They'd be out in the search area, well inside the hour.

The trouble was the sheer size of the new search area.

"That should get us far enough away from the primary search area."

The search area for Plant is located about 2,200 miles east of the city.

"In that way we can narrow down the search area."

The more time that goes by, the bigger the search area gets.

We should be within range of your search area in another hour and a half.

By this time tomorrow morning, we should be within fifteen miles of the search area.

Figure that for each hour since the attack, the search area has doubled.

By that time they should be well outside the main search area.