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More recent concerns being raised in the last few days, the director of the movie also making several, more than 30 trips to the titanic records himself, and he has been speaking out about similar concerns are so this is a timeline dating all the way back five years or so, even before the titan was fully operational in terms of going to the steps. operational in terms of going to the steps-— operational in terms of going to the steps. can you bring us date and _ to the steps. can you bring us ...

And, carl, can you bring us up to date on recovery efforts to pick up the debris of the titan submersible? these recovery efforts are continuing and theyre being led by some of these rovs — or remotely operated vehicles. there is at least one in the area that will continue to scour the ocean floor some 2.5 miles below the surface. looking at the debris itself, we know that five key pieces of the titan have been detected already. theyll take a closer looks, maybe send some images back above, an...

Three hours of daylight left in the search zone. theres probably another four hours of daylight left. >> andrew stevens for us in perth, australia. it could be hours before we know whether there are more images available of this debris, whether they get a better look at it. andrew, our thanks to you. for more now on what theyre looking at on this search, lets go to sydney, australia, and bring in aviation expert tom ballenti ballentine, chief correspondent of "aviation" magazine. tom, let me ask...

Leveled small towns, the amount of debris and the things that come out of the debris itself, the type of soup that it makes, im sure its going to be toxic for some areas it goes to lie especially in the farming villages. >> thomas, thats exactly what im concerned about. when you see these horrific images of this great ripple effect as the tide comes in, you look at it from the large scale. it almost looks like little ton ka trucks. but down there at ground zero, when this water comes in, its not...

Parts of the airplane it could come from, to the fuselage or the wings. and the fuselage components typically dont float, particularly for two weeks. the wing, depending on the damage it may have sustained on impact could float, maybe not. so im a little skeptical because of the size of the debris itself, that weve located. i think were going to find much smaller debris, like seat back cushions and things like that. thats going to be the telltale. >> from your perspective, those smaller pieces o...