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 catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. on behalf of the united states coast guard and the entire unified command, i offer my deepest condolences to the families. i can only imagine what this has been like for them, and i hope that this discovery provides some solace during this difficult time. additionally, we ve been in close contact with the british and french console general to make sure they are fully apprised and their concerns are being addressed. the outpouring of support in this highly complex search operation has been robust and immensely appreciated. we are grateful for the rapid mobilization of experts on the under seas search and resc
of the next 24 hours. but we re going to continue remote operations on the sea floor, and i don t have a time line for when we would intend to stop remote operations on the sea floor at this point. reporter: do you think there should be changes in the way these are safety rated or inspected so that this won t happen again? the question was essentially about do you think that there should be changes in safety ratings or inspection for these standards. i know that there s a lot of questions about why, how, when this happened, and the members of the unified command, you know, have those questions, too, as professionals and experts that work in this environment. and this is an incredibly difficult and dangerous environment to work in out there.
factor in being able to locate it, and they knew that the ultimate destination was the titanic and that gave them a good feel for, you know, where to fine tune their search pattern, and ultimately that served to be the key. how are they going to it s by the titanic, so it s not, you know, obviously in the wreckage, which would have made it a whole lot harder because the titanic is a protected site, and that would have been a real effort to not disturb the site but also to remove the wreckage, are they going to be able to bring up to the surface the remaining pieces of this submersible? i believe they are. we ve used rovs for salvage operations for decades. and the rovs that they have there, if they re the runs that i believe they are will be able to assist with that, and if for the larger pieces they have that
transport aviation, automobiles, there are industry standards. there s quality assurance, and there s legal requirements, and obviously captain scully would know a lot more about that than i would, but there doesn t appear to be a nationally enforceable standard that i m aware of but on the other side of that, there s adventure, and there s scientific research, and there s this spirit of discovery that is part of the human condition. yeah. so i think people will always find a way to discover, to pursue passion, and ultimately, you know, we lost three astronauts on the launch pad in a tragic incident in the 1960s, and, you know, these tragedies, unfortunately, are part of discovery. yeah, robert, thank you very much, bobbi, stick around for
us. i also want to bring in mike reese, the writer, producer and show runner for the simpsons , and mike you ve been on the titan before. you ve gone down to see the titanic. you ve been on other expeditions with oceangate, how are you feeling right now? yeah, i m very sad of course. of course everyone s sad, and i knew stockton rush very well. i thought the world of him. i thought he was one of the most amazing characters i ever met, and i also knew paul, but mostly i knew this came with the territory. i knew it from the moment i read about the trip, and yet i took it anyhow. everyone s made a lot of hay about the waiver you sign. you sign a waiver. it mentions 50 ways to die, 50 ways this trip could kill you, and we all knew what we were