[ad_1]
Washington: While several ships scoured the North Atlantic this week in search of the missing submarine that was heading to Titanic site of the wreck, the US Navy had already detected an implosion Sunday at the site where the ship lost communications.
The information, which was not final, was immediately shared with the US Coast Guard, and a decision was made to continue the mission as a search and rescue “to make every effort to save lives on board,” according to a senior Navy official. , who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Coast Guard said on Thursday that the five crew members from the ship Submersible Titan He died from a “catastrophic implosion” of a ship after wreckage found underwater was examined by a remotely operated vehicle. The wreckage was found 1,600 feet (488 m) from Titanic’s bow.
“We notified the families immediately,” Admiral John Mauger said at a news briefing in Boston. “On behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard and the entire Unified Command, I offer my deepest condolences.”
The bow cone was detected Thursday morning by an ROV from the Horizon Arctic vessel. The Coast Guard said other pieces of wreckage, including parts of the ship’s pressure hull, were recovered soon after.
Mauger said the unified command had no estimate of when the seafloor searches would end. He added that the team will continue to collect information to try to determine the cause of the implosion.
global attention
The saga of the lost ship known as Titan sparked worldwide fascination as an international armada of ships and planes desperately surveyed an area of the North Atlantic Ocean twice the size of Connecticut. Rescuers raced against the clock, worried that Titan’s estimated 96-hour supply of oxygen had dwindled after it lost contact with the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince on June 18.
The US Coast Guard said earlier in the week that unidentified sounds were detected during the search, but that these noises were not related to the missing vehicle. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing a statement from a US defense official, that a US Navy acoustic detection system picked up the sound of an explosion near the wreck site just hours after the submarine deployed.
On board was Titan Hamish Harding, 58, from the UK, founder of the investment firm Action Group and an avid adventurer. French naval expert Paul Henri Nargolet, 77; Stockton Rush, 61, is the CEO of Everett, which is based in Washington Ocean Gate Inc., which managed the expedition; and Shahzada Daoud, 48, and Suleiman Daoud, 19, father and son in one of Pakistan’s most prominent families.
“These men were true explorers who shared a distinctive spirit of adventure, with a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans,” OceanGate said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with these five souls and each member of their family during this tragic time. We mourn the loss of life and the joy they brought to all who knew him.”
The Titan, a 6.7-meter-long vehicle made of carbon fiber and titanium, is designed to carry a pilot and four crew to a maximum depth of 4,000 meters (13,120 feet). According to the OceanGate website, the onboard system was able to track the crew’s health and provide “an early warning detection for the pilot with sufficient time to abort the descent and return safely to the surface.”
But no messages were received after the Polar Prince lost all communication with Titan on June 18, about an hour and 45 minutes after it began diving toward the Titanic, which sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic.
OceanGate says it offers 10-day excursions to the Titanic site, offering “eligible explorers” a chance to join as expedition specialists. Their fees include the training and participation of the scientific team that explores the ship, which sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. According to its website, OceanGate has also conducted expeditions to explore the wreck in 2021 and 2022.
The information, which was not final, was immediately shared with the US Coast Guard, and a decision was made to continue the mission as a search and rescue “to make every effort to save lives on board,” according to a senior Navy official. , who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Coast Guard said on Thursday that the five crew members from the ship Submersible Titan He died from a “catastrophic implosion” of a ship after wreckage found underwater was examined by a remotely operated vehicle. The wreckage was found 1,600 feet (488 m) from Titanic’s bow.
“We notified the families immediately,” Admiral John Mauger said at a news briefing in Boston. “On behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard and the entire Unified Command, I offer my deepest condolences.”
The bow cone was detected Thursday morning by an ROV from the Horizon Arctic vessel. The Coast Guard said other pieces of wreckage, including parts of the ship’s pressure hull, were recovered soon after.
Mauger said the unified command had no estimate of when the seafloor searches would end. He added that the team will continue to collect information to try to determine the cause of the implosion.
global attention
The saga of the lost ship known as Titan sparked worldwide fascination as an international armada of ships and planes desperately surveyed an area of the North Atlantic Ocean twice the size of Connecticut. Rescuers raced against the clock, worried that Titan’s estimated 96-hour supply of oxygen had dwindled after it lost contact with the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince on June 18.
The US Coast Guard said earlier in the week that unidentified sounds were detected during the search, but that these noises were not related to the missing vehicle. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing a statement from a US defense official, that a US Navy acoustic detection system picked up the sound of an explosion near the wreck site just hours after the submarine deployed.
On board was Titan Hamish Harding, 58, from the UK, founder of the investment firm Action Group and an avid adventurer. French naval expert Paul Henri Nargolet, 77; Stockton Rush, 61, is the CEO of Everett, which is based in Washington Ocean Gate Inc., which managed the expedition; and Shahzada Daoud, 48, and Suleiman Daoud, 19, father and son in one of Pakistan’s most prominent families.
“These men were true explorers who shared a distinctive spirit of adventure, with a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans,” OceanGate said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with these five souls and each member of their family during this tragic time. We mourn the loss of life and the joy they brought to all who knew him.”
The Titan, a 6.7-meter-long vehicle made of carbon fiber and titanium, is designed to carry a pilot and four crew to a maximum depth of 4,000 meters (13,120 feet). According to the OceanGate website, the onboard system was able to track the crew’s health and provide “an early warning detection for the pilot with sufficient time to abort the descent and return safely to the surface.”
But no messages were received after the Polar Prince lost all communication with Titan on June 18, about an hour and 45 minutes after it began diving toward the Titanic, which sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic.
OceanGate says it offers 10-day excursions to the Titanic site, offering “eligible explorers” a chance to join as expedition specialists. Their fees include the training and participation of the scientific team that explores the ship, which sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. According to its website, OceanGate has also conducted expeditions to explore the wreck in 2021 and 2022.
[ad_2]