using both radar and visual when able to search the surface of the water. we have the polar prince itself, out there on-site that is conducting a surface search, and we are looking to bring in additional vessels operating in the area. there was a research vessel that was conducting research, you know, not exactly nearby but within several hours of transit so we will bring that vessel into the search on the surface as well. and then use all those underwater methods we have from the p8 o rion and the research vessel. we are bringing all assets to bear, we don t know if it s on the surface or subsurface. good news as you have talked about is that this particular submersible is advertised to
sonar survey of the bottom but we are working closely with our partners, both in the federal government and in the canadian armed forces and with private resources that are there to provide that capability. as you noted, this is on the site of a wreckage, the wreckage of the titanic, and so there is a lot of debris on the bottom and locating the object on the bottom will be difficult but we will bring all assets to bear that we can to try and find the submersible and rescue the crew members. sandra: admiral, for those who may just be learning of this story, this is tour, it s a ten-day trip those folks were embarking on. 18 dives off a larger boat to a maximum depth of almost 13,000 feet. this includes scientific research, observation that will be conducted on the trips, all according to the company
operate as planned if it had problems to be again with. so, what are you leaning towards where this vessel might be? sandra, this is a very complicated problem, it s out there in not quite the middle of the ocean, but near the middle of the ocean, a remote part of the ocean, 900 miles away from our coast here in massachusetts. and we have to assume that, you know, anything is possible at this point and we are bringing to bear a number of different assets. launched coast guard c-130 aircraft, we had an aircraft that was up in the area that is part of a normal international iceberg patrol, that was started after the titanic and so we retasked them to search on the surface for anything that might have surfaced. and then we have launched aircraft out of our air station