Dive Vessel News Today

>> that was an amazing concert. im so glad cnn did that. im so glad youre with us. well see you back here tomorrow. "cnn news central" starts now. thank you, guys. ♪ time is against us. that is the word from a friend and colleague in the pilot of missing dive vessel. there are five people on board with a limited supply of oxygen. and we have the very latest on where the search is focused today. he was warned that anything he says now could be use against him in court, so what does he do --...

Weve seen it in the past with other fishing vessels and industry vessels, but this being a recreational vessel definitely changes things. the dive vessel probably quite a bit of compressed air. theres a lot of accelerants just due to the nature of the business they are in. could have affected this and made it happen just so quickly. >> martha: thats a great point. why would there be hatches that wouldnt be able to open in the event of a fire? >> we will have to wait and see. the coast guard has ...

Vessel that reportedly had 39 people on board. the five crew members able to disembark because they were in the main cabin. the 34 passengers were below decks. the report we got was they were trapped by the fire. the fire was so intense that even after it was put out, were not able to actually embark the vessel and, you know, look for survivors at this point. its still ongoing. >> chief, were just seeing our first images. i dont know if youre near a tv and you can see these images but what our v...

Multiple fire departments are on the scene. this is over the blaze that broke out at 3:15 a.m. local time, pacific time this morning in ventura county, california. on that commercial diving boat, a 75-foot boat. 39 people, passengers and crew for a labor day diving trip. we know that five crew members were able to escape the burning vessel. what we dont know is the status of the 34 others on board. listen to this. >> the fire has been put out multiple times and re-flashed, so theres multiple coa...

Intelligence side. i think it is important to note right now, to phils point, the most important thing is safely getting that inside the contained vessel, that rbig, round device that is like an inside out dive vessel. instead of being a submarine where you want to keep the pressure from being inside, you want the pressure inside this thing. they will probably use a bomb robot to remove it. you need to have a controlled destination. our scientists and our investigators will go over it with a fin...