by . rob waugh . updated : . 09:15 est , 7 february 2012 . a tourist has a frightening tale to tell after french customs officers found a stash of cocaine in a suitcase that had his name on it but did n't belong to him . a piano teacher accused of sexually assaulting an underage student killed himself outside a new hampshire courthouse hours before his case was declared a mistrial , authorities say . john goodwin , of atkinson , shot himself near his car outside the rockingham county superior courthouse in brentwood on friday . he was airlifted to a hospital , where he died from his injuries . the jury was not aware of what had happened outside the courthouse when they decided they could not reach a verdict in the 75-year-old 's case , according to new england cable news . john goodwin , 75 , killed himself outside of rockingham county superior courthouse on friday morning while jurors were deliberating claims that goodwin had sexually assaulted an underage student . prosecutors said that goodwin , who pleaded not guilty , repeatedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old student from 2002 to 2005 . an ocean mapping expedition has found four sea floor ` bridges ' across the deepest place on earth , the 1,500-mile long , 6.8 mile deep mariana trench in the western pacific ocean near guam . some of the ` sea mounts ' are 2,500 metres tall , and form bridges across the trench as one tectonic plate is pulled under another . using a multibeam echo sounder , scientists also measured earth 's deepest point , challenger deep more precisely than ever before . the researchers used a ship armed with state-of-the-art echo sounders to create a 3d ` map ' of the world 's deepest point . the ` bridges ' across the trench are created when one tectonic plate is pulled underneath another , ` scraping ' mountains into the form of bridges across the trench . mapping the entire mariana trench with shipboard scanners from august until october 2010 , the researchers discovered four bridges spanning the trench . the bridges rise as high as 2,500 meters above its floor . while satellite images had suggested the trench might be spanned by one such ridge , gardner says the mapping mission confirmed the existence of four such features . ` that got me excited , ' he says . los angeles -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the son of farrah fawcett and ryan o'neal was arrested on a drug charge during a traffic stop in santa monica , california , on tuesday morning , police said . redmond o'neal , 26 , was convicted on two drug offenses two years ago but was released a year ago from a pasadena , california , sober living facility where he was undergoing court-ordered drug rehab . on tuesday , santa monica police searched o'neal 's car with his consent and found illegal narcotics , a department spokesman said . no further information was available . french officials said the illicit drugs , worth more than $ 1.3 million -lrb- # 950,000 -rrb- in street value , were discovered in a suitcase that arrived at the airport in nice on a flight from the dominican republic . the country 's directorate-general of customs said 18 packages containing 46lbs -lrb- 21kg -rrb- of cocaine were stuffed inside a suitcase that was abandoned on the baggage carousel . french customs officials at nice airport said the drugs were found after a flight arrived from the caribbean . the former student testified he did n't come forward until 2013 because he was embarrassed , according to wmur . goodwin 's lawyer , joe welsh , acknowledged his client was ` touchy-feely , ' but said he did n't commit a crime . ` he did hug his student , rubbed his back , massage , ' said welsh . ` it 's not a crime . whether it 's appropriate , that 's different . ' officers detained the baffled tourist , who was waiting for his luggage , at the airport and questioned him about the drugs . a statement issued by the directorate-general of customs said officers are satisfied that the bag did not belong to the tourist and he had nothing to do with the drug smuggling attempt . the department said their investigation found that smugglers in the dominican republic filled the suitcase with cocaine and used the tourist 's identity in an attempt to sneak the drugs into france through nice cote d'azur international airport . ryan o'neal , redmond o'neal and half-sister tatum o'neal sat together for an interview on june 25 , 2010 , the first anniversary of fawcett 's death . redmond o'neal was on a day pass from the rehab center so he could visit his mother 's grave for the first time . the three o'neals were near tears as they spoke to cnn during a private gathering of friends and family at the beverly hills , california , headquarters of the farrah fawcett foundation . `` redmond is extremely well , '' ryan o'neal said . `` he is recovering from a terrible disease . he seems to have cured himself . we are thrilled about that . and that 's why he 's here , because they let him . '' `` to show my face and let everybody know that i 'm doing good , you know , '' redmond o'neal said . `` you ca n't hide forever . '' `` and how handsome he is and how much he looks like farrah , '' tatum o'neal said . `` and how proud she would be and how lucky i am that i can at least be here , because he 's so awesome . oh , i 'm going to cry . '' goodwin 's trial began monday . the jury had been deliberating for two hours when goodwin shot himself around 11am . he was not in custody at the time of the shooting . authorities continue to investigate to find out who packed the bag and how it wound up on the transatlantic flight . officials questioned the tourist whose name was on the bag and are satisfied he did not smuggle the cocaine . last year french customs officers seized more than six tonnes of cocaine at the country 's ports of entry . the ridges are being formed as the 180-million-year-old pacific and far younger philippine tectonic plates collide . because the ocean 's crust cools as it ages , ` the pacific crust is much , much