LOU WATERS, CNN ANCHOR: And CNN's Jim Hill has been monitoring the rescue and recovery effort off the California coast. He's in a boat near the crash site and joins us now from off Anacapa Island -- Jim.</s>JIM HILL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right. We're about a mile off Anacapa Island where U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and a lot of volunteer fishing craft are joining in this search effort. Now, if you look out beyond me, you can see what this looks like. The U.S. Coast Guard is combing this area, now covering roughly six to 15 miles. That is the area that is considered, now, the debris field. At this point, the Coast Guard is saying it has recovered four bodies: an infant, a man -- adult man -- and two adult women. Other than that, this is still a search-and-rescue operation, although the water, a very chilly 54 degrees, leaves very little possibility anyone could still be alive after having been in the water for perhaps 15 or 16 hours. We can show you some of the areas that they're searching for and what the slick looks like. If you glance off the boat here, you can see a lot of debris. This is mostly yellow and orange insulation material, basically, from the aircraft. Other pieces of debris that have been sighted include pieces of clothing such as shoes, socks, and pieces of aircraft, including some oxygen mask assemblies -- not clear if they have been deployed or not -- as well as any manner of debris that appears to be from the inside of the aircraft. But, at this point, the Coast Guard is saying it will continue a search-and-rescue operation until it gives up all hope, until it is absolutely certain that no one could have survived any longer in this area. That's one reason why, although authorities have said they've located the pings from the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, they have not made it a priority to go after those and recover them yet. They are still in a search-and-rescue mode and have not given up hope that someone could be alive in this area. I'm Jim Hill, CNN, reporting live off the California coast.
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