oh you re no fun. [lock clicks shut] all five passengers on the missing titanic sub are suddenly dead, starting now, the titanic wreckage area, the site of yet another tragedy after debris believed to be from the missing submersible is found with the passengers feared dead and wreckage on the ocean floor. rescue operations now shift from rescue to recovery. safety concerns flagged well before the operation, one contractor that worked with oceangate says there was an experimental decision during construction of the vessel, and in the wake of this tragedy, cnn is going to examine deep- sea exploration and the inherent dangers that come along with these kinds of curious mind expeditions. welcome to the lead time jake tapper, the world lead, a tragic ending to the search for the missing sub, the missing coast guard confirmed debris has been found on the seafloor near the wreckage of the titanic, the rear admiral says the debris field is consistent with a quote catastrophic
said that he understood that stockton rush s mission and oceangate s mission was to explore unchartered waters and undiscovered areas of the ocean, in fact adventure tourism he said was not the goal, it was a means to an end in order to fund the research they wanted to do and he believed in the vision. i did ask him if he would ve gotten on the submersible, and gone to the depths of the titanic and he said as someone with an engineering background and who worked on this development, he said he would not have been comfortable. jake? in everett, washington, thank you very much. joining us to discuss, going out with oceangate first a real story on cbs, talking about the coast guard theory that there was a catastrophic implosion, you are on the vessel, do you have an idea what might ve happened to cause the catastrophic implosion? i have a thought,