the wreck of the titanic does belong to the missing tourist sub. all five people on board have died, among them three british citizens including a father and son. contact was lost with the many sub on sunday for the parts of the titan craft were spotted by remote control vehicles sent to miles down the atlantic. the official in charge of the search spoke at a news conference in boston in the past hour. this morning in a remote operated vehicle from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the seafloor. the rov subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with experts from within the unified command the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. that a short taste of the press conference we will play a fuller version at about a half now it s time it was difficult to listen to at times because confirmation are very difficult news that so many peopl
official estimate they how that have 16 to 17 hours left. that s just an estimate. in a search where the odds are stacked against them, some semblance of hope. a canadian aircraft searching detected some underwater noises that could have been banging from inside the submersible. they were 30 minutes apart yesterday. and then another sequence of noises was heard four hours later. the u.s. coast guard said after deploying remote-operated robots to explore the origins of the noises, the searches yielded negative results. we are waiting for an update. miguel marcez is standing by live. let s go to the news correspondence. you see several subject matter experts from the unified command who introduced themselves momentarily. these individuals represent only a small fraction of the many dedicated professionals working around the clock on this complex response effort. we understand this is an extremely difficult time for the families of the missing crew members aboard the titan and
stories from around the world. we start with that masive search off the newfoundland coast for a missing submersible, near the wreck of the titanic. us coastguards have confirmed that underwater noises have been detected. this is happening a long way off the coast in a difficult search area thatis coast in a difficult search area that is expanding. on the songs that have been picked up by canadian aircraft, we know that they took place this morning and last night and that search pushes vessels have headed toward those noises but we don t have confirmation as to what s mission and noises. five people are on board. four adults and a teenager. the latest guess is about 20 hours of oxygen left on board. that s school life to man in boston for us. ~ ., ., for us. where continued to get more details from for us. where continued to get more details from that for us. where continued to get more details from that press for us. where continued to get more details from that pr
hear, we think from a company called horizon maritime services which effectively run the mothership that the sub was in contact with. we believe this will be the first time we have heard from them. we are waiting for that press conference any moment now. my colleague carl is sitting by for us butjust before we go to him, i want to show you where he is and also where the search is. we can take a look at the map now. this will give you some idea of the geography of where the rescue effort is being coordinated, where the wreckage of the titanic is, as he could see there in where the sub was heading down towards. and of course the search area which is a huge and expanding area is now. in the last 90 minutes we did get an update on some of the things that are directing and pushing for this search effort. this is about noises, banging noises. for more excavation on what exactly that means can cross now to carl in boston. good to see you at talk us through what we learned about thes