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remote operated vehicle from the horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of a titans submersible, approximately 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the seafloor. the our ovi 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. upon this determination, we immediately notified families. on behalf of the united states coast guard and the entire unified command, i offer my deepest condolences to the families. i can only imagine what this is

been like for them. i hope that this discovery provides some soulless during this difficult time. additionally, we have been in close contact with the british and french consul general to ensure they are fully apprised and that their concerns are being dressed. the outpouring of support in this highly complex search operation has been robust and immensely appreciated. we are grateful for the rapid mobilization of experts on the undersea search-and-rescue, and we thank all of the agencies and personnel for their role in this response. we are incredibly grateful for

the full spectrum of international assistance that has been provided. the our ovi's will remain on scene and continue to gather information. again, our most heartfelt condolences go out to the loved ones of this crew. we will not take questions. >> can you talk about what impact this is had question mark >> this was a incredibly complex case. we are still working to develop the details or the timeline involved. with this casualty, there is a response. >> this is an incredibly complex

operating environment on the seafloor. over two miles beneath the surface. so, the remote operating vehicle has been searching and it is highly cape will. we have been able to classify parts of the pressure chamber at four the submersible. let me turn to one of our experts. there will be a nature of some of this debris. we essentially found five different major pieces of debris that told us it was the remains of the titan. the initial thing we found was a nosecone outside of the pressure

hole. we found a large debris field within that and we found the front had bell of the pressure valve. that was the first indication that there was a catastrophic event we found a second debris field within that debris field. we found the other end of the pressure hole which was basically the totality of the vessel. we continue to map the debris field and as the admiral said, we will map out what is down there.

>> as a difficult question. >> so, the question is related, and i will restate the question from the standpoint that it sometimes is hard to hear the question. what are the prospects for recovering a crew member. this is an incredibly unforgiving environment down there. on the seafloor. and, the debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel. so, we will continue to work and continue to search the area down there. i don't have an answer for the prospects at this time. >> sorry, is there any suggestion at all that the sub itself collided with the wreckage of the titanic or above

the wreckage and was brought down nearby? >> so, the question was, is there any question is whether the sub collided with the titanic or if it imploded. if they fielded created from that. the location of the titan the merciful was in an area approximately 1600 fee from the wreck of the titanic. i have an expert that is familiar with that expert and is familiar with the debris field, and what the debris field indicates in terms of the casualty and where it may ha occurred. >> quickly, can you tell us what this will call back? thank you. the question is, where does the wreck lie in relation to e titanic. if you didn't hear the admiral's

answer, i think 1600 is the correct answer. it is not any debris of the titanic. it has a smooth bottom, and to my knowledge, anything i have seen, there is noitanic wreckage in the area. again, 200 plus meters from the valve is consistent with the location of less communication for an implosion in the water column. the size of the debris field is consistent with the implosion in the water column. terms of the timing, this was a catastrophic thing. is there hesitation that this is happened at the moment? 35 ms. after this? >> the question was about the timing of the implosion. right now, this is too early to tell with that. we know that as we've been

prosecuting this search, over the course of the last 72 hours and beyond, we've had sonar buoy's in the water that nearly continuously have not detected any catastrophic events the water. >> can you describe the gps there the days and weeks. >> we will -- that question is what happens from here? what is the next phase? right now, there is an understanding for as fast as we can provide, and what happens and we begin to find some

closure. in terms of the large process, we will continue to investigate the site of the debris field. then, there will also be a lot of questions about how wide and when did this happen. those are questions that we will collect as much information as we can on and while the government's meeting and discussing what an investigation of this nature or casualty might look like. this is something that happened and i will do is remind everyone, this is something that happened in a remote version of the ocean. with people from several different companies around the world. so, it is a complex case to work

through, but i am confident that those questions will be answered. >> is there any suggestion that the time lapse and speed will deal with this. >> the question was, is there any suggestion that time factors may have played a role or consideration in the casualty. the debris field is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel. while we were processing the search, we listen throughout, we did not hear any signs of catastrophic failure from those, so we are continuing to

investigate or continue to document the information and understand based on all the information we have on the timeline. >> will you continue to succeed for the investigation >> the question is, what are the resources required for the investigation, and what will we be pulling out and staying in. it is too early for me to talk about an investigation, that is a decision that will be taken outside of the search. and the efforts that i was leaving. but we do have a number of hassles. we have nine vessels on the scene it we had medical personnel on zinc. other technicians on scene. so we will begin to demobilize.

over the course of the next 24 hours, we will continue remote operations on the seafloor and we don't have a timeline for when we would intend to stop remote operations at this point. >> what is the result of this? should we have changes in how this is rated? so this won't happen again. >> this question is about should there be changes in safety ratings for this. i know there are a lot of questions about why, how, when this happened, and the members of the command have those questions as well as professionals and experts that work in this environment, and this is an incredibly difficult

and dangerous environment to arcane. but those questions about the regulations that apply and the standards, that is going to be, i am sure, focused on the future review, and right now, we are focused on documenting the scene and continuing this. >> throughout the srch efforts, we reacted to the information we had available to us. while we continue to send it

offer deeper analysis, again, it is really complex the operating environment thrust working. let me check with the experts, but there doesn't appear to be any connecon between the noises and the location on the seafloor. again, this was a catastrophic implosion of a vessel which generated significant broadband sound down there that would have been picked up. >> this is the last question. >> for all of the assets involved in this moved swiftly as possible?

