the plane deviating from its route, it will start streaming live second by second data. that. that kind of information is not only life saving but lends tremendous security for our country. unlike those systems, the technology behind flight is more intensive, sharing a tremendous amount of information. it can be difficult to monitor and analyze. it is only fitted today to 350 planes. installed for about $100,000. normal data transmission cost carries between a few dollars to $15 per flight hour and goes up for continuous streaming in a rare emergency. they are very cost sensitive. they will not add additional safety measures unless mandated by the federal government z as they look for high-tech includes, the high-tech data recorder is getting a second look. the technology exists, it is
container. he said i had to get that information out there because the families of the people who are missing deserve to know what we know but, yes, it could be just a shipping container, nothing to do with that flight. so disappointment with the australian government as well that they seem to be dialing back, all around no progress. the optimism that was here just 24 hours ago, the buzz is now really fading. so disappointing to hear because the pings from those black boxes, the batteries are about to die. what are they saying about that? reporter: well, they re saying exactly that. we have a window of opportunity here. we ve only got a little more than 15 days to find something which we can link back to where that wreckage may be. the challenges, carol, they are huge. not only is it that four hour flight just to get to the target zone which means that planes can only stay over that site for about two hours, it s the depth. three miles deep some of the water around there.
they have to do quite a considerable amount of spectoral analysis and check the reflection data and then release it. let me ask you. i m sure you have seen these images, this debris. when you look at these images, what do you see? i see some debris. the size is pretty fair size. all depending on what kind of satellite censor was collected. it looks like the two images available were collected by the world view 2 satellite from digital globe and this has eight multi-spectral bends. with this kind of information, the reflecting data can be analyzed. although the debris is moving, they would be able to get a
he wasn t crying or publicly showing his grief. he sat down at his home and penned this very, very poignant letter to let his friends know how he has been managing this time. you found him and you spoke with him on the phone, that he trusted you to share this very personal note with you and cnn and the world. will you do me a favor and read more of it for us? sure. he wrote that for now, i remain open to news that point to clear incontrovertible evidence of what happened and actions taken or afoot that can bring the whole incident to a satisfactory close. what is a priority is information that is a step closer to bringing her back. for us to plan our next steps to redesign our life from here on. his daughter goes to college in delhi and she came home to be with her father. he went on to write that both he
reporting that something they say is odd. someone in the cockpit radioed in a message to ground control saying they were cruising at 35 thousand thousand feet. sounds normal. why might it be odd? they had just told ground control that fact six minutes previous. overall the determination here is that nothing seemed suspicious in these communications from ground control to the cockpit. we are waiting for more information on the transcript. two days of searching and there is no sign yet of possible debris picked out by a satellite scanning this remote part of the world, the southern indian ocean. more ships, more planes, they are on the way to the search area about 1500 miles off the west coast of australia from perth. the task at hand is daunting. this part of the world is remote. it is desolate and in a constant state of flux. cnn s tom forman is here in our