2023-06-21 10:25:00
In a statement issued in the early hours of Wednesday, the United States Coast Guard confirmed that rescue teams searching for the submarine Titanwho was exploring the wreck of the Titanicthey detected “knocking sounds” in the search area where the boat disappeared two days ago.
”The Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) operations have been relocated in an attempt to explore the source of the noises,” the US Coast Guard First District said on Twitter. Searches so far “have returned negative results but are continuing,” the military maritime division added.
The US media, citing internal government memoranda, described these noises as “sounds of blows”, which would be taking place at 30 minute intervalswhich are understood as probable signs of life.
“Additional acoustic feedback was heard and will help vector surface assets and also indicates hope for survivors,” CNN said, citing the latest US government memo.
The announcement provided renewed hope that the tourists aboard the 6.5-meter-long submarine may be alive as rescue teams scramble to search for them. before the air supply runs out.
US and Canadian Coast Guard ships and aircraft explore an expanse of 20,000 square kilometers in the ocean in search of the submarine, which was trying to submerge more than 600 kilometers off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Following the Coast Guard’s announcement, the Explorers Club scientific association issued an encouraging message that has aroused hope. Richard Garriott expressed: “There are reasons to hopeaccording to the field data: we understand that they have been detected probable signs of life at the siteeither”. And he added: “We think the US Coast Guard is doing the best it can with all the resources it has.”
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Rescue teams find themselves in a race once morest time as, in the most favorable scenario, the Titan submersible might run out of oxygen on Thursday morning.
According to a spokesperson for the United States Air Mobility Command, they have used three transport planes US Army C-17 to carry commercial submersibles and support equipment from Buffalo, New York, to St. John, Newfoundland.
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He canada army deployed a patrol plane and two ships in the search area. One of the vessels is specialized in underwater medicine. In addition, sonar buoys were launched to detect any possible sounds coming from the Titan submersible.
According to the authorities, the carbon fiber submarine disappeared last Sunday night, which began search efforts in waters located approximately 700 kilometers (435 miles) south of San Juan. The pilot in charge of the boat was Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate, the company in charge of the expedition.
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