>> this was an incredibly complex operation and we were able to mobilize an immense amount of gear. just a really remarkable amount of time given the fact we started without a any artificial response plan for this. her any sort of state resources, so the equipment brought on site that we were using it is capable of operating 6000 meters, camera, sonar, other articulating arms and resources ont. and, we had to transported here through-17 aircraft. this is to aircraft that it took to get here, so we really had to move the right gear on site, and we have worked as swiftly as

possible to bring all capabilities that we had to bear to a search and rescue effort. it was just a huge international and interagency effort to make this happen. so, i am grateful for all of the responders that came out to support this. really to search for the vessel. it is a difficult day after -- for all of us. it is especially difficult for the families. today. but this was an immense support, we have the right gear on the bottom to find it. >> have you temperature recover the bodies. >> thank you for attending section. there no future planned press

conferences. updates will be shared to the northeast twitter page. our staff will be available to take down any questions following this. thank you. >> i can get that back to you. just so i can confirm. >> you been listening to a press conference with where admiral john wagner of the u.s. coast guard and he confirmed there information we have received in the statement, just before the press conference. from the company that made the submersible, saying th it appears that it suffered a catastrophic loss. a catastrophic loss of pressure and had suffered an implosion print what we heard there is that the debris that was found is consistent with a pressure chamber and the are ovi, this remote operated vehicle that was

assisting in the search, this are ovi was from horizon it found a tail cone 1600 feet from the foul of the titanic, so they also added that the first thing they did was notify the famies immediately to let them know they understood what had happened. the correspondent here was at this press conference. a few feet away from where we are standing. listening into the press conference, they provided a few more details about the debris that was found. can you tell us more about that? the rear admiral and his officials gave more detail of exactly what was they have seen on the seabed this morning. they described five key pieces of debris. i think it was the two end caps of the submersible that they have been able to get site of on the seabed.

that gave them the confidence to give them the remains of a submersible and how it has fallen to the seabed. it gives them a strong suggestion that they consistently deal with a catastrophic implosion. something shocking or powerful. it means sudden death for those on board, and this probably happened quite early here the wreck of the titanic on sunday morning. communication was lost about an hour and 45 minutes after the submersible set off red we now know from the coast guard at the wreckage was found about 500 meters ahead of the bow. the titanic wreck itself had all of the indications of the submersible on its way down to take those men to the wreckage of the titanic. something went badly wrong, and perhaps, a catastrophic overpowering of the water pressure there, and it was

essentially destroyed. lies were lost. quickly, and there was no hope actually of rescue or recovery despite the efforts that have been undertaken over the last few days. it is no doubt a sad moment for all here and everyone involved in the deep-sea expiration community. we come together to try and work for a successful outcome to this desperately sad and perplexing history that has troubled everyone for the last few days, but despite the efforts, there was no chance of rescue, and no one knows if there is any comfort in putting ourselves in that position, but at least, they have an answer. debris has been found. there's some understanding of what they have been that went wrong. but the work will continue. ships on the surface, the titanic wreck and the underwater vehicle when the debris was

spotted, it will hear you on building a picture, trying to find more of the debris and putting together a bter idea of exactly what happened here and how those five lives were lost, but the rear admiral stated just how unforgiving the conditions are there. deep down, under the atlantic ocean where the weather wasn't great in the early stages of this rescue operation, we are talking about 3800 meters of whether that will go on, but it's not clear if they will find any more wreckage or have any more details for what exactly went wrong or what happened. that will continue, but everyone here is absorbing the news that this is no longer a rescue mission that will move on to a recovery phase with the hope of finding any survivors lost in thoughts turning to the famils , the friendcome the colleagues of those adventures, the five men who went down to see the wreckage of the titanic

on sunday morning and will not be going home to their families. >> is sad ment, indeed. we are the rear admiral extending the pits to the family and we heard that he hopes that this provides some little bit of solace in a very difficult time to those families. he also thankedumerous international partners who have come together to help in this effort. there were questions asked about the timing of this. whether the buoy in the water, it might pick up the implosion. what did they say about that. >> it sounds like it is early stages of that sort of investigation work. examining exactly what the timeline was here and trying to piece together a clear picture of what happened and what went wrong, but it might be possible that it be will not provide a precise timeline of that because of the nate of this implosion and the nature of conditions they are working in. he said the effort will ctinue

and there will be activity in that area for the foreseeable days. trying to recover anymore debris , trying to see what evidence there is to build a picture, but it may be that there is no hope of saving any lives, and naturally, this rescue effort will move into a different phase per that will mean the manpower, the equipment, the effort will reduce over the coming days and it may not be possible to give a full picture of what happened here and what went wrong, but certainly, that will continue, and we know that the companies involved ocean gate, and others involved in deep-sea expiration have come together to work on this effort to try and determine what happened here. they will try to get answers because there is a broader picture about what happened and what went wrong. what standards were in place for a deep dive expiration, essentially taking some degree of taurus with such an extremity

way. the big concerns were raised, there's a broader debate about the future of this sort of expiration, but those are questions for another day. that is a question for a longer term. at the moment, the concern is to get as much evidence with thoughts going to the five men and their friends. some we know are on ships out of the record at the moment. they have to make a very grim and upsetting journey back to land now. not having got a positive solution from the search-and-rescue operation. at least in some understanding of what went wrong and things are conclusive that those five men have lost their lives, very sadly, in the epic search and rescue operation which has captivated people around the world. it is a magnetic pull the true those five men there in the eyes of the world to this racead and onto the press conference

just given here, and sadly, it has the worst possible outcome. >> that's right. thank you for bringing that to us fro the press conference and for viewers, if you've just been showing us, indeed, we have a confirmation from the coast guard thathe titan submersible narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪

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