well, we re getting into autumn so, the weather might deteriorate again. it might get worse weather. this is really a part of the ocean where the winds are strongest, where the waves tend to be highest in winter and autumn, where we are now. it will certainly complicate not only the search but also getting peas out of the water. often being on ships on the ocean we need to recover some of our scientific instruments that were in the water, it s very, very difficult for a captain to actually drive a huge ship a300-feet ship next to a piece of debris. and then it takes a lot of effort by the crew to get out there and actually dig it up. in a rough sea that will be very dangerous and very difficult to do. very dangerous and very difficult. erik, colleen, thanks very much. we ll check back with you. just ahead, the massive search for the missing flight about to get under way momentarily. we re going thrive the staging area in perth, australia, for the very latest.
seeden, a critical plane because it would hunt for submarines and it s able to look for this sort of metal under the water. so hopefully it will be able to get out there, get down low and use the specialized equipment to look for any sort of wreckage that might be on the bottom and use its sonar. but, again, depends on the weather. it hasn t been able to fly i think the day before yesterday so it just depends on whether or notitis good enough conditions to get it out there. and there are ships in the area already that are searching. they ve been there for days, but they re moving closer to these areas where they suspect this debris may be located? they are in the search area. in fact, they have five ships in the search area. i m not sure if they re actually in this particular 154 square miles where the french satellite images are but they re close by and that s a good thing because once they ve identified a potential debris, then you actually have to get the ship