The Coast Guard of USA confirmed in the early hours of this Wednesday that it has detected “sounds” in the area where a missing tourist submersible is being searched for with five crew members on board who were going to see the remains of the titanic.
”A Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater sounds in the search area”, the office said on Twitter, although it clarified that at the moment no traces of the vehicle have been found.
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However, the Coast Guard He assured that the information will be used to organize future search plans.
The message comes shortly after media such as Rolling Stone or CNN assured that the authorities had detected sounds of blows at 30-minute intervals.
The US Coast Guard began an extensive search operation Monday with the help of Canada to locate the device. The company Ocean Gate Expeditionswhich operates the submersible, reported on Sunday to the authorities the disappearance of the device with five people on board: the pilot and four passengers.
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According to British media, the five members of the crew are the Pakistani businessman shahzada dawoodyour son sulemanthe British explorer Hamish Hardingthe French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and the CEO of OceanGate, Stockton Rush.
On its website, the company offers trips of eight days and seven nights to visit the remains of the titanicwith an approximate price of 250,000 dollars.
Source: Elcomercio
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