potential human remains. reporter: quite right. exactly, jake. and also questions about whether or not something like this could have been prevented. again, this all happening this morning when these officials who were running this massive search, at the time search and rescue operation, the remote operated vehicle that was down on the ocean floor early this morning at 8:55 a.m. came across that debris field. right now what they are doing is the r.o.v.s are still there on the ocean floor, still trying to map the ocean floor, still trying to figure out exactly what is down there in terms of debris. the coast guard earlier today, the rear admiral gave his assessment of exactly what happened and in addition to that a deep sea expert weighed in on exactly what was found. we found five different major pieces of debris that told us that it was the remains of the titan. the initial thing we found was the nose cone, which was outside of the pressure hull. we then found a large de
said, it s not just for the families but for the industry as a whole to understand exactly what happened. i will say the transportation safety board doing an investigation here, you know, 25 years ago on swiss air 111, i mean, that accident, that air accident had to be investigated in waters that were much more shallow, and yet it was just such a complex investigation as it was. they are thankful that right now the resources are out there that can do as much salvage as possible at that sea bottom to recover the debris because again, it will contribute to a more fulsome picture of exactly what went on here. and especially given the tragic circumstances, they also want to bring a measure of peace to the families. and whatever they can say about how it happened, when it happened, and the conclusive proof they can gather, all of that will matter. paula newton in halifax. let s bring in diving expert rick merkar. he s an international training director at the international association of