Rescuers focus search for missing submarine in area where noises were heard

Rescue teams focus the search for the missing submersible on Sunday with five people on board near the remains of the titanic in the area where noises of undetermined origin were heard in the last few hours, in a race against time as the ship’s oxygen is running out.

“We don’t know what the noises are” heard Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, US Coast Guard spokesman Capt. Jamie Frederickwho asked to stay “optimistic and hopeful”.

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Communication with the submersible Titan6.5 meters long, was lost on Sunday two hours after it began its descent towards the remains of the mythical ocean liner titaniclocated almost 4,000 meters deep and about 600 km from the Canadian island of Newfoundlandin it North Atlantic.

So far, searches with the help of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have yielded no results.

The British millionaire travels aboard the Titan Hamish Harding, president of the Action Aviation company; the pakistani shahzada dawoodVice President of Engro, and his son suleman; the french diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet; and Stockton RushCEO of Ocean Gate Expeditionsthe company that operates the submersible, and which charged $250,000 per tourist.

Difficult moments

At the moment, five ships, to which another five will be added in the next few hours, are participating in the search in an area of ​​20,000 square kilometers, approximately the size of The Saviorat a depth of almost four kilometers, while from the air planes cross the sky in search of any sign of the submersible.

He Pentagon announced the dispatch of a third C-130 and three C-17 aircraft, while an underwater robot sent by the French Oceanographic Institute was to join the search on Wednesday.

“This is an extremely complex operation due to the remoteness of the site and the coordination between multiple agencies and countriesFrederick acknowledged.

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“We understand that these are extremely difficult times for family members” of the disappeared, said Frederick, who stressed that “the unified team is working tirelessly to bring all available means and knowledge as quickly as possible”. Rescuers estimate that the emergency oxygen will run out in the next few hours.

aware of the danger

Everyone knows the danger of the expedition, said Mike Reisstelevision writer who visited the wreck of the Titanic in 2022, to the BBC.

“You sign a document before going up and on the first page death is mentioned three times”, he assured, after remembering that in the immersion in such deep waters “the compass stopped working immediately and started spinning”, which caused them to move blindly in the darkness of the ocean to search for the sunken ocean liner on its maiden voyage between the English city of southampton and NY in 1912.

Fifteen hundred people of the 2,224 who undertook the voyage died in one of the most famous shipwrecks in history.

Since the wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985 at a depth of 4,000 meters, the area has become a place of pilgrimage for treasure hunters and thrill-seeking tourists.

Alistair Greigprofessor of marine engineering at University College London, considers two hypotheses about the Titan accident.

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One alludes to the fact that the ship could have suffered an electrical or communications problem, which would not have prevented it from rising to the surface.

The other “is that the pressure hull was damaged”, Greig said in a statement, thus the hopes of finding the five passengers alive would dissipate.

In recent days a report on the deficiencies in the security of the ship has come to light. The former director of marine operations for OceanGate Expeditions, the manufacturing company, David Lochridgefired for having questioned the safety of the Titan, mentioned in a lawsuit the “experimental and untested design” of the submersible.

Source: Elcomercio

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