older , so it 's diving underneath the philippine plate , ' gardner says . as seamounts on the pacific plate are pulled beneath the philippine plate - ` subduction ' - they are compacted against the wall of the trench , forming these ridges . gardner suspects that the bridges are . related to earthquake subduction zones , such as the one that caused the . a similar incident occurred last year when a college student arrived at new york 's john f kennedy international airport from trinidad and tobago . the 21-year-old woman called police after she opened her suitcase and found 10lbs of cocaine inside . march 2011 earthquake in japan . the researchers scanned 400,000 square kilometres of the trench . the arrow shows the area where the bridges were found . ` it 's incredibly complex geology . these seamounts are getting jammed up against the plate , ' gardner says . the expedition also yielded the most precise measurement yet of challenger deep , the trench 's -lrb- and the earth 's -rrb- deepest point , finding it to be 10,994 meters deep , plus or minus 40 meters . calculated from thousands of depth soundings as well as detailed analysis of how the how the water can alter the echo sounding signals , the new measurement is similar to other claims of the challenger deep 's depth , some of which are deeper . police believe the woman was used as an unwitting drug mule and were investigating how the drugs were placed inside her suitcase after it was checked in . ` when you 're dealing with something that 's 11 kilometers deep , you have to deal with inherent uncertainties in the system , ' says gardner , noting that challenger deep is deeper than mount everest is high.multibeam echo sounders measure depth by sending sound energy to the ocean floor then analyzing the returning signal . mounted beneath a ship , the instruments produce a fan-shaped swath of coverage of the seafloor . the resolution of the resulting images , at one pixel to every 100 meters , is far more precise than other earlier measurement systems . hydrographers and ocean mappers such as armstrong and gardner describe the process of mapping an area as like ` mowing the lawn , ' making overlapping tracks over the area in question . cnn 's brittany kaplan contributed to this report . the jury was not aware of what had happened outside the courthouse when they decided they could not reach a verdict in goodwin 's case .
bridges formed by tectonic plates being pulled under one another . mountains up to 2,500 metres high . measurement of earth 's deepest point , the 10,994 metre challenger deep .
is pulled under another . using a multibeam echo sounder , scientists also measured earth 's deepest point , challenger deep more precisely than ever before . the researchers used a ship armed with state-of-the-art echo sounders to create a 3d ` map ' of the world 's deepest point . the ` bridges ' across the trench are created when one tectonic plate is pulled underneath another , ` scraping ' mountains into the form of bridges across the trench . mapping the entire mariana trench with shipboard scanners from august until october 2010 , the researchers discovered four bridges spanning the trench . the bridges rise as high as 2,500 meters above its floor . while satellite images had suggested the trench might be spanned by one such ridge , gardner says the mapping mission confirmed the existence of four such features . ` that got me excited , ' he says . los angeles -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the son of farrah fawcett and ryan o'neal was arrested on a drug charge during a traffic stop in santa monica , california , on tuesday morning , police said . redmond o'neal , 26 , was convicted on two drug offenses two years ago but was released a year ago from a pasadena , california , sober living facility where he was undergoing court-ordered drug rehab . on tuesday , santa monica police searched o'neal 's car with his consent and found illegal narcotics , a department spokesman said . no further information was shooting . authorities continue to investigate to find out who packed the bag and how it wound up on the transatlantic flight . officials questioned the tourist whose name was on the bag and are satisfied he did not smuggle the cocaine . last year french customs officers seized more than six tonnes of cocaine at the country 's ports of entry . the ridges are being formed as the 180-million-year-old pacific and far younger philippine tectonic plates collide . because the ocean 's crust cools as it ages , ` the pacific crust is much , much older , so it 's diving underneath the philippine plate , ' gardner says . as seamounts on the pacific plate are pulled beneath the philippine plate - ` subduction ' - they are compacted against the wall of the trench , forming these ridges . gardner suspects that the bridges are . related to earthquake subduction zones , such as the one that caused the . a similar incident occurred last year when a college student arrived at new york 's john f kennedy international airport from trinidad and tobago . the 21-year-old woman called police after she opened her suitcase and found 10lbs of cocaine inside . march 2011 earthquake in japan . the researchers scanned 400,000 square kilometres of the trench . the arrow shows the area where the bridges were found . ` it 's incredibly complex geology . these seamounts are getting jammed up against the plate , ' gardner says . the expedition also yielded the most precise measurement yet of challenger deep , the trench 's -lrb- and the earth 's -rrb- deepest point , finding it to be 10,994 meters deep , plus or minus 40 meters . calculated from thousands of depth soundings as well as detailed analysis of how the how the water can alter the echo sounding signals , the new measurement is similar to other claims of the challenger deep 's depth , some of which are deeper . police believe the woman was used as an unwitting drug mule and were investigating how the drugs were placed inside her suitcase after it was