it s got one button. and that s it. but their sub went missing, prompting a massive international effort to find them, with warnings oxygen supplies would be dwindling. the really nightmarish scenario is that they are alive at the surface, bobbing away, running out of air and unable to get out. it s exceptionally difficult. it s basically a needle in a haystack. - well, i m nervous. i m sick to my stomach with nerves. i m just hoping for good news. the dive that was meant to take around eight hours turned into days. the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. so what do we know happened on the titan and to the men on board? on saturday the 17th ofjune 2023, british explorer hamish harding posted an update on facebook revealing his journey to explore the wreck of the titanic. harding was travelling with oceangate expeditions, a private company that takes paying customers down to see the wreck. the eight day trip started on friday the 16th ofjun
i think there s a real sense of sadness and a somberness here obviously. i mean, this is a maritime community. people have been very closely following this obviously all week. this is where the ship these explorers left from you know, it s just a really somber, sad feeling. and i think, you know i think there was hope. people held on to hope. and to hear that extinguished, you know, late this afternoon, it s a difficult day. yeah. even as they had realized, you know, as the days went on that it had become more unlikely. but when it comes to what we heard about those five pieces of massive debris, are there any chances, experts believe they will be able to recover that from the ocean floor? yeah, i think it really depends on kind of who is involved in that and who would actually fund that. you know, i was talking to somebody earlier, a maritime expert in this. and you know, it s not like with the faa, who, you know, are routinely investigate plane crashes. somebody w
discouraging news for the people that have been hoping for a miracle as you mentioned, the oxygen supply had run out, got release from the coast guard this morning that a remote operated vehicle, rov off the canadian ship horizon atlantic had located a debris field. that was the ship that we got the announcement early this morning that put the rov down to the depth of the atlantic, and it had been searching around, as well as the rov off the french ship. so we are waiting on more details. we know indeed it was from the horizon atlantic ship. all of this in spite of optimism people close to horizon maritime who are close to families, the joint rescue command center and halifax announced a ship arrived with medical professionals who specialized in diving injuries. they were carrying on board decompression change bet chambers for people that would have decompression sickness for the amount of time down there. the search to the south of where i am now has indeed been very activ
i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. good tuesday morning, everyone. we are so glad you re with us. i m so thrilled to have my buddy all the way from atlanta, victor blackwell, good morning. good to be with you. back in the day we used to get to sit next to each other. we were young. i was wrinkle free. i m glad you re here. there s a lot of news to get to. five things to know this tuesday, june 20th. a rescue operation for tourist submersible carrying five people who paid to see wreckage of the titanic. the u.s. coast guard one of multiple teams scouring the atlantic ocean trying to locate the vessel thousands of feet below the surface. donald trump offers up a new defense of why he didn t turn over those classified documents. he said he was too busy. a tropical storm brewing over the atlantic is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by tomorrow. we are tracking where that s headed. the texas senate is expected to set the ground rules in t
just begun, let s get right to it. first coast guard district commander. brief recap of our coordinated search efforts for the 21-foot submersible with the five on board and update on current search efforts and plans for the next 24 hours. on behalf of all the men and women of the united states coast guard and our search partners, we offer our most heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the five crew members, their families and their loved ones. our crews are working around the clock to ensure we are doing everything possible to locate the titan and the five crew members. yesterday we set up a unified command consisting of expertise from the united states coast guard, united states navy, canadian armed forces and coast guard, and the titan s parent company, oceangate expedition. a complex search effort, requires multiple agencies with subject matters expertise and specialized equipment. the u.s. coast guard has assumed the role of mission coordinator, we do not have all the nec