![]() To me it sounds like the sub’s pressure hull is intact, but it’s demobilised from power. Sound travels particularly well underwater.Ī catastrophic implosion could be heard for thousands of miles and could be recorded.Īn implosion would likely trigger signals in military hydrophones, devices used in the world’s oceans for recording or listening to underwater sounds. Ron Allum, a deep-sea engineer and explorer, told the Guardian he believed it was unlikely that the vessel’s pressure hull had suffered a catastrophic failure: There are several possible scenarios for what may have happened to the Titan submersible. ![]() As of Wednesday night local time, remotely operated deep-sea vehicles (ROV) were heading to the site from Canada, the UK and France, the US Coast Guard said.įor more on what we know so far about the search for the missing sub, read the full story by Graham Russell. ![]() The search is focused on an area where underwater sounds have been heard but their origin remains a mystery. When you’re in the middle of a search-and-rescue case, you always have hope. A US Coast Guard captain, Jamie Frederick, said on Wednesday: Officials still hold out hope of a rescue. The search for a submersible that went missing during a dive to the wreck of Titanic has entered its fourth day, amid concerns the oxygen supply sustaining its five passengers is running dangerously low.Įquipment from the US, Canada, UK and France is heading to the scene of the search, about 640km (400 miles) south of St John’s, Newfoundland, joining an international coalition of rescue teams that is sweeping a vast expanse of the North Atlantic for the Titan after it went missing on Sunday, nearly two hours into its dive. Rescuers intensify search as fears grow over Titan’s remaining oxygen supply Speaking to the outlet, former passenger Arthur Loibl said that “everybody was nervous” during the 2021 expedition to the Titanic wreck. Among the five people on the missing Titan submersible are two billionaires – Hamish Harding, a 58-year-old businessman who made his fortune selling private jets and holds three Guinness world records for previous extreme trips, and the British-based Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, who is onboard with his 19-year-old son Suleman.Ī man who was on the Titan last year told Sky News that the submersible “was not safe ”. The disappearance of the submersible en route to the wreck of the Titanic has highlighted the businesses that offer extreme expeditions – and their clienteles. David Lochridge, OceanGate’s director of marine operations, said in a 2018 lawsuit that the company’s testing and certification was insufficient and would “subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible”. The full scope of the search is twice the size of Connecticut and 2.5 miles (4km) deep, Capt Frederick said.ĭocuments show that the sub’s operator, OceanGate, had been warned there might be catastrophic safety problems posed by the way the experimental vessel was developed. Three search vessels arrived on the scene on Wednesday, including one that has side-scanning sonar capabilities. More ships and underwater vessels are being brought in to join the search and rescue operations, US Coast Guard officials said. This would mean oxygen could run out by Thursday morning, but experts say the air supply depends on a range of factors. The five passengers on board the missing Titan sub had 96 hours of breathable air, according to its operator OceanGate’s specifications. Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) searches have been deployed in the area where the P-3 aircraft recorded the noises, US Coast Guard officials said. Analysis of the noises has been “inconclusive”, Coast Guard Capt Jamie Frederick said. Noises were detected by Canadian P-3 aircraft on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, US Coast Guard officials said in a press conference this afternoon.Įxperts have not yet identified the source of these noises, and officials have warned the sounds may not have originated from the missing vessel. Rescue operations searching for the Titan submersible have focused their efforts on a remote area of the North Atlantic where a series of underwater noises have been detected.
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