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he went on. a few days later, oceangate s stockton rush replied. he told rob mccullum. the next day, rob mccallum replied in the starkest terms. oceangate s lawyers then contacted rob maccullum and threatened legal action. today, we ve contacted them again and they say they have no additional information. rob mccallum maintains that no one should have gone in this submersible. our science correspondent jonathan amos has been tracking this story since the sub was first reported missing. this is a stark exchange your? it s a this is a stark exchange your? it s a fascinating exchange, actually. it is polite ish, but it s also very testy indeed. we should perhaps explain who rob mccullum is, he s got a storied career in deep submersibles. he led the five deeps expedition so this was the american adventure of the first person ever to reach the deepest points and all the world s oceans. so he certainly knows what he s talking about. and his criticism of stockton rush here, ....
of the titan sub were dismissed by the company s ceo. also on the programme: us presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris are joining the democratic national congress as well as other pro choice advocacy groups to mark one year after the us supreme court s decision to overturn its landmark 1973 ruling on roe v wade. and the tents have been pitched, the sun has been shining and now two hundred thousand people will spend the weekend enjoying some of the worlds biggest music stars. yep, it can only be glastonbury. tonight with the context, paul waugh chief political commentator for the i paper and jennifer carroll who was the former lieutenant governor of florida. hello to you both and will be taking us through our headline stories this evening. we start with those developments on the death of five people on board the submersible which went missing in the atlantic on sunday. canada s transportation safety board has announced an investigation because the titan s ....
Until it had been classified by an independent body. but mr rush responded that he was tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation. we ll have the latest on the search for the vessel, after debris was found on the sea floor. but first, here s our science editor, rerbecca morelle, we already know that experts had issues with the safety of the titan submersible. their worries were over its unusual design, its non spherical shape,?the reliability of the material it was made of carbon fibre ?and the fact it had also not been through any external independent certification or classing process. now the bbc has been exclusively given an email exchange between stockton rush the ceo of oceangate, who died in the incident and a leading underwater exploration specialist, rob maccallum, who has overseen numerous deep sea explorations. in an email sent in 2018, rob maccallum warned stockton rush: ....