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talking about getting these visuals. think about it, we have these corporate jets going in there, that ultralong range. they can take 10, 12 spotters in there. there are people from local emergency services on those lanes being used as spotters. the chinese have described these planes as a great platform for visual sightings. so if the weather deteriorates, and the reports are patchy. some pilots are coming back saying there is low crowd right down to sea level. this is a big search area, 59,000 square miles. but all the forecasts say the weather is going to deteriorate. there is this cyclone we talked about north of the search zone. but still there may be some weather patterns from that which may affect the search zone. but certainly the weather is not
strongest lead anyone has. the next step is to get more planes down there. the weather is not helping. and also, they need sea assets, surface vessels in the area at the moment. there is only one, an australian warship. more are coming, but it s still going to take time for that to happen. really important, you mentioned the weather. you ve got really bad weather coming in. that s going to make it much more difficult to get assets in the ocean, close to where they think this debris is, to actually confirm these sightings that the planes and the satellites are finding, right? reporter: yeah, right, that s the problem. the australians have been saying the last three days at least that it s so important to get eyes on, actually get visual confirmation of what they re seeing, which means they ve now drawn in several of these small, corporate jets, ultra long-range. they can take 10, 12 spotters with them. they get down there quite low and they scan the sea. good, old-fashioned eyeball