better weather conditions than they re facing in the java sea right now. they could be there for a while. and the experts say even bringing one body to the surface with a diver can be extremely dangerous. very dangerous, wolf. the dive teams have to often bring body bags down with them place a body in the bag and then maybe get it into some kind of a salvage basket or a platform lowered under water to raise it up. sometimes they have to bring the body up themselves which is extremely difficult because the bodies get very heavy. so that s dangerous as well. we wish these divers only the best. thanks brian. joining us now, cnn analyst david gallo and colonel ken christensen, aviation consultant. david, apparently they ve discovered two more pieces of metal, significant pieces of metal aboard the uss fort worth right now, one of the u.s. warships searching the area. how long will it take for them to determine whether these two
with a new day about to dawn in the java sea, the search is about to resume for the wreckage of airasia flight 8501. bad weather continues to hinder the search effort although two more bodies have been recovered and sonar has located more objects which may be part of the airliner. this is exclusive new video aboard the uss sampson. one of the american warships taking part in the search off the indonesian coast. even as the weather slows the recovery operation there are new questions about the dangerous conditions that flight 8501 encountered and whether the pilots were properly briefed. our correspondents analysts and guests are standing by with full coverage. but first, let s take a look at the latest developments. search teams aboard the uss fort worth detected two metal objects below water.
second. we got a good look at the weather conditions from the uss sampson, the destroyer out there, getting a good look at the american search effort. choppy seas, hazy visibility. other news the other us asset in the region the uss fort worth picking up some objects on its sonar. they can t confirm any of these objects. seven large ones now. until they can get either divers or cameras in the water, jake? david molko live in surabaya, indonesia, thank you so much. he s the handsome son of a wealthy hedge fund founder who is suspected of murdering his own father and staging it to look like a suicide and now police are calling him the prime suspect in a fire that burned down a rival hedge fund manager s hamptons home. that story next. eal? you know i m real! at discover, we re always here to
effects and what looks like part of a food cart. translator: we retrieved during our one-week operation several objects which were mostly parts of the airasia plane. reporter: the main body of the plane and the critical flight recorders still on the sea floor. 16-foot waves and muddy conditions under water mean zero visibility. more than 50 vessels and helicopters an more than 80 deep divers are dedicated to the search. china has sent experts and portable sonar equipment. the uss sampson is helping recover debris while the uss fort worth deployed sonar equipment. we can find things on the sea floor as small as a golf ball. reporter: while the investigation into what caused the crash is under way, another investigation is taking form. should aviation authorities have allowed flight 8501 to take off despite massive thunderstorms?
two u.s. navy ships are in the java sea. uss fort worth arrived equipped with with side sonar equipment to capture accurate images. indonesia weather experts are reporting to possible icing engine problems as an explanation of what downed airasia 8501. that theory is outlined many an official report. let s talk about this. al joins me by phone. you have 30 years in the aviation experience 15,000 flying hours. in your opinion, is it likely icing could have led to the plane s demize? caller: indeed. any flight into a thunderstorm runs the risk of icing. it can affect an aircraft in a number of ways. one it can block the instrument