stories today including developments big ones in jack smith s prosecution of donald trump and the classified documents case. trust me we ll get to them shortly. but we begin with the breaking news on a story that has captivated the world s attention all week long. late this afternoon exploration company oceangate confirmed the titan and all five of its passengers onboard have died. the vessel went missing over the weekend as it attempted to tour the wreckage of the titanic at the bottom of the ocean more than 2 miles beneath the surface of the ocean. in just the last hour the coast guard announced the end of a days long rescue effort. this morning an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the rov subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with experts from within the unified command the debris is consistent with the ca
with the titan, questions are swirling over just how safe the vessel was before it embarked on its tragic last journey. the new york times is reporting this, that in the last few years oceangate faced multiple warnings about the craft s safety as it pushed the bondries of deep sea tourism. the new york times reporting, quote, oceangate faced dire calls from more than three dozen people, industry leaders, deep sea explorers, and oceanographers who warned in a letter to its chief executives, stockton rush, its company s approach could lead to potentially catastrophic problems with the titanic mission. let s bring into our coverage josh gates. he turned down a trip to the titanic on oceanpgate s titan submersible due to concerns he had. also joining us the director of underwater forensics investigators tom maddux. he kwardinated a submersible
measuring system. fundamentally i had real reservations and backed out of a trip on titan because i simply felt the vehicle could not be compared to anything. there was no way to bench mark it. josh, did you share those concerns with your friends and peers at oceangate? and if you did, what did they say? sure. look, i think everyone at ocean fp gate was of course well aware of the construction of titan. it s an incredibly novel innovative way to build something. this material is wildly used. it s what makes up the boeing dream liner and airbus 350. carbon fiber is a safe material. it s just not been extensively tested ipdeep sea operations like this. and so i just couldn t get comfortable with titan because of that. i felt it needed more time to be tested. i think there are still big questions to be answered here about really the thoroughness of actual deep water testing of titan before its missions. but, you know, i think that the time for that is coming. i think today i m really
stories today including developments big ones in jack smith s prosecution of donald trump and the classified documents case. trust me we ll get to them shortly. but we begin with the breaking news on a story that has captivated the world s attention all week long. late this afternoon exploration company oceangate confirmed the titan and all five of its passengers onboard have died. the vessel went missing over the weekend as it attempted to tour the wreckage of the titanic at the bottom of the ocean more than 2 miles beneath the surface of the ocean. in just the last hour the coast guard announced the end of a days long rescue effort. this morning an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor.