and good evening from st. john s newfoundland. with a sad and somber evening here. this is where five explorers and would-be explorers were set off on friday, out into the open ocean, traveling so 460 miles from here towards the wreck of the artemis titanic. then, on sunday morning, they were sealed inside the submersible titan, and lowered into the ocean into their descend into the seabed some 13,000 feet below, about two miles. less than two hours later, communication as you know, was lost with the submersible. and we just learned it was about that time that a senior navy official tells cnn, that a navy network of underwater sensors picked up sound consistent they said, with an implosion. but it was determined to be quote, not definitive, unquote. and this afternoon, we learned the worst we this morning, an rov, a remote operated vehicle from the vessel horizon our tech, discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible, approximately 1600 feet from the battle of the tita
do you think this is going to impact deepwater exploration in the future? i think i remember when the titanic sank, obviously, that was a massive world event, the world media was on this thing. and the sinking of the titanic lead to new regulations related to how many rescue boats you had on it, on the titanic, they were not enough rescue boats for everybody. that got changed through the global legislation, safety measures got put in place, et cetera. so, that titanic event, more than 100 years ago, changed regulations. it is quite possible that with the titan imploding like this and with the partial lack, or maybe a gap in the regulatory space, if you do dives in international