and ocean operations and engineering consultant. he was also a close friend of mr. titanic, paul-henri, one of the five people on board this vessel. sir, first and foremost, my condolences in hearing the news that your friend is believed to have perished in what appears to be a catastrophic accident. i m wondering how you re feeling right now? what thoughts are going through your mind? thank you. we i think all experts who know anything about this issue, this problem, had this in the back of their mind starting sunday. it is it was probably the most likely event, and i think the only thing i can think about is that it was an instantaneous event and there was no suffering, which would not have been the case had they been stuck in a very cold environment, wondering whether
as you say, for the vessel continues. i think given that that canadian ship, the horizon arctic was able to bring that remote vehicle to the depth of the titanic wreck. as i ve explained before, the submersible, titan, went down that water column. tried to go straight down as it could to go see the wreck of the titanic. the fact as of this morning they were able to get that remote vehicle down there, that is what they knew would give them insight, that exactly at an 1:45 minutes in surmise where the titan had been. went there first to look and apparently that s what they found. i will say that i averaged up to canadian official up to the last hour told me this remained a rescue operation. given what we just heard from our last guest, i asked them, is this now turning into a recovery operation instead? we just have to pause for a moment and understand how difficult this is for the
hull or pieces of the hull. i have, i have gotten some information from a little bit of inside sources that states that the debris had been identified, but that s unconfirmed at the moment. we want to wait until we here directly from officials to confirm that. we don t yet know from official sources that are saying publicly that that is the case, but nevertheless, given that there is a large debris field already at that site, because of the titanic, and we know that several expeditions down there left behind equipment what is the process like for identifying and confirming that if the debris found there, whether the debris found there is in fact from the oceangate vessel? it actually should be fairly easy. i know captain martin i hate to interrupt you, sir. i want to confirm for you and
it has been an extraordinary effort, all hands on deck to try to give these families information as they deal with such a difficult process, first learning that their loved ones are missing. now hearing this news. paula, please, stand by for us. we re, of course, going to stay on top of this story. again, breaking flus. there is confirmation debris located near the wreckage site of the titanic confirmed to be from the exterior hull of the oceangate titan vessel. news officials preparing for a news briefing top of the hour. us coast guard at 3:00 p.m. we ll cover it live and continue to follow all the breaks details right here on cnn news central. a plplus is a multitar supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. whenever you re hungry, there s a deal on the subway app. buy one footlong, get one 50% off in the suby app today.
suleman lost. xporers shared adventure and a deep pax for protecting the world s oceans. our hearts are with these five souls and all family members we grieve the loss and joy they brought to everyone they knew. the statement goes on for a bit. our own priscilla alvarez obtained information from a government memo indicating those parts they had found earlier were about 500 feet from the bow of the titanic. and that the assessment from individuals at oceangate i ve been chatting with today indicated that if it was from their vessel, that it indicated a catastrophic failure of that vessel, and that unfortunately they were lost. this is dangerous stuff that they do. it is adventuresome i m sure,