checked in . ` when you 're dealing with something that 's 11 kilometers deep , you have to deal with inherent uncertainties in the system , ' says gardner , noting that challenger deep is deeper than mount everest is high.multibeam echo sounders measure depth by sending sound energy to the ocean floor then analyzing the returning signal . mounted beneath a ship , the instruments produce a fan-shaped swath of coverage of the seafloor . the resolution of the resulting images , at one pixel to every 100 meters , is far more precise than other earlier measurement systems . hydrographers and ocean mappers such as armstrong and gardner describe the process of mapping an area as like ` mowing the lawn , ' making overlapping tracks over the area in question . cnn 's brittany kaplan contributed to this report . the jury was not aware of what had happened outside the courthouse when they decided they could not reach a verdict in goodwin 's case .
they could not reach a verdict in the 75-year-old 's case , according to new england cable news . john goodwin , 75 , killed himself outside of rockingham county superior courthouse on friday morning while jurors were deliberating claims that goodwin had sexually assaulted an underage student . prosecutors said that goodwin , who pleaded not guilty , repeatedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old student from 2002 to 2005 . an ocean mapping expedition has found four sea floor ` bridges ' across the deepest place on earth , the 1,500-mile long , 6.8 mile deep mariana trench in the western pacific ocean near guam . some of the ` sea mounts ' are 2,500 metres tall , and form bridges across the trench as one tectonic plate is pulled under another . using a multibeam echo sounder , scientists also measured earth 's deepest point , challenger deep more precisely than ever before . the researchers used a ship armed with state-of-the-art echo sounders to create a 3d ` map ' of the world 's deepest point . the ` bridges ' across the trench are created when one tectonic plate is pulled underneath another , ` scraping ' mountains into the form of bridges across the trench . mapping the entire mariana trench with shipboard scanners from august until october 2010 , the researchers discovered four bridges spanning the trench . the bridges rise as high as 2,500 meters above its floor . while satellite images had suggested the trench might be spanned by he did n't commit a crime . ` he did hug his student , rubbed his back , massage , ' said welsh . ` it 's not a crime . whether it 's appropriate , that 's different . ' officers detained the baffled tourist , who was waiting for his luggage , at the airport and questioned him about the drugs . a statement issued by the directorate-general of customs said officers are satisfied that the bag did not belong to the tourist and he had nothing to do with the drug smuggling attempt . the department said their investigation found that smugglers in the dominican republic filled the suitcase with cocaine and used the tourist 's identity in an attempt to sneak the drugs into shooting . authorities continue to investigate to find out who packed the bag and how it wound up on the transatlantic flight . officials questioned the tourist whose name was on the bag and are satisfied he did not smuggle the cocaine . last year french customs officers seized more than six tonnes of cocaine at the country 's ports of entry . the ridges are being formed as the 180-million-year-old pacific and far younger philippine tectonic plates collide . because the ocean 's crust cools as it ages , ` the pacific crust is much , much older , so it 's diving underneath the philippine plate , ' gardner says . as seamounts on the pacific plate are pulled beneath the philippine plate - ` subduction ' - they are compacted against the wall of the trench , forming these ridges . gardner suspects that the bridges are . related to earthquake subduction zones , such as the one that caused the . a similar incident occurred last year when a college student arrived at new york 's john f kennedy international airport from trinidad and tobago . the 21-year-old woman called police after she opened her suitcase and found 10lbs of cocaine inside . march 2011 earthquake in japan . the researchers scanned 400,000 square kilometres of the trench . the arrow shows the area where the bridges were found . ` it 's incredibly complex geology . these seamounts are getting jammed up against the plate , ' gardner says . the expedition also yielded the most precise measurement yet of challenger deep , the trench 's -lrb- and the earth 's -rrb- deepest point , finding it to be 10,994 meters deep , plus or minus 40 meters . calculated from thousands of depth soundings as well as detailed analysis of how the how the water can alter the echo sounding signals , the new measurement is similar to other claims of the challenger deep 's depth , some of which are deeper . police believe the woman was used as an unwitting drug mule and were investigating how the drugs were placed inside her suitcase after it was checked in . ` when you 're dealing with something that 's 11 kilometers deep , you have to deal with inherent uncertainties in the system , ' says gardner , noting that challenger deep is deeper than mount everest is high.multibeam echo sounders measure depth by sending sound energy to the ocean floor then analyzing the returning signal . mounted beneath a ship , the instruments produce a fan-shaped swath of coverage of the seafloor . the resolution of the resulting images , at one pixel to every 100 meters , is far more precise than other earlier measurement systems . hydrographers and ocean mappers such as armstrong and gardner describe the process of mapping an area as like ` mowing the lawn , ' making overlapping tracks over the area in question . cnn 's brittany kaplan contributed to this report . the jury was not aware of what had happened outside the courthouse when they decided they could not reach a verdict in goodwin 's case .
