a scientific the titanic wreckage site. victor is a scientific rov. in the uk national oceanographic centre, you have the isis rov. oceanographic centre, you have the isis rov, which is a similar tool. the atalante was two days away from the wreckage, and that was why it made the wreckage, and that was why it made sense to send it to the titanic made sense to send it to the titanic. there are other vessels around, titanic. there are other vessels around, but this is a chance to have around, but this is a chance to have a deep around, but this is a chance to have a deep sea around, but this is a chance to have a deep sea rov on site in this race against a deep sea rov on site in this race against time to assist and help in the recovery of the titan submersible. the recovery of the titan submersible. ., , submersible. and when it does get there, is ill-equipped submersible. and when it does get there, is ill-equipped to submersible. and when it does get there, is il
weather window, which pretty much goes from the end ofjune to september, where the seas are calm enough to actually be out there and be able to dive, which right now, it s really early in the season so i m not sure why 0ceangate went out this soon. the immediate task now is to locate the submersible, but then comes the crucialjob of retrieving it. richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is in boston, where the search is being co ordinated. we don t what these noises amount to, but will they give the search teams some encouragment? well, it is the first development of its kind that we have really had. but as we have been hearing, the us coast guard have been very clear. they don t know the source of these noises, it is an area around the titanic wreckage site where there is a lot of metal, but they are going
us what this rov is and what is it capable of? capable of? first of all, it is a research capable of? first of all, it is a research vessel capable of? first of all, it is a research vessel which - capable of? first of all, it is a research vessel which was - capable of? first of all, it is a research vessel which was in l research vessel which was in operation research vessel which was in operation west of the azores islands and was operation west of the azores islands and was relatively close to the titanic and was relatively close to the titanic location. fortunately, with the titanic location. fortunately, with lhe action titanic location. fortunately, with the action victor 6000 on board, but not operating this rov. so the operating team had to be brought to canada. operating team had to be brought to canada. sl operating team had to be brought to canada, stjohn s, by plane. and they canada, stjohn s, by plane. and lheyare canada, stjohn s, by plane. and they are
on-site. so i m not sure where they located the sound in relationship to the dropoff point or where they started their descent, but if it s close by we would probably assume they are close by on the bottom. sandra: tom, since you have made the voyage to the titanic wreckage site, trying to wrap our minds around this and you can help us do that. we put together some of these graphics so our viewers can understand better the challenges that this search-and-rescue operation is facing. just to plainly show the depth challenges they are dealing with. the deepest human scuba dive, just under 1100 feet. you no longer see light at depth under 3,000 feet. you stop seeing things like the whales diving around 10,000 feet. the average depth of the ocean floor is 12,100 feet. you are talking about the
58 year old, was one of those or is one of those on board this sub, but we don t have details of other people at the moment. typically these types of expeditions, what seems to happen is there will be crew on board and paying passengers who pay a lot of money, nearly £200,000, in order to get this extraordinary experience of being able to go and see the titanic wreckage site right up close, which is deep far down on the ocean sea bed. find close, which is deep far down on the ocean sea bed. and ust tell us more i on the ocean sea bed. and ust tell us more about i on the ocean sea bed. and ust tell us more about some h on the ocean sea bed. and just tell us more about some of- on the ocean sea bed. and justi tell us more about some of the factors that make it so hard to locate where the submersible vessel is. ~ ., locate where the submersible vessel is locate where the submersible vessel is. ~ ., , ., vessel is. well, of course, one ofthe vessel is. well, of course, one of the iss