2023-06-21 20:28:00
More than three days following the submersible disappeared near the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic hope that the five missing adventurers will survive is dwindling.
If the “Titan” is still intact at all, it should only oxygen for less than 20 hours on board.
The US Coast Guard-led rescue teams stepped up their efforts once more on Wednesday. had previously multiple underwater noises raised hopes of finding the submersible with the occupants.
But according to search coordinator Jamie Frederick, these might not be assigned: “We don’t know what that is”he said in Boston.
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Search area now twice the size of Connecticut
At a press conference on Wednesday evening (CEST), Captain Jamie Frederick of the US Coast Guard commented on the latest developments searching for the missing submersible voiced. Planes will continue to fly today over the search area, which is now twice the size of Connecticut, he told the “New York Timesaccording to
are currently five “surface units” in searchand the authorities assumed that five more will be added in the next two days. Two remote-controlled underwater vehicles are also currently on the lookout, and several more will arrive by Thursday morning (local time, which is mid-morning or noon for us), Frederick said.
Frederick went on to say that yesterday a Canadian plane detected “underwater noise in the search area,” prompting authorities to shift their efforts. They wanted to find out what was causing the noise. So far, however, the source of these noises has not been found, according to Frederick. In addition, several Canadian aircraft heard noises on Tuesday and Wednesday.
However, it is possible that Underwater animals make sounds that sound human. Carl Hartsfield, director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, said at the press conference.
A Royal Canadian Air Force maritime patrol aircraft flies a search pattern to search for the missing Titan submersible. © REUTERS/Canadian Forces
Earlier, US Coast Guard chief John Mauger expressed caution regarding the underwater noise made while searching for the missing submersible near the Titanic wreck.
“That is a incredibly complex terrain there. Don’t forget that this is the wreck site of the Titanic – so there is a lot of metal and various objects in the water around this point, ”Mauger told the US broadcaster CBS on Wednesday morning (local time) when asked how likely it was that the underwater noise came from people.
The oxygen in the mini submarine “Titan” is running out
Compared to the British “BBC” explained Mauger also states that the search team is assuming something more until Thursday morning (CEST) to find and recover the submarine. After that, the oxygen reserves of the boat are probably used up.
For the evaluation of the noises one has therefore US Navy experts consulted, which are able to classify such sounds and provide more detailed information regarding their origin, Mauger said. He also told CBS it would use all resources to search as long as the inmates had a chance to survive.
An internal US government memo said responders may have heard a sign of life from the submersible’s occupants. Search teams would have every 30 minutes on Tuesday a kind of knocking noise in the region registered, in which the submersible is suspected, quoted the broadcaster CNN and the magazine “Rolling Stone” on Wednesday night (local time) from the memo.
four hours later following additional sonars were deployed, the knocking might still be heard, it was said. According to the memo, however, it was unclear exactly when and for how long the noise was heard. A later update, sent Tuesday night, reported additional noises, but they were no longer described as “knocking,” CNN wrote.
The acoustic sounds indicated that it continue to give hope for survivors, it was said. However, the document did not reveal when exactly the noises might be heard on Tuesday and for how long, or how they might have been triggered. The US Coast Guard has now confirmed that it has discovered “sounds under water” in the search area.
Five people on board the “Titan” boat
Operated by the company Oceangate Expeditions Mini-U-Boot „Titan“ was on Sunday with five people on board on a tourist dive trip to the wreck of the “Titanic” that sank in the North Atlantic.
About an hour and 45 minutes following the start of the dive, contact with the escort ship “Polar Prince” was lost, since then there has been no trace of the submersible and the five occupants.
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There are five passengers on board the Titan. Three of them paid for the dive: they include the wealthy British entrepreneur, pilot and space tourist Hamish Harding as well as the prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Sulemanwho belong to one of the richest families in the country.
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Dawood also has Connections to Germany: His wife Christine comes from the Bavarian Rosenheim, reported the “Oberbayerisches Volksblatt”. According to the website, a seat as a passenger on the submersible costs $250,000 (around 229,000 euros).
The French researcher is also Paul-Henri Nargeolet on board, who is considered one of the most well-known experts on the wreck and therefore nicknamed “Mr. Titanic” wears.
The identity of the fifth is now also known. According to US media reports, it is the Manager of the operating company Oceangate. Stockton Rush took part in the expedition to the wreck of the world-famous Titanic, according to TV networks NBC and CNN, citing Oceangate and an unnamed source.
Eight more ships on the way to “Titan”
Eight more ships are now on their way to help search for the missing submersible. This included four Canadian Coast Guard vesselsthe French research ship “L’Atalante” as well as the Canadian “HMCS Glace Bay”which has a decompression chamber and medical staff on board, said the US Coast Guard on Tuesday evening (local time).
After being rescued, divers who have had an accident must get into such a hyperbaric chamber as quickly as possible in order to prevent permanent damage. If people are under high ambient pressure for a long time, as is the case at great water depths, they absorb more nitrogen than normal. This can lead to gas bubbles in the blood and tissues, which can be fatal if they get to the brain.
In addition, the US Coast Guard, the US Navy, the Canadian Coast Guard and the operating company Oceangate Expeditions established a unified commandto jointly coordinate the search for the “Titan”. “This is a complex search operation that will require diverse forces with expertise and specialized equipment that we have gained through combined command,” said Jamie Frederick of the US Coast Guard.
The search under water is being intensified, said John Mauger from the US Coast Guard to the US broadcaster CNN. Initially, the focus was on the water surface, with aircraft systematically flying over a large area. Underwater vehicles are said to have arrived by now. The rescue workers primarily used sonar to pick up possible noises from the “Titan”.
Navy sends salvage equipment
Meanwhile, the US Navy is sending a device to salvage the submarine. As a spokeswoman for the German Press Agency said, the “Fadoss” deep-sea salvage system should arrive in St. Johns in Newfoundland, Canada, on Wednesday night and then be transported further out to sea.
The Navy describes it as a “portable ship lift system that provides reliable deep-sea lift capacity of up to 27 tons for the recovery of large, bulky, and heavy sunken objects such as airplanes or small ships.” It can be installed on ships with its winch and rope. A rescue – whether with “Fadoss” or otherwise – can only be tackled when the boat is located.
Experts already expressed concerns regarding the safety of the “Titan” in 2018
Meanwhile, executives in the submersible industry have said, according to a New York Times article Concerns regarding the safety of the “Titan” years ago. “We are concerned that Oceangate’s current experimental approach might lead to adverse outcomes (ranging from minor to catastrophic),” they wrote in a letter dated 2018, published by the newspaper. It accuses Oceangate of misleading marketing. Boss Stockton Rush was asked to have the “Titan” tested by an independent party.
That fits with Impression of reporter David Pogue from the US broadcaster CBS, who had taken part in the trip last year. He told the BBC the vehicle seemed improvised to him. “You control this submarine with an Xbox game controller,” Pogue said. Part of the ballast consists of construction pipes. If the boat gets stuck or leaks, “there’s no backup, no escape pod,” he said.
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The Titanic sank in April 1912 on her maiden voyage from England to New York following hitting an iceberg. Almost 1,500 of the 2,224 people on board perished.
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