it s got one button. and that s it. but their sub went missing, prompting a massive international effort to find them, with warnings oxygen supplies would be dwindling. the really nightmarish scenario is that they are alive at the surface, bobbing away, running out of air and unable to get out. it s exceptionally difficult. it s basically a needle in a haystack. - well, i m nervous. i m sick to my stomach with nerves. i m just hoping for good news. the dive that was meant to take around eight hours turned into days. the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. so what do we know happened on the titan and to the men on board? on saturday the 17th ofjune 2023, british explorer hamish harding posted an update on facebook revealing his journey to explore the wreck of the titanic. harding was travelling with oceangate expeditions, a private company that takes paying customers down to see the wreck. the eight day trip started on friday the 16th ofjun
questions remain as we are just learning that a top-secret u.s. navy system heard the submersible implode. an experimental vessel is how the doomed suv is described with the oceangate liability agreement. what exactly is the submersible, what is a submersible? is that what ultimately sealed its fate? remembering the five passengers, humans on board, friends and family of the explorers join us next. let s go out front. in evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a catastrophic implosion. the coast guard confirming that debris from the titan submersible has been found near the wreckage of the titanic. the remote operating vehicle has been searching and it is highly capable. we have been able to classify part of the pressure chamber for the titan submersible. the debris field is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel. the mystery tonight is what caused that catastrophic explosion. we use the word implosion, talking about heavy pressure here. the implo
coastguard. it is only one line but it is sufficient for them to put it out and they have not been doing that to the course of the last few days so i suspect that is significant, but the detail also is very significant and certainly it is pushing back, normally when they talk to us and update us they give themselves more time to actually analyse what they have actually found. absolutely right and we have been waiting for this information all morning essentially. this urgent search has been going on for a few days now. every day the coastguard has been updating reporters and the press in the afternoon, but this particular press conference is going to be crucial because they will hopefully release more details on what those rovs remote operated vehicles have indeed discovered near the site of the titanic. i want to bring it our reporter carl because he has been here for a few days following all of this. you are at the press conference yesterday as well. they were really looking
operated vehicle from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible, a proximally 1600 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 predator pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified to the families. 0n determination, we immediately notified to the families. on behalf of the united states coastguard 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 consul general to ensure they are fully apprised, and that their concerns are being addressed. the outpouring of support in this highly complex search operation has been robus
by a remotely operated vehicle deployed in the search. the bbc has been told that the debris includes parts of the missing sub. the submersible was about 435 miles south of stjohn s, newfoundland, on a voyage to the wreck of the titanic off the coast of canada, when it lost contact. its exact whereabouts and the condition of the five crew onboard are unknown. with rescuers in a race against time to find the sub, it s thought that the on board oxygen supply may have run out. more ships are now in the area helping with the search. let s just run through what s been happening over the last few hours. two deepwater remotely operated vehicles have been scanning the sea floor. the us coast guard said on social media a submersible attached to the canadian vessel horizon arctic had reached the sea bed. another one, operated from the french research vessel atalante, has also been deployed. another remotely operated vehicle is on its way from jersey in the channel islands and is due to