there s a toy leg from a baby. flip-flops. reporter: not items from a landfill but from the ocean. more specifically, the indian ocean gyre, essentially a garbage patch swirling with pass and overflowing with plastic. the massive rotating current spins counterclockwise. marcus erickson is the director of research for the five gyres institute in california. he says gyres are like plastic soup. that s typical of what the material looks like. reporter: in 2010 he sailed through the indian ocean gyre, the same area where search teams are now looking for doomed flight 370. what we found were fishing nets, multicolored buoys, little fishing buoys like the one that s behind me. lots of buckets and crates. other consumer goods like bottles and bottle caps and bags and forks and knives. there was so much stuff already there. so the aircraft, the debris from the aircraft, is blending into all that. reporter: which is one reason why locating the missing plane
precise precisely what this is. the debris you might see in our home, all around our homes, here is a toy grenade, a paint brush handle. a toy leg from a baby, flip-flops. reporter: not items from a landfall but from the ocean, more specifically the end ocean gyre, essentially a garbage patch swirling with trash and overflowing with plastic. the massive rotating current spins counterclockwise. marcus ericsson is the director of research for the five gyres institute of california, and says they re like soup. in 2010, he sailed through the indian ocean gyre, the same area where the search teams are now looking for doomed flight 370. what we found there were things like fishing nets, multi-colored buoys, like the one that is behind me. lots of buckets and crates, other consumer goods like bottles and caps and bags and knives. there was so much stuff already
paintbrush handle, a toy leg from a baby. flip-flops. reporter: not items from a landfill but the ocean. more specifically the indian ocean gyre, a garbage field filled with trash and plastic. the gyre spins clockwise. from the research institute, he says gyres are like plastic soup that s what they look like. reporter: in 2010 he sailed through the indian ocean gyre in the same area search teams are looking for doomed flight 370. what we found was fishing nets, multi colored buoys like the one behind me. lots of buckets and crates. other consumer goods like bottles and bottle caps and bags and forks and knives. so much stuff already there and the aircraft is blending into all that. reporter: which is one reason
here s a toy leg from a a baby. flip-flops. reporter: not items from a la landfill but from the ocean. more specific, the indian ocean, essentially a garbage patch swirling with trash and overflowing with plastic. the massive rotating current spins counterclockwise. marcus erickson is the director of research in california. he says geyers are like plastic soup. that s typical of what the material looks like. reporter: in 2010, he sailed through the indian ocean geyer. the same area where search teams are looking for doomed flight 370. what we found there were things like derelict fishing nets, multicolored buoys. the little buoys like the one behind me. lots of buckets and crates. other goods like bottles and bottle cap and bags and forks and knives. there was so much stuff already there. the aircraft, when they debriefed the aircraft, it s
in afghanistan or whatever. and they are to some extent dismissed in their questions. and then there are the deep factual questions, which will require some detailed technical knowledge. and that is going to take time. what we need to understand is why that information has not been provided. since in many cases it is not controversial. good questions, we ll continue to try to find the answer to that. there is a lot more to talk about shortly. first, let s return to the debris and quickly try to drill down on why there is so much skepticism about it. simply put in this part of the indian ocean, there is just a lot of junk and debris. we don t like to think of the sea as one big junk yard, but as randi kaye discovered that is precisely what this is. the debris you might see in our home, all around our homes, here is a toy grenade, a paint brush handle. a toy leg from a baby, flip-flops.