1 00:00:11,780 --> 00:00:15,242 1st April, beginning of the searches on the Seabed Worker 2 00:00:15,943 --> 00:00:17,843 ITV Nicolai Sæle / Chief Officer – Seabed Worker: 3 00:00:17,844 --> 00:00:21,139 "There we’ve just launched the buoy with the transponder, 4 00:00:21,140 --> 00:00:24,847 another 100 m and we’ll do the next launch." 5 00:00:28,668 --> 00:00:34,596 It’s thanks to this line of buoys, transmitting beacons, that the Remus autonomous vehicles can find their points of reference. 6 00:00:34,838 --> 00:00:39,497 On each side of this line they will follow a path that has been programmed into them. 7 00:00:45,556 --> 00:00:56,466 ITV Frédéric Walbrou – BEA investigator: "this first dive is the culmination of 8 month’s work, research and... 8 00:00:56,946 --> 00:01:02,609 ...and the beginning of the 3rd phase of sea searches is happening here right now 9 00:01:02,610 --> 00:01:06,931 Totally autonomous, in 24 hours, they will each scan 100 Km2 of seabed" 10 00:01:06,932 --> 00:01:09,132 with their sonars." 11 00:01:11,419 --> 00:01:15,427 In this room, Neil Mc Phee follows the progress of the REMUS. 12 00:01:15,428 --> 00:01:19,362 If necessary, he can divert it or abort its mission. 13 00:01:20,363 --> 00:01:22,063 ITV Neil MCPhee / Senior Engineer Assistant - WHOI: 14 00:01:22,468 --> 00:01:23,551 "It’s just there, 15 00:01:23,586 --> 00:01:26,622 advancing cautiously along the first line (…) 16 00:01:26,623 --> 00:01:28,364 at the end of the first mission, 17 00:01:28,365 --> 00:01:32,965 when we recover them we’ll get the engineering data 18 00:01:34,466 --> 00:01:40,266 that will be passed on to Andy and Dorsey who will analyze them" 19 00:01:47,859 --> 00:01:51,929 The next day on the bridge the REMUS comes up prematurely… 20 00:01:51,930 --> 00:01:53,930 it will be relaunched immediately 21 00:01:52,631 --> 00:02:00,321 ITV Dorsey Wanless / Geologist – WHOI: "That’s the 2nd Remus coming back up. 22 00:02:00,322 --> 00:02:05,820 The 1st is at the bottom and is continuing its mission. 23 00:02:05,821 --> 00:02:08,816 We hope it’ll provide good data"  24 00:02:09,117 --> 00:02:12,617 We won’t have time to see the transfer of these first images of the seabed. 25 00:02:12,717 --> 00:02:16,952 A BEA team leaves for the Anne Candies. 26 00:02:20,627 --> 00:02:25,616 Arriving in the zone during the night, at 7h in the morning the ship is ready to start its searches … 27 00:02:25,617 --> 00:02:29,117 ITV Jean Philippe Bouillon - BEA investigator: "Its towed sonar Orion 28 00:02:29,118 --> 00:02:34,943 can, potentially, find an echo, a detection. 29 00:02:34,944 --> 00:02:39,516 We’ll have to be on board then to confirm the presence of wreckage" 30 00:02:44,337 --> 00:02:48,927 At 40 m a minute, the sonar goes down over 3500 m to the ocean floor. 31 00:02:52,208 --> 00:02:55,222 At the other end of the 4000 m of cable there is a man, Charles Kapica. 32 00:02:55,223 --> 00:02:59,952 In 35 years in the business he has located over 100 civilian and military aircraft. 33 00:02:59,953 --> 00:03:04,607 ITV de Kapica: "the screen display shows a strip over 2000 m wide. 34 00:03:04,608 --> 00:03:07,665 Airplane parts seem very small. 35 00:03:07,665 --> 00:03:12,278 We can see them because they’re different from the surroundings. 36 00:03:12,279 --> 00:03:19,841 We’re familiar with the different forms that they take when they land on the bottom." 37 00:03:19,842 --> 00:03:24,246 Within a week the sonar will cover over 600 km2. 38 00:03:24,247 --> 00:03:25,964 At midnight we leave Charles. 39 00:03:25,965 --> 00:03:29,816 Relieved every 12 hours, he’ll scrutinise this screen looking for any anomalies. 40 00:03:39,374 --> 00:03:41,534 On our return to the Seabed Worker, 41 00:03:41,534 --> 00:03:45,095 its crew is alerted to an anomaly on the sonar echo on the Anne Candies. 42 00:03:49,272 --> 00:03:54,167 Although sceptical, the team refuses to allow even the smallest doubt to persist. 43 00:03:54,168 --> 00:03:56,368 Phone communication between Fréderic Walbrou and Jean-Philippe Bouillon: 44 00:03:56,669 --> 00:03:57,790 "yes Jean-Philippe it’s Fred, 45 00:03:59,396 --> 00:04:09,103 well, the plan is that we have just left our position to go to the position of the anomaly 46 00:04:09,104 --> 00:04:18,516 so we should arrive in 30 to 40 minutes and dive the ROV and send it down." 47 00:04:18,517 --> 00:04:25,211 "Okay, roger. We will be a long way from that position so it will be clear to deploy equipment." 48 00:04:26,888 --> 00:04:31,909 Very quickly the cameras on the ROV reveal that it’s just a group of rocks covered in sediment. 49 00:04:43,604 --> 00:04:44,604 ITV Paul Henri Nargeolet – responsible for sea operations: 50 00:04:44,605 --> 00:04:49,020 Well it’s interesting to see that we can intervene very quickly and send a vehicle down. 51 00:04:49,021 --> 00:04:51,489 At the same time, the other boat is continuing to work 52 00:04:51,490 --> 00:04:55,296 so we are wasting absolutely no time by going to investigate. 53 00:04:55,297 --> 00:04:59,441 It’s always interesting to clear up any doubts. It was worth going to see." 54 00:05:00,142 --> 00:05:06,198 Once the position of the wreckage is detected, this type of film will bring you the first images.