by. rob waugh. updated :. 09:15 est, 7 february. a tourist has a frightening tale after french customs officers a stash that his name but did n't. a piano teacher accused killed outside a new hampshire courthouse hours his case declared, authorities john goodwin, of atkinson shot himself near outside the rockingham county superior courthouse brentwood friday. he airlifted, the jury aware what outside when decided they reach the 75-year-old 's case, according new england cable news. john goodwin, 75 killed himself outside rockingham county superior courthouse friday morning while jurors claims goodwin sexually prosecutors said goodwin, pleaded, repeatedly sexually from 2002 an ocean mapping expedition has four sea floor ` bridges across the deepest place,, 6.8 mile mariana near guam some the ` sea mounts 2,500 metres, form bridges across the trench as is pulled under another using a multibeam echo sounder, scientists also measured earth 's deepest point, challenger deep more precisely the researchers used a ship armed state echo sounders a 3d ` map the world 's deepest point. the ` bridges across the trench are created when one tectonic plate pulled underneath, ` scraping ' mountains into the form bridges across. mapping the entire mariana trench with shipboard scanners from august until october 2010, the researchers discovered four bridges. the bridges rise as high meters its floor. while satellite images had suggested the trench might spanned one such ridge, gardner says the mapping mission confirmed four such features ` that got excited, ' he los angeles -lrb- cnn -- the son farrah fawcett and ryan o'neal was arrested during santa monica, tuesday morning police redmond o'neal, 26, was convicted two drug offenses two but a from a pasadena, sober living facility undergoing. on tuesday, santa monica police searched o'neal 's car with his consent illegal narcotics, a department spokesman no further information was. french officials the illicit drugs, worth 1.3 -lrb- # 950,000 -rrb- in street value, discovered a suitcase that arrived nice on a flight the dominican republic. the country 's directorate-general customs said 18 packages 46lbs -lrb- 21kg -rrb- of cocaine stuffed that abandoned the baggage carousel. french customs officials at nice airport said the drugs after arrived the caribbean. the former student testified he n't come forward until 2013 embarrassed, according wmur. goodwin 's lawyer, joe welsh acknowledged ` touchy, ' n't commit. ` he did hug his student, rubbed his back, massage, ' said welsh. ` it a crime. whether 's appropriate, that different. ' officers detained the baffled tourist, waiting, at questioned the drugs. a statement issued the directorate-general customs said officers are satisfied the bag did belong the tourist he nothing the drug smuggling attempt. the department said their investigation smugglers in the dominican republic filled the suitcase used the tourist 's identity in sneak france through nice cote d'azur international airport. ryan o'neal, and half-sister tatum o'neal sat together an interview june 25, 2010 the first anniversary fawcett 's death redmond o'neal was on a day pass from the rehab center so visit his mother 's grave for. the three o'neals were near tears as spoke cnn during a private gathering friends the beverly hills, california headquarters the farrah fawcett foundation `` redmond is extremely well, '' ryan o'neal. `` he is recovering a terrible disease. he seems cured. we thrilled about that. and that 's why here, because they let. '' `` to show my face let everybody i ' doing good, you redmond o'neal. `` you ca n't hide forever. '' `` and how handsome and looks farrah, tatum o'neal. `` and how proud she would and lucky i at, because he 's so. oh, ' cry. '' goodwin 's trial began monday. the jury had when goodwin shot himself around 11am. he not in custody. authorities continue investigate to packed wound. officials questioned the tourist whose name the bag are satisfied the cocaine. last year french customs officers seized at the country 's ports. the ridges being formed as the 180-million-year-old pacific and far younger philippine tectonic plates collide. because the ocean 's crust cools as ages, ` the pacific crust much, much older so diving underneath the philippine plate ' gardner says. as seamounts on the pacific plate are pulled beneath the philippine plate - ` subduction they compacted against the trench, forming these ridges gardner suspects the bridges. related to earthquake subduction zones, such. a similar incident last arrived new york 's john f kennedy international airport from trinidad tobago. the 21-year-old woman called police opened her suitcase 10lbs. march 2011 