three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s turn to that massive search off the newfoundland coast for a missing submersible near the wreck of the titanic. us coastguards have confirmed that underwater noises have been detected. the sounds were picked up by a canadian aircraft. according to one report, there was a banging noise at 30 minute intervals, but searches so far have produced no results. five people are on board, three of them british. it s estimated they only have a day s supply of oxygen left. earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn maugerfrom the us earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn mauger from the us coast guard. earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn maugerfrom the us coast guard. he spoke to me and our correspondent jonathan amos about the search and oxygen supplies. the? jonathan amos about the search and oxygen sunplies- oxygen supplies. they indicated that the have oxygen supplies. they indicated that they have an oxygen suppl
three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s turn to that massive search off the newfoundland coast for a missing submersible near the wreck of the titanic. us coastguards have confirmed that underwater noises have been detected. the sounds were picked up by a canadian aircraft. according to one report, there was a banging noise at 30 minute intervals, but searches so far have produced no results. five people are on board, three of them british. it s estimated they only have a day s supply of oxygen left. earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn maugerfrom the us earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn mauger from the us coast guard. earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn maugerfrom the us coast guard. he spoke to me and our correspondent jonathan amos about the search and oxygen supplies. the? jonathan amos about the search and oxygen sunplies- oxygen supplies. they indicated that the have oxygen supplies. they indicated that they have an
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incident. we know a number of buildings are on fire. we are expecting pictures, but the firs detail is coming to us from officials in the french capital of a gas explosion occurring, with several buildings catching fire. when there is more, we will return to it. i want to return now to the search for that submersible going on, that story dominating our news. let s speak to the professor of marine autonomy, blair thornton at the university of southampton. let me start with the noises that everyone has focused on the day. what do you make of that? based on what we have what do you make of that? based on what we have seen what do you make of that? based on what we have seen in what do you make of that? based on what we have seen in the what do you make of that? based on what we have seen in the media, - what do you make of that? based on what we have seen in the media, it l what we have seen in the media, it does sound like these noises are possibly coming from the submersible veh
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