BOSTON – The Northeast United States Coast Guard announced Thursday that they have found several wreckage within the area where they were searching for the submersible that disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean during an expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic.
In a message posted on its social networks, the USCG reported that experts are evaluating the information collected by the remote exploration vehicle (ROV) known as Horizon Arctic and that there will be a press conference at 3 p.m. Eastern Time
At the moment, it has not been confirmed that the remains are from the Titan submersible, in which there were five people on board.
The finding comes about five hours after the oxygen inside the Titan submersible was estimated to have run out.
The sub had a four-day supply of oxygen when it set sail around 6 a.m. Sunday, said David Concannon, a consultant with OceanGate Expeditions, which oversaw the mission. Owen noted that an approximate 96-hour oxygen supply is a useful “target” for researchers, but it’s only based on a “nominal amount of consumption that the average human might consume doing certain things.”
On Wednesday, the Coast Guard had said it would bring more boats, craft and underwater robots to the area after detecting underwater sounds, including banging noises, that momentarily revived hope.
The total area of the search zone is twice the size of Connecticut and is 2.5 miles deep, said Capt. Jamie Frederick of the Coast Guard’s 1st District. “This is 100% a search and rescue mission,” Frederick said. “When you’re in the middle of a search and rescue case, you always have hope.”
But even those who expressed a bit of optimism warned that many hurdles still lay ahead: From finding the submersible’s location, to reaching it with a rescue team and bringing it to the surface, assuming it’s undamaged, and all that before the oxygen supply for the passengers runs out.
The North Atlantic area where the Titan submersible disappeared Sunday is prