. >> david, i mean, can this debris -- amei mean, some of it would sink after a certain amount of time. >> what is floating will stay floating for longer than you might expect. the bottom of the cargo compartment, which is a green zinc chromate color. >> one part of debris is said to be green? >> yes, which is fairly unique to that aircraft. typically they're painted white and have a different color inside. this aircraft doesn't, it's green. it's a honeycomb structure, it has a sealed epoxyed together, which has sealed air compartments inside it. if it's floating, it's likely to continue to float but certainly not through the winter. >> and we're anticipating this press conference getting started any time soon. at this point, there are no assets now on scene in terms of the search, even obviously aircraft are not flying given the bad weather, but even ships on the surface that were in the region, had they left the search area? >> it was ordered out of the search area. there was one ship in the area and it was ordered out because of the waves. the australian military saying the wave len