discouraging news for the people that have been hoping for a miracle as you mentioned, the oxygen supply had run out, got release from the coast guard this morning that a remote operated vehicle, rov off the canadian ship horizon atlantic had located a debris field. that was the ship that we got the announcement early this morning that put the rov down to the depth of the atlantic, and it had been searching around, as well as the rov off the french ship. so we are waiting on more details. we know indeed it was from the horizon atlantic ship. all of this in spite of optimism people close to horizon maritime who are close to families, the joint rescue command center and halifax announced a ship arrived with medical professionals who specialized in diving injuries. they were carrying on board decompression change bet chambers for people that would have decompression sickness for the amount of time down there. the search to the south of where i am now has indeed been very activ
appreciating what exactly happened or what might have happened? well, we re never going to know until the submersible is recovered to determine forensically what actually happened, and then we learn by that. we ve had a lot of discussions, people questioning whether these are valuable. i tell people every exploration, whether it succeeds or fails, provides valuable information for us as a civilization and for the world, so we ll know that once we get it, but it s going to take awhile. so we don t know. there are so many possibilities of what could have happened here. we just can t put it together until we retrieve the submersible. thank you. you know, one question i have for you, again, you ve been on submersibles, you know what it is like, you ve been there, seen how it is remotely operated, and i see this quote from josh gates, a veteran explorer, hosts a tv series. he had this to say. to those asking, titan did not perform well on my dive.
currents could take you and put you in different areas. i know i was reading recently where on one of the previous trips a crew guest, tourist, somebody on board said that they lost communications three or four times on the way down and that at one point they had drifted away from where they were going toward the titanic. took them three hours to get back. these things are not anomalies, it happens down there, you re below water. things worked out then though. yes. this is a lot different expedition in the way it is run than what we did in 2005. we were using triangulation by sonar buoys on the bottom. in the submersible, we could look to see where we were located in relation to the wreck. when it comes to communications, the sound doesn t travel through water and then through air, so there has to be some type of link, be it some kind of transmission from the surface with an
feet, the highest of the colorado rockies is 14,000 feet. you turn over one of the rocky mountains and start searching in that kind of depth. it is a staggering search. the fact they found a debris field, discouraging for people holding out hope. we wait to hear more from the coast guard when we get the presser at 3:00 p.m. mike, quick question for you, the debris field, no clue it is related to the titan specifically, could be unrelated debris. likewise i would think if they found an intact submersible, the u.s. coast guard would have looked different. i think you re right. gives more reason to not be optimistic. given the fact it would take a miracle for these people to survive at this point because they should have run out of oxygen at some point this morning. the finding of the debris field leads to speculation that all of the hope that was held out was futile, and indeed you had a
richard branson, so many people who if innovation were to stop, these are risk takers, thrill seekers. one even bought twitter which has got to be the kind of ride for your life you hadn t imagined. tom, great to have you as part of our coverage. co-pilot of russian submersible mir-2. your expertise is invaluable, sir. let s go back to mike tobin and do a reset for viewers. if you are just tuning into outnumbered, no doubt you have at least been privy to learning a debris field has been found. we don t know how it connects with the missing submersible titan, with the ceo and captain for that, that mission along with four tourists on board missing since sunday. an hour and 45 minutes into their launch. they stopped communicating