into today. i think that news sends a bit of a shock through the community here that something much more catastrophic may have happened to the individuals onboard that submersible. but all that says, there is a ton of resources just several surface ships, ten surface ships, airplanes, still looking for it. there are rovs or remote operating vehicles to get down to the sea bed now and a lot of sonar out there that maps the titanic, the area around it, and has done for many years now. they have a pretty good picture of what s there and what s new. that is the concern that people have now, that whatever this is indicates something that is new. they haven t seen before. what is not clear as well is whether they have eyes on it basically and do they have the entirety of the sub?
for the sake of, again, if this is where we are, the sake of the possibility of collecting remains, that can be done from the sea floor at 12,500 feet? i think the remote operating vehicles are able to pick up some of the debris and bring that back to the surface. i don t know the full capabilities but rovs can do some of that. the importance of bringing the debris back up is significant because the whole community needs to learn the lessons from this and make sure it never happens again. they need to know what happened, whether there were any weaknesses in the craft itself they can learn from and prevent similar accidents noourts. ryan ramsey, former royal navy captain, thanks for joining us and sharing your expertise. if you are just joining us now, of course, the news we heard there from our miguel marquez, a statement from the operator of the submersible that the operator now believes the five men on board were lost. boris, it s sad news to report
families who have already been briefed about this. how hard it is for them to take in. especially given the fact ththey knew the expertise, the ceo, was on there. the man who s been called mr. titanic down there more than 30 times. the french marian, p.h. nargeolet. they heard noises that could not be explained thought perhaps there was a chance. this tends to indicate that what they are being told by the u.s. coast guard, this debris who been found. there is still a lot more to do here in terms of to find this submersible and understand exactly what happened. again, we continue to reach out to canadian officials and i will say the transportation safety board here in canada would be in charge of any investigation and at the ready and again deployed so many assets there in terms of recovery. they will be able hopefully to give those families what they need, which is information and peace of mind.
Transcripts for CNN CNN News Central 20240604 18:43:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
point. obviously our thoughts are with the families of those five people that went missing aboard the submersible. captain martin, please stand by for a moment. i want to get to cnn s paula newt han has confirmation of these new details. paula, we understand that there is confirmation now from the u.s. coast guard that portions of the external body of the titan have been discovered. roughly 500 meetser off the boast of the titanic discovered at approximately 8:55 eastern time but the search for the crew continues? reporter: yes. really tough news to take in. comes to us from our own priscilla alvarez reporting in a memo obtained by cnn the debris discovered at the search area, as you say is of the missing titan. key, from the external body of this submersible and the search,