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That. as far as it should explorations continue, i think absolutely, they should. i m not against tourist dives to titanic. titanic has a worldwide fascination. people are endlessly hungry for information about the ship and not everyone has an opportunity to go. so, providing some people with an opportunity because even on the tourist dives, information comes back, things i learned about the ship, so i m not against tourist dives, i m not against continued exploration and in fact, i encourage it. we want to establish titanic as an archaeological site and listen to the stories that the wreck still has to tell us about the disaster. but i think that all passenger carrying submersible should be required to carry a certification, to meet a certain standard to ensure that its met at least minimum safety requirements. you travelled to the ocean ....
Welcome back, the u.s. navy is pulling back some of its ships and equipment as investigations get underway in the titan submersible disaster. the removal of a deep ocean salvage system and other assets means the navy will no longer have vessels participating in the recovery effort although navy personnel are still assisting. because of the smaller size of the debris from the doom sub, remotely operated vehicles or are obs could recover pieces if needed. the u.s. coast guard and the canadian transportation safety board are investigating the titan sub disaster. authorities are scouring the ocean floor for any insight into the catastrophic implosion that killed all five people on board. the unanswered safety questions have sparked a debate about the explorations and adventure tourism. cnn s brian taub with that. ....
And i m thinking about citizens in space, private spacecraft, private citizens, private space stations. and they are able to do these things while the rest of us aren t quite ready for them. and we are putting volunteer and paid rescuers at risk for these folks. and there s not a real clear plan on how that s going to work in the future yet. so, chris, are you saying that because of these private explorations, there is an undue burden on rescue groups like yours? there could be. so if we look at when the columbia went down and the majority of the searching throughout texas and louisiana, arkansas, even the coast of california, was all done mostly by volunteers with search and rescue. ....
There will likely now be multiple investigations. paula newton is joining us live from halifax. and what will investigators focus on now? reporter: they will focus on whether or not this was a catastrophic event that entailed just one thing going wrong or if this was multiple things given the strain on that vehicle. remember, we had heard that there were quite a few successful expeditions to the titanic wreck, was there stress put on the titan which then because it was largely unregulated wasn t tested going through the motions. you ve had so many people weigh in on this and one is james cameron who he himself has been to the wreck of the titanic and other deep sea explorations. listen to him now. i think there is almost a ....
Until it had been classified by an independent body. but mr rush responded that he was tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation. we ll have the latest on the search for the vessel, after debris was found on the sea floor. but first, here s our science editor, rerbecca morelle, we already know that experts had issues with the safety of the titan submersible. their worries were over its unusual design, its non spherical shape,?the reliability of the material it was made of carbon fibre ?and the fact it had also not been through any external independent certification or classing process. now the bbc has been exclusively given an email exchange between stockton rush the ceo of oceangate, who died in the incident and a leading underwater exploration specialist, rob maccallum, who has overseen numerous deep sea explorations. in an email sent in 2018, rob maccallum warned stockton rush: ....