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inspired by, created for and powered by you. ♪ the search for the missing oceangate vessel is reaching a new stage today as a new remote operated vehicle has begun searching ocean floor. they say that estimated remaining oxygen on board the vessel that is missing is running out today. paula newton is in nova scotia
would be to conserve oxygen and have everybody sleeping or very, very calm or as calm as possible. if they are alive it is dark and cold and they are facing enormous odds, but there is hope among the search and rescuers that this is a search and rescue, and they will not stop until they are definitively figuring out what has happened to the titan. back to you. >> is there any indication of how long the rov can stay on the ocean floor looking for this vessel? >> it is a remotely operated vehicle, so many hours it can be down there, and presumably what they will do is to get down to this area, it is not clear how close it is to the "titanic" wreck site, but there is the possibility that the titan was tied up in the "titanic" wreckage as well which may complicate things, but they will establish a grid to come, and a
and medical personnel are moving to the search site now, and joining a group of the coast guard and research are vessels there in the area. >> and cnn are learning that there were numerous safety concerns raised about the oceangate years ago including thickness of the sub's hull and battery issues. experts had voiced concern about the ease of the not having a sea-worthy vessel. >> so what must it be like for the passengers on board. and officials believe they have limited food and water as well as limited oxygen. a former submarine captain says there is likely frost on the inside of the sub, and there is no heating device, so it is a very uncomfortable situation for the five. >> it is not so much the oxygen that everybody is talk about that is running out, but it is the carbon dioxide that ends up
under way for the missing titanic sub with five people aboard. >> ainsley: the oceangate vessel lost contact with its support ship an hour and 45 minutes into what is normally a 2 1/2 hour dive down to the bottom. >> will: and time is of the essence with the occupants having just 96 hours of oxygen supply. our next guest is a retired navy submariner who is an expert in undersea warfare. brian clark joins us now. thanks for being with us this morning. so many details in this story. so many different potentialities. what's your top line takeaway as you look at where we are right now? what would your focus be? >> time is running out right now. i mean, they have a limited period of oxygen on board which is going to run out on thursday morning, it seems like, at the latest. and clearly, they've had multiple failures on board. so it's incumbent upon the rescuers to quickly locate the submarine or the submersible and try to provide some kind of aid to it because at this point, oxygen and carbon dioxide