What Happens If Debris Turns out to be Flight 370?

CRASH." DAVID, JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT INVESTIGATORS WILL BE DOING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT? WE KNOW SFLIATELLITES WERE REDIRECTED. WE KNOW THERE'S A POSEIDON AIRCRAFT ON THE SCENE. WE KNOW THERE'S AN AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER ON THE WAY. WE KNOW THERE ARE FOUR OTHER AIRCRAFT, AUSTRALIAN AIRCRAFT, NEW ZEALAND AIRCRAFT HEADING TOWARD THE REGION IF NOT ALREADY THERE. HOW DOES THIS -- HOW DOES THIS PLAY OUT? >> THE INVESTIGATORS ARE FACING A CRITICAL JUNCTIONTURE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS IDENTIFY POSITIVELY WHETHER THIS IS DEBRIS FROM THE AIRCRAFT OR NOT. IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT FROM THE AIR, USING THE ORIONS, USING THE SATELLITE IMAGES, WHATEVER IT MIGHT TAKE, TRYING TO GET AS LOW AS THEY CAN TO IDENTIFY THIS AIRCRAFT, IF THEY IDENTIFY THAT IT IS INDEED THAT AIRCRAFT, THEN THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN IF THEY DON'T. BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY IT DIRECTLY THEY MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SHIPS GET OUT THERE AND WAIT UNTIL THEY GET A CLOSE EXAMINATION AND GET HELICOPTERS IN TO IDENTIFY IT POSITIVELY. SO THAT COULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH TIME THIS TAKES. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, THOUGH, AND SET OUR EXPECTATIONS IN THE FACT THAT THIS IS 1,400 MILES. TO TAKE A SHIP 1,400 MILES, EVEN AT FLANK SPEED, WOULD BE -- YOU WERE TALKING 60, 70 HOURS. 50 TO 60 HOURS TO GET THAT SHIP OUT THERE TO WHERE IT'S GOING TO DO SOME GOOD. AND THEY WON'T RUN AT THOSE SPEEDS BECAUSE IF THEY DO THEY'D RUN OUST FUEL BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE. IT'SRYONE WHO HAS STAYED UP INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING TO HELP US MAKE SENSE OF ALL OF THIS. AND ACTUALLY, DAVID, IF I COULD, IF I COULD JUST BRING YOU BACK IN HERE, EARLIER YOU HAD SAID ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY ABOUT NOT JUST DIRECTING ALL ASSETS, LOOKING FOR THE IMMEDIATE DEBRIS, BUT ALREADY TRYING TO TAKE SOME ASSETS AND LOOK FOR THE POSSIBLE IMPACT ZONE IF IN FACT THERE IS AN IMPACT ZONE. DO YOU THINK THAT'S ALREADY UNDER WAY, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THEY WOULD BASICALLY JUST WAIT UNTIL THEY CAN VERIFY THIS