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It is also about 11 feet tall and it weighs about 28,000 pounds. it has enough oxygen and emergency provisions on board for the people to survive underwater for up to five days. theres also a bat cabin on the submersible called the aft observation chamber. a crew member who keeps an eye on the submersibles vital signs and another scientist share that back area which is only 5 1/2 by 3 feet. so, just to give our viewers an idea how tight it is, this is how you are sitting. this is how im sitting ...

>> there was also a bat cabin called the observation chamber. a crew member. >> so. >> this is how youre sitting. this is how im sitting. and we could be there for hours. >> this is whats taking place. >> so we fire up the sonar system and it takes a sweep. if there is any solid stargts it will people and we will go ahead and look at it that way. >> by looking for wreckage, manned submersible offer an important dimension. >> youre saying that sometimes having a human being being able to look aro...

Be? >> very effective. >> reporter: this is the view of the submersible in the atlantic ocean. it can go 3,000 feet deep. like all research subs its slow. only travels just one mile an hour when searching. the sub was called to duty in 1986 after the space shuttle "challenger" exploded. and it recovered some of the wreckage from the ill-fated shuttle. >> we have the capability of lifting 1,000 pounds of weight to the surface. >> reporter: the front of the submersible, a tool called the manipulat...