I want to assure all Americans and the people of Japan that the National Transportation Safety Board will conduct a thorough investigation to determine how this accident occurred so that another such tragedy will never, hopefully, occur again. |
In fact, they reported two loud noises. At the time of the second loud noise, all the power in the vessel went off and the vessel began to take on water. |
Of course we still entertain hopes that there may be some information pertaining to the sonar system that may have been archived by the computer system. |
We have some detailed and painstaking work ahead of us in what are not the best weather conditions. |
We're of course interested in their whereabouts, where they were, what they were doing, if they were doing anything. |