ongoing. additionally, canadian aircraft is conducting a six hour search and several c 130 aircraft are scheduled to fly this afternoon and this evening. the canadian coastguard vesseljohn cabot is scheduled to arrive this evening, and several other vessels and the cutter sycamore are in route. the us coast guard has. the us navy s supervisor is working with transformation command to bring additional assets. these more capable assets will be staged at a saintjohn forfor their transport saintjohn for for their transport areas. they re saintjohn forfor their transport areas. they re also several saintjohn for for their transport areas. they re also several private vessels, rov capabilities making efforts. i want to reiterate. this is a very complex search. in an effort to solve this very complex
we re becoming able to track that as well. we re becoming able to track that as well it we re becoming able to track that as well. we re becoming able to track that as well. ~ , ., , well. it then ba began its dive in coordination well. it then ba began its dive in coordination with well. it then ba began its dive in coordination with the well. it then ba began its dive in l coordination with the mothership, the polar prince. once the vessel goes low 1000 metres, it will be in darkness. further down is the titanic wreck 3800 metres under the north atlantic. mike reese is one of the few people who ve made the trip before. he describes reaching the bottom of the ocean. when you touch bottom, you don t really when you touch bottom, you don t really know when you touch bottom, you don t really know where when you touch bottom, you don t really know where you when you touch bottom, you don t really know where you are, - when you touch bottom, you don t really know whe
those on board are believed to be the british billionaire hamish harding, british businessman and his son. this man, the chief executive of the company ocean gate. here he is in a 2022 cbs documentary, showing how the vessel was operated by a game console. while construction plates were used. console. while construction plates were used- console. while construction plates were used. ., , ., ., ., were used. people are informed that it s very dangerous were used. people are informed that it s very dangerous down were used. people are informed that it s very dangerous down there. - it s very dangerous down there. questions about the safety of the sub are now indubitably being raised, but for now, the focus on simply trying to find the vessel. one coastguard official i ve been speaking to describe the search as like looking for a needle in a haystack.
sunday, the coastguard hasn t coordinated efforts with us and canadian coastguard, international aircraft and the polar prince. 7600 square miles, larger than the state of connecticut. the search efforts are focused on both surface with c-130 are focused on both surface with c 130 aircraft s searching by site and subsurface with p3 aircraft able to drop and monitor sonar buoys. today, those efforts have not yield any results. search efforts have continued through last night and today. the vessel deep energy arrived on scene with underwater our 0b arrived on scene with underwater our ob capability. they have rendezvoused with the polar prince and commenced an polar prince dive and rov die. dies up. that is
rescue, we don t have all the necessary means required in search of this nature. the unified command brings that expertise and additional capability together to maximise effort in solving this very complex problem. as a recap, on sunday, the coordination command centre in boston received a report from the vessel, polar prince, with five people on the board postpone. people on the board approximately one hour and a5 minutes into the scheduled dive, the polar prince lost all communication with the titan. the polar prince requested coastguard assistance. us coast guard in boston assumed the responsibility and immediately launched search assets. since