“We don’t know where the sounds come from,” says the person in charge of the search for the missing submarine

The search and rescue teams of the submersible disappeared with five people on board in the waters of the Atlantic when he was going to see the remains of the titanic They do not know the origin of the sounds detected in the last hours, which have given reason to hope that the crew members will be found alive.

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“I can’t tell you what the sounds are from, What I can say is that we are looking for where the noises have occurred”said the captain of the US Coast Guard. Jamie Frederickin a press conference this Wednesday.

He explained that a Canadian plane from maritime patrol P3 has detected sounds on Tuesday and this morning.

As soon as those sounds were detected, the rescue workers transferred the operations of the vehicles ROVsa kind of underwater drones that are managed in remotely and that have been contributed by Franceto the area where the noises were heard to explore their origin.

Although this search has so far yielded negative results, the ROVs They are still scouting the area, Frederick said.

The Titan submersible being towed to a dive site in Everett, Washington. (AFP). (HANDOUT/)

The person in charge of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Carl Hartsfield He described in the same press conference that these noises are like “sounds of blows.”

He stressed that the ocean is a place “Too complex” with human and nature sounds, making it very difficult to discern the origin of these noises, but he stressed that the rescue teams have “multiple sensors” and that the information is being sent to “The best in the world”people who analyze that data, who in turn send the results of their analysis to those responsible for the operation so that they can make decisions.

The search takes place in an area that is twice the surface of the state of Connecticut (USA)which is 13,023 square kilometers, and develops about 4 kilometers.

In this sense, the person in charge of the Coast Guard He said the teams have expanded the search area “exponentially” and that it extends “hourly”.

Operations take place 1,448 kilometers from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA) and about 644 kilometers from San Juan de Newfoundland (Canada).

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It involves troops and resources from USA, Canada, France and the UKwith planes, boats and underwater drones. Frederick added that more help is on the way

On Tuesday, the captain of the Coast Guard indicated that the submersible only had 40 hours of oxygenso the teams work against the clock and this Wednesday he pointed out that the crew has “limited servings” of food.

He remarked that “this is a 100% search and rescue mission” to find and rescue the five crew members of the submersible Titandisappeared on Sunday in the waters of the Atlantic.

Source: Elcomercio