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John s, newfoundland. can you talk to us about what the coast guard is doing this morning? reporter: it is all hands on deck. there was a coast guard ship from the canadian coast guard that just shipped out. now there is the horizon arctic that private ship that left overnight. both of them carrying gear. both of them heading out to the search area now in the hope that they can rescue the individuals who may be as far as two miles down and looking for help. with regard to the sounds that were heard, this was over about a four-hour period. there was a poseidon, a sub hunter that dropped buoys into the ocean. it heard banging. every 30 minutes they heard a regular banging. and then four hours later they dropped more buoys in, heard more banging. they sent remote operated vehicles to the location where they thought that sound was ....
The robot that dives deeper than the titanic. we are talking about 13,000 plus feet here. the ship delivering it is only expected to arrive tonight. we know time is of the essence. only 24 hours about of breathable air inside that vessel. david gallo is a senior advisor for the strategic initiatives for rms titanic incorporated which owns the salvage rights to the titanic wreck site.titanic which owns the salvage rights to the titanic wreck site. the last update was the scope was 10,000 square miles, about the size of the state of maryland and they are looking for something the size of an extended cab pickup truck, right? so that s the perspective. once you hear the banging, do you concentrate on where that was? or do you expand because thus far you haven t seen anything in that 10,000 square miles? right. that s a big area. ....
But they must have reasons to expand the search area to look there. i think you have to continue the air search in case the sub is at the surface. but i think it s so you can t ignore the banging. and you don t have time to wait to analyze the sounds exactly. so you have to assume, i think, that they are human made and then move equipment in that direction right now so that if the analysis happens and you say, okay, that s the sub that you are already have vehiclesen t on the spot. there is no time to waste with waiting to analyze before you move that way. and i am sure the coast guard is doing that. they are moving in fact, i heard that. they are vectoring in on that area. so my hope is that they do that quickly. i don t know if they ve responded to the banging or sounds with another sound from the surface ship, from a surface ....
Thank you. new developments this morning in the desperate search for the missing submersible that disappeared on its way to the site of that titanic wreckage. crews searching for the titan submersible heard banging sounds picked up by sonar devices according to an internal government memo. 24 hours of breathable air left for the five people onboard, the sounds offer a spark of hope in this massive search operation. joining us now world-renowned explorer and air cha man of an environmental non-profit the solar impulse foundation, dr. bertrand picard, the son of swiss oceanographer jacques picard who, among many, many accomplishments, invented the first submarine to carry tourists. so you are the right person to speak with about this. thanks for your time. first, when you heard the news of the banging sounds and the ....