Canada Deploys More Boats To Search For Titan Submarine That Disappeared In Atlantic With 5 Tourists On Board

Canada announced this Tuesday that it has already deployed more boats to try to locate the submarine that disappeared in the waters of the Atlantic north with a group of five tourists who wanted to see the remains of the titanic.

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The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and Canadian Coast Guard, Joyce Murraydeclared that the ship ofl Canada Coast Guard Kopit Hopson 1752 is en route to the point in the ocean where the submersible disappeared, identified as Titan by the media.

Murray added that two other vessels returned to the port of Saint John of Newfoundland (Canada) to load equipment and participate in the rescue efforts.

The minister also said that the arrival of equipment from the United Kingdom and Germany.

murray declined to disclose whether any Canadian shipping stations has received signs coming from the boat.

“I don’t want to give details. Because it is a very emotional matter”, pointed out the Canadian minister when asked by the media.

In addition to boats, Canada deployed a maritime surveillance military plane Lockheed CP-140 Aurora with the ability to detect submarines.

the web portal ADSBexchangewhich tracks planes, shows that the plane left Tuesday morning from its base in the province of New Scotland to the area where he operated Titan.

Murray explained that the urgency is to find the submarine and refloat it. “in time to rescue those on board.”

The submersible, owned by the company Ocean Gate Expeditionsleft on Friday from Saint John of Newfoundland towed by the mother ship Polar Prince and began his descent towards the wreck of the titanic on Sunday morning with five people on board.

He submersible it did not return to the surface on Sunday night as planned, which caused the alarm.

Titan it can provide oxygen to its occupants for 96 hours.

The remains of the titanicwhich sank after colliding with an iceberg in 1912, lie at a depth of about 3,800 meters and at a distance of approximately 640 kilometers south of the Canadian island of Newfoundland.

Source: Elcomercio

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