was smooth. when asked about the precise timing of the catastrophic implosion as they re calling it, he said it was too early to tell. now, aboard the vessel two deep sea pioneers, paul-henri nargeolet, a veteran of dozens of dives to the titanic. he was 77, widely regarded as an expert on the titanic. also stockton rush, 61, the founder of oceangate expeditions and creator of the titan. also lost aboard, 58-year-old pilot and aerial adventurer hamish harding and british pakistani billionaire shahzada dawood, who was 48 years old, and his 19-year-old son suleman. now, there is no good news in what happened at all, but perhaps some comfort for the loved ones of those now lost that according to long-time navy physician dr. eileen marty, who we ll speak with shortly, the implosion that took their lives would have happened many times faster than the human brain could have even detected it, let alone experienced fear. in just a moment we ll talk to titanic director james cameron, who himsel
on you. do you feel pressure? the vessel is maintained at one atmosphere. so there s no real pressure inside. but there is a sense of pressure, i would say, just being that deep in the ocean. and is it cold down there? it is cold down there. the ambient temperature is close to freezing down there. and the titanium domes on either end, they pick up that cold very quickly. so there s some condensation from the breathing and everything else that goes right you know, it s on the domes itself. you feel the cold. when you were thinking about doing it, did you know anything about the safety protocols or i did a lot of diligence up front on the risks. a friend of mine is or was an engineer on a nuclear sub. i spent some time with him asking about it. and he told me that he knew these people, knew the operation, and would put his own family on it. and i spent a lot of time with stockton talking about some of the risks that were involved. so i was aware of some of the things that
titan. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: in april 2018 employees of oceangate including its ceo and co-founder stockton rush christened the brand new titan submersible it had just developed. the project was four years in the making. this will be one of the great moments of submersibles in that this technology is what we need to explore the ocean depth. we re going to go to 4,000 meters after our testing in the bahamas, assuming all things pan out as we expect and we validate our engineering. and that will open up 50% of the planet. reporter: oceangate used its social media channels and its website to drum up excitement about the titan. its website describes the titan as a state-of-the-art vessel used to explore the wreck of the titanic through its titanic expeditions. in one oceangate youtube video rush teased the submersible as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. you ll see things that no one has ever seen before. there is just a ton of things to look at. all kinds of amazing thi
from st. john s newfoundland where the submersible titan first went out to sea on its way to the titanic. we re talking today about the five lives lost, also about the vessel itself and the questions surrounding it, namely the decision to build it out of carbon composite and not certify its safety as other such vessels are. back with deep sea explorer and titanic director james cameron. it s extraordinary to me that this debris field is just 1600 feet away from the bow of the titanic. obviously, people think of the bow of the titanic and they think of your film titanic with that iconic scene on the bow. i heard you earlier kind of talk about these two captains and kind of a similarity that you see. and i m wondering if you could talk about that. i think there s a great almost surreal irony here, which
titanic on the sea floor. the r.o.v. 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. and that the rear admiral said caused titan to implode. the remote operating vehicle which located the titan had sonar on it, arms and a camera. it first spotted titan s nose cone in that larger debris field that he talked about that was some 1600 feet away from the bow of the titanic. and then there was a second smaller debris field where they found the aft of the hull, the pressure hull. when asked whether the vessel had perhaps struck wreckage from the titanic or been damaged somehow on the ocean floor, the rear admiral said the area around that large debris field