The US Navy detected the implosion of the Titan submarine on Sunday

The us navy detected on Sunday the sound of an underwater implosion that was probably that of the submersible TitanService officials confirmed this Thursday to various US media.

According to the Navy, the information was immediately shared with the authorities in charge of the rescue mission, who decided to continue the search to try to save the lives of the five crew members, collects The Washington Post.

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This Thursday, the US Coast Guard announced that the “debris“found hours before near the area where the remains of the titanic correspond to the external part of the submersible Titanmissing since Sunday with five people on board while on an expedition to see the ruins of the famous ocean liner.

The company that owns the submersible, Ocean Gateconfirmed the death of the crew members minutes before the announcement of the Coast Guard.

The Pakistani businessman was traveling in the vehicle shahzada dawood with his son suleman, 19-year-old student; the british explorer Hamish Harding; the french explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and the CEO of the firm OceanGate, Stockton Rush.

Last Monday the company reported that it had not had contact with the submersible since Sunday. From that same day, the US Coast Guard began an extensive search operation with the help of Canada to locate the device.

The search involved troops and resources from the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdomwith planes, boats and underwater drones.

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The mission to go down to see the remains of the Titanic, sunk in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, should have lasted ten hours. The company Ocean Gate Expeditions she was the owner and operator of the submersible, used to carry out deep-sea expeditions.

On its website, the company offers trips of 8 days and 7 nights to visit the remains of the Titanic, which are located at a depth of 3,800 meters, for an approximate price of 250,000 dollars.

Source: Elcomercio

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