you live, as soon as that happens. but let s talk about this plane. what a lot of folks don t know is this. flight 370 would not be actually the first airliner to vanish into the deep indian ocean. in fact, a little history lesson. taking you back to 1987, south african airways flight 295, it was a boeing 747, headed from taiwan to johannesberg, a fire broke out near the end of the route and the plane went down just about 130 miles northeast of mauritus. some 16,000 feet in the ocean there. very much in the ballpark of where flight 370 could be lying. and yes, they found that plane. at least parts of the plane, with a submersible. it is a fascinating story. have a quick look. then one year to the day after it disappeared, the helderberg is found. from a depth of 4,400 meters, the submarine sends back images
that could only be the wreckage of south african flight 295. possible lessons for the search for flight 370. so roy led the effort to get the sub messible three miles below the surface and ultimately join that wreckage. he joins me live from tampa, florida. roy, welcome. thanks for having me. so, we have the news today from australia, that this bluefin-21, this submersible actually had to resurface after going as deep as it could, not quite reaching the ocean floor. i know you some years ago had a similar situation. and you had to make adjustments to your submersible. can you tell me about that? yes. well, you know, we didn t have the benefit of using an aob like is being used today. so the searches were made with