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Oceaneering Donates ROVs to Global Ocean Credit: Global Ocean US-based ocean science nonprofit Global Oceans, has acquired, via a donation from Oceaneering, three deep-sea exploration vehicles rated to 6000 meters of operational depth. The donation includes the Magellan 725 ROV, the Ocean Discovery ROV, and the Ocean Explorer 6000 Towed Sonar System, together with the infrastructure needed to deploy the vehicles including winches, cranes, power systems, operational modules, workshops, and suppl...

A marathon televised debate brazils supreme court was deadlocked its chief justice commonly chia then cast the deciding vote rejecting the we said nothing to silvers bid for freedom while his conviction is appealed last year lou was found guilty of taking bribes and sentenced to twelve years in prison. brazilians are equally divided in opinion outside the court and he alluded protest is celebrated the courts decision. brazil i love you sounds one demonstrator. others were upset by the ruling. th...

Equally divided in opinion outside the court and he alluded protesters celebrated the courts decision. brazil i love you shouts one demonstrator. others were upset by the ruling. the sonar system is no different we are really worried for the future of our democracy in our fragile country. that one we think history of institutional coups and impeachments. only knew our democracy is weak that we have sadness. under lulas presidency from two thousand and three to two thousand and ten brazil saw its...

This is, in fact, the main chunk of the plane from the air asia flight? >> well, that is a great question. that was my question also from the standpoint of apparently theres -- this is a heavy trafficked area, both shipping and airplanes. old airplanes that have been there. so im very curious, my understanding is that this impact area is 100 miles from the last known radar contact. so how did they get from there to there is very curious to me. im hoping that this is, indeed, the airplane. >> the...

But still no sign of the 777. the object of interest found off the coast of augusta, australia, wednesday, another false alarm. a piece of metal bearing no leads. >> in the next few days well be talking to other entities to look at possibility of increasing the assets for the next phase. >> reporter: investigators now likely to widen the search area dramatically and import more equipment like the orion, the sonar system that can travel a mile deeper than the bluefin and stay under water for week...

Room with a nice clean whiteboard and going through what we know, what we dont know, what do we do next? it took a lot of thought. it was a long peer. months before we came up with the next plan of what to do. >> reporter: it took 70 days of subsea search missions over years to find that wreckage. in this investigation, the subsea search area could be shifted or expanded perhaps to include the other three pings and using other vehicles to scan the ocean floor. this remis 6000 was used in the sea...

A crew member who keeps an eye on the vital signs and soot scientist share the 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 and you can be here for hours. >> reporter: but during those hours this is what is taking place. >> so we fire up the sonar system. it does a sweep and paints us a picture as it spins 360 degrees. if there are solid targets on the bottom it will beep and paint a small p...

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...

Manipulator does the important work of grabbing, scooping and sucking up samples that are recovered. this sub is about 24 feet long and 11 feet tall. it weighs about 28,000 pounds. it has enough oxygen, and emergency provisions on board for the people to survive under water for up to five days. >> reporter: there is also a back cabin on the submersible. a crew keeps an eye on the submersible. and another sub shares the area, about 5 x 3 feet. >> so to give the viewers how tight it is. this is ho...