What You Should Know About The Titan Submersible Search
Five persons were aboard a submersible watercraft that vanished after departing early on Sunday to examine the Titanic shipwreck in the North Atlantic, and the cause was most likely a “catastrophic implosion,” according to a U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson on Thursday. Two senior Navy sources revealed on Thursday that the U.S. Navy had discovered “an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion” in the vicinity of the ship around the time that communications were cut off on Sunday.
According to one officer, the identity was “not conclusive,” but it was sent to the search team. However, authorities decided to carry on looking in order to “make every effort to save the lives on board.”
The Submersible Vanished When And Where?
A 22-foot Titan made of carbon fibre and titanium was launched by the Polar Prince, a Canadian expedition ship, to descend approximately 13,000 feet to the wreckage site off the coast of Newfoundland. After starting to dive, the Titan lost touch with the surface ship an hour and 45 minutes later, according to the US Coast Guard.
Who Was On Board?
Five people were in the submersible: Stockton Rush, the founder and CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, the company that owns and operates the boat; Hamish Harding, a British businessman and explorer; Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, from one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families; and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French maritime expert who has made more than 35 dives to the Titanic wreck.
Everyone on the submersible had, according to a statement from OceanGate, “sadly been lost.” “These men were true explorers, who shared a distinctive spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for discovering and safeguarding the world’s oceans,” it continued. During this terrible moment, our thoughts are with these five people and every one of their families. We lament their passing and the loss of the happiness they offered to everybody who knew them.
Why Was The Titan Diving?
The ship’s operator, OceanGate, a private business with headquarters in Everett, Washington, arranges expeditions that can last up to nine days to see shipwrecks and underwater canyons. The company’s website states that crewed submersibles are another service that OceanGate offers for business endeavours and academic study. Aerospace engineer and pilot Mr. Rush co-founded the business in 2009.
According to OceanGate, the Titan is the only crewed submersible in the world that can carry five people up to 4,000 metres (13,100 ft) below the ocean’s surface. Since 2021, the company has offered tours of the Titanic site, and visitors have paid $250,000 to travel there.
More than thirty leaders in the submersible craft sector wrote a letter to OceanGate in 2018 expressing their concern over what they called the “experimental” strategy of the company. The letter was obtained by The New York Times. They issued a warning about potential “catastrophic” issues with the submersible’s construction and intended trip to the Titanic debris.
Where Is The Titanic Wreck, Exactly?
Four days into its inaugural transatlantic voyage in April 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic, the largest steamship in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg. More than 1,500 individuals lost their lives as it submerged to the bottom of the sea. In 1985, the wreck’s fragments were located about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
Searchers Scoured The Sea.
In order to find the Titan, the U.S. Coast Guard worked with Canadian law enforcement and commercial ships. The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Thursday through Twitter that a remotely operated vehicle, or R.O.V., from the Canadian ship Horizon Arctic explored the ocean floor and that a French ship deployed its R.O.V. at the location.
A device that can assist in recovering large things from the sea was also delivered by the US Navy. Sonar buoys were set up, and the submersible was attempted to be located underwater using sonar. Along with ships, American and Canadian aircraft also examined the ocean’s surface.
‘Unforgiving Environment’
According to Rear Adm. John Mauger of the U.S. Coast Guard, who spoke at a news conference on Thursday, search teams discovered underwater pounding noises, but they didn’t seem to be connected to the submersible’s wreckage. He said that on Thursday morning, some 1,600 feet from the Titanic wreck’s bow, remnants of the Titan’s tail cone and other parts were located on the ocean floor as a result of a debris field discovered on the surface.
He said that it was still too soon to determine when the submersible imploded and that investigators were working on a timeline of events, but the discovery was consistent with a “catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber” in the submersible. Admiral Mauger declined to comment on the likelihood of finding the victims’ remains, stating that the ocean floor is “an incredibly unforgiving environment.”
He also said, “On behalf of the United States Coast Guard and the entire unified command, I offer my deepest condolences to the families.”
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