that they would be found. and now it s just heartbreaking. personally, i ve lost two friends in the most horrific way. and, but i want, you know. speaking to the media, at least i want to have a human face on what these men stood for and what they lived their lives doing. and it s more thanjust this dive on titanic, and hopefully that is something that will come out. the families of the five men on board the submersible have begun mourning their loss after the international effort to try to save them. the family of shahzada and suleman dawood said. hamish harding, the explorer, was described as. the statement said.
on saturday the 17th ofjune 2023, british explorer hamish harding posted an update on facebook revealing his journey to explore the wreck of the titanic. harding was travelling with 0ceangate expeditions, a private company that takes paying customers down to see the wreck. the eight day trip started on friday the 16th ofjune when the research ship the polar prince left
the canadian port of stjohn s to head out to sea. the polar prince is a large ship that can be used to transport submersibles to the area above the titanic wreck site. the titanic lies approximately 3,800 metres below sea level, where natural light cannot reach. just complete darkness. 2022 marked 110 years since the sinking of the titanic. the wreck site sits beneath the surface of the atlantic ocean off the coast of newfoundland on canada s east coast. explorers found the wreckage in 1985 and during 11 dives injuly 1986, footage was shot by cameras on a human occupied submersible. it was the first time people had set
underneath its last known depth and position and that s exactly where they found it. we re live from london, i you re watching bbc news. if you ve justjoined us, a major development on that search for the submersible. we just heard from the us- coast guard saying that a debris field has been discovered within the search area, i by one of those rovers - that they have on the site, near the titanic site. on thursday, around 100 hours since contact is lost with the titan sub, the devastating news came from the coastguard. an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic, discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the rov subsequently
every half an hour. the equipment that s been mobilised for this is the finest in the world, the most capable in the world. we have to hold out hope. i think, as you re aware, there s still life support available on the submersible and we ll continue to hold out hope until the very end. it later emerged the navy heard an implosion sound on the day the titan went missing, but search efforts continue. alistair greig, a ucl marine engineering professor, says the rescue operation is hugely complex and challenging. if it s very deep, it s going to be very difficult to rescue it. none of the conventional submarine rescue methods, which are designed mainly for naval submarines, would be able to operate down at the depth of the titanic.