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Taking passengers on board. >> exactly. >> would you ever have taken passengers on board a submersible that had not gone through the standard maritime safety protocols? >> no. not at all. i mean, my sub that i went to the challenger deep dove safely three times deeper than titanic. we made multiple dives in that sub. that sub was a single seater. and it was only contemplated that myself and the engineer with whom i co-designed the vehicle would be the only pilots of that sub. and we worked on it for seven years. we knew every detail of it intimately. i was involved in every phase of the testin...

A British explorer. A father and son. An adventuring CEO. And a French pilot known as "Mr. Titanic." Those were the five men aboard the submersible that went missing near the wreckage of the Titanic on Sunday morning.

What was supposed to be a 10-hour journey to the Titanic shipwreck ended in tragedy, with all five passengers on the missing submersible killed in a catastrophic implosion. Their deaths were confirmed Thursday, concluding a week-long search for survivors that was closely watched around the world.

Show what did happen. because we all need to know, as we go forward, the deep submerge in this community needs to know exactly what happened. when >> you've made dozens of, just extraordinary deepwater expeditions, including hoarding 30 to the titanic itself. you've also gone far deeper than the 13,000 feet where the titanic is. you've gone deeper than just about anybody into the ocean. i forgot the name of the place you want, but the challenger deep, which is extraordinary. you went in your own design. yeah, you add in your own designed craft, that's the submersible, that was experimental and...

I forgot the name of the place that you went, but the challenger deep, you went in your own designed craft that is a submersible that was experimental and did not go through the standard safety protocols. the difference is you are not taking passengers. would you ever have taken passengers on board a submersible that had not gone through the standard maritime safety protocols? >> not at all. my summary that i went to the challenger deep dove safety three times deeper than the titanic. we made multiple dies. that was a single seater. it was only contemplated that myself and the engineer with wh...