bill: a plot to get to. shannon: this vehicle that bill mentioned has now made it to the floor of the ocean and we talk about these banging noises. they say they are in the area where they were heard. although other people say sometimes the sounds echo from very great distances. so it is tough to say. this is part of the last ditch effort to rescue these passengers in the final hours. bill: great question coming up. the vessel went missing sunday with a dive to the titanic. the search has grown roughly twice the size of the state of connecticut at this point. martha: the experts say the sub may have drifted. it depends on what its navigational ability is at this point whether it has battery and technology to control it in any direction. they also say it may have attached or hooked onto part of the wreckage. there are many pieces of the stern, the bow of the titanic and all sorts of pieces that fell off during that wreck. that s one of the problems in trying to find
began. hi, mike. martha, time is of essence as we re in the final hours for the potential for survival inside the titan submersible that went missing sunday with the potential of four days of air inside. still as you mentioned the u.s. coast guard captain frederic is not giving up hope of finding survivors. what we see to the ships to the southeast the search is still very much on. in the last hour, the coast guard announced they have a french vessel launched on rov. prior to that announcement that the canadian vessel horizon arctic deployed an rov that reached the sea floor. sounds described as banging were detected yesterday in 30 minute intervals indicating something natural did not generate the sound. discouraging is you have sophisticated secondnology and
Before Stanley Darling became an Australian yachting legend, his nautical skills were needed for far more lethal ends.
His exploits during the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest military campaign of World War II, made him one of the Royal Australian Navy s most decorated officers.
Australia will officially remember the battle on Saturday, with Captain Darling among about 5,000 service personnel and merchant mariners who were awarded the Atlantic Star.
He was also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross three times, making him Australia s most decorated anti-submarine officer in World War II.
Captain Stanley Darling (pictured) was a navy Captain in the second World War before winning five Sydney to Hobart races