safely, i d like to point out. you know, when people go down to a place like titanic as, let s call it a citizen explorer, right? i don t like tourist . i think somebody that s willing to spend that kind of money and do that kind of preparation and devote weeks of their life, they re a citizen explorer. they shouldn t have to worry about the vehicle that they re in. worry about titanic because it s a dangerous site for entanglement and collapse, you could have a structural collapse on the sub and it s a very dangerous site. but understand the risks. agree to those risks. but don t be in a situation where you haven t been told about the risks of the actual platform that you re diving in. in the 21st century, there shouldn t be any risk. we ve managed to make it through 60 years, from 1960 until today, 63 years without a fatality.
lost contact on sunday, an hour and 45 minutes after it began its dive into the atlantic ocean to explore the remains of the titanic. an international rescue operation worked round the clock, searching a vast area of the ocean, trying to find this tiny vessel before the crew inside ran out of oxygen. some felt there was a glimmer of hope on wednesday when the canadian coastguard detected underwater noises in the search area. but on thursday, a remote underwater vehicle found debris from the submersible on the ocean floor near to the titanic wreck. officials confirmed this awful discovery, indicating there was a catastrophic implosion from the pressure of the ocean water above. experts believe that that may have killed the crew instantly. oceangate said in a statement, the men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world s oceans.
the people on board from a number of different nationalities, so it s quite complex in that sense, but i would think as well, because the cuts could have been so prominent in leading the investigation, there will be a review of the operation, that might come from them, but at the moment is not entirely clear. ., , the moment is not entirely clear. . , . clear. thanks very much, jessica- the director of the 1997 film titanic, james cameron, who is also an expert on submersibles, has said there may need to be further regulation of the industry. he s been speaking to our science editor rebecca morelle. you ve been down to the titanic wreck site many times. i mean, you ve been even deeper. you did the first solo dive to the bottom of the mariana trench. you came out and saw my sub before i made that dive, and i took you through the whole. you even sat inside it. so you kind of know what it feels like to be inside. and that sub went to three times titanic depth, quite literally.
titanic, the most famous shipwreck in the world, that likely also drew some attention as well, but after five days of searching, obviously it has now come to a tragic end, the news that we heard from the us coastguard early today here in boston that they had found debris not far from the titanic shipwreck. also that interesting news as well that it emerged after the press conference with the coastguard so we couldn t ask them about this, but there had been some sounds consistent with the sounds consistent with the sound of an implosion detected by the us navy on sunday, shortly after the vessel lost contact with its mother ship, and that had been passed on as information to the coastguard, that s the first time we had heard about this, but it didn t seem to deter the operation here from notjust really trying to carry out a search and rescue but pulling in resources from all over the world. ~ ., ., ., ~ .,
and relatives of the surrey businessman shahzada dawood and his 19 year old son, suleman, described their unimaginable loss . the other two men on board were the former french navy diver and renowned explorer paul henri nargeolet and the ceo of oceangate, stockton rush. the us navy has said it detected sounds consistent with an implosion shortly after the sub lost contact. search teams found debris from the sub thousands of metres below the surface of the atlantic ocean. it ends an international five day search for the submersible, which had been on an expedition to the wreckage of the titanic. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has been following the developments. after days of searching, officials have discovered the remains of the oceangate submersible near to the site of the titanic wreck, bringing this story to a tragic end. the titan submersible