earthquake japan. the researchers scanned 400,000 square kilometres the trench. the arrow shows the bridges found. ` it incredibly complex geology. these seamounts getting jammed against the plate, ' gardner says. the expedition also yielded the most precise measurement yet challenger deep, trench 's -lrb- and the earth 's -rrb- deepest point finding 10,994 plus or 40. calculated thousands depth soundings as detailed analysis how how the water can alter the echo sounding signals, the new measurement similar other claims the challenger deep 's depth, some deeper. police believe used were investigating how the drugs placed her suitcase after it checked in. ` when 're dealing something 11 kilometers deep, deal inherent uncertainties, ' says gardner, noting challenger deep deeper mount everest is high.multibeam echo sounders measure sending sound energy the ocean floor then analyzing the returning signal. mounted beneath a ship, the instruments produce a fan-shaped swath coverage of. the resolution the resulting images, at one pixel to every 100 meters far precise other earlier measurement systems hydrographers and ocean mappers such armstrong gardner describe mapping an area like ` mowing, ' making overlapping tracks over in question. cnn 's brittany kaplan contributed. the jury aware what outside when decided they reach goodwin 's case.
is pulled under another . using a multibeam echo sounder , scientists also measured earth 's deepest point , challenger deep more precisely than ever before . the researchers used a ship armed with state-of-the-art echo sounders to create a 3d ` map ' of the world 's deepest point . the ` bridges ' across the trench are created when one tectonic plate is pulled underneath another , ` scraping ' mountains into the form of bridges across the trench . mapping the entire mariana trench with shipboard scanners from august until october 2010 , the researchers discovered four bridges spanning the trench . the bridges rise as high as 2,500 meters above its floor . while satellite images had suggested the trench might be spanned by one such ridge , gardner says the mapping mission confirmed the existence of four such features . ` that got me excited , ' he says . los angeles -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the son of farrah fawcett and ryan o'neal was arrested on a drug charge during a traffic stop in santa monica , california , on tuesday morning , police said . redmond o'neal , 26 , was convicted on two drug offenses two years ago but was released a year ago from a pasadena , california , sober living facility where he was undergoing court-ordered drug rehab . on tuesday , santa monica police searched o'neal 's car with his consent and found illegal narcotics , a department spokesman said . no further information was shooting . authorities continue to investigate to find out who packed the bag and how it wound up on the transatlantic flight . officials questioned the tourist whose name was on the bag and are satisfied he did not smuggle the cocaine . last year french customs officers seized more than six tonnes of cocaine at the country 's ports of entry . the ridges are being formed as the 180-million-year-old pacific and far younger philippine tectonic plates collide . because the ocean 's crust cools as it ages , ` the pacific crust is much , much older , so it 's diving underneath the philippine plate , ' gardner says . as seamounts on the pacific plate are pulled beneath the philippine plate - ` subduction ' - they are compacted against the wall of the trench , forming these ridges . gardner suspects that the bridges are . related to earthquake subduction zones , such as the one that caused the . a similar incident occurred last year when a college student arrived at new york 's john f kennedy international airport from trinidad and tobago . the 21-year-old woman called police after she opened her suitcase and found 10lbs of cocaine inside . march 2011 earthquake in japan . the researchers scanned 400,000 square kilometres of the trench . the arrow shows the area where the bridges were found . ` it 's incredibly complex geology . these seamounts are getting jammed up against the plate , ' gardner says . the aware of what had happened outside the courthouse when they decided they could not reach a verdict in goodwin 's case .
 Scientists used a multibeam echo sounder to map the deepest point in the world, which is located in the Mariana Trench. They discovered four bridges spanning the trench, with one rising as high as 2,500 meters above its floor. The research confirmed the existence of features previously suggested by satellite images and provided new insights into the geology of the area.