even though they haven't found anything. and the oil that you mentioned, that has taken a while. you got to remember that this is 1600 kilometers, a thousand miles offshore. what they did is they sent a ship out to that area. they flew a helicopter with to the ship. the ship got closer to shore. the helicopter brought it ashore. it's being examined. we're hoping to hear in the next three hours what that oil, and if it's related to the missing jet, erin. >> thank you very much, michael. reporting live from perth. and i'm actually looking at my blackberry right now, waiting to see when the alert does come in. it usually does come at this time. we may get an update on exactly what the bluefin found. so we'll keep our eye on that. 19 n the meantime, richard quest joins me along with arthur rosenberg and jeff weise. let's talk about the search. let's talk about this oil slick. from your reporting, what are they going to be able to ascertain? let's say it tests positive for it is jet fuel...

>> first of all, the jet fuel question is a particularly interesting one. if the plane flew to endurance, the tanks were empty. the thing left the sky because it ran out of jet fuel. >> so there wouldn't be enough to have a noticeable slick 40 days later is what you're saying? >> it's an interesting question whether or not that would be jet fuel. jet fuel also is not thick. it's very light. it creates a sheen on the top of the water. and that's what they were talking about when they found it. that it wasn't some thick oil. angus houston specifically saying he did not believe it was from ships. however, there are other parts of the machinery that does have oil, more traditional oil. >> i guess my question is let's say it test positive. and there are other reasons you might have random fuel slicks around. so could they tell, well, this fuel pump filled up this jet, and therefore we can back into this is fuel from this flight? >> they will get very close. >> okay. >> there is not a --...