the weather, trying to recover what may be there, because it s
what i hope they have, like a wing, descriptive of a tail section or something that shows malaysian airlines markings. otherwise i m nervous that it s premature. one of the good things you mentioned, it s about 78 feet, the largest piece, which is a third the length or width of a triple seven, give or take a couple feet. so that would be encouraging. that that could be related to a debris field for this airplane. for viewers who haven t been following, this jet is, give or take, a couple hundred feet long and with the wing span, a couple hundred feet across. is that correct? that s correct. this would be about a third. if they found a chunk that s about 78 feet. i know we re all holding out hope that perhaps the passengers had been taken somewhere in like a hijack-hostage situation, but in any event, if this does turn
takeover of crimea. here s the president. the world is watching with grave concern as russia has positioned its military in a way that could lead to further inkurgss and to southern and eastern ukraine. nbc s sara james joins me from melbourne, australia and here in washington, tom costello. i tom, i want to start with you. this search focused on the coast off australia, 1500 miles from perth. what s the latest? here are the images we have of the debris out here. this was spotted by australian satellite about four days ago and takes a while to process these images as you may know. and now that they have done that, they think they ve got two pieces, one piece that is about 78 feet or so. the other one they think is about 16 feet. now, this would be theer etically consistent with an airplane piece. the wing span of a 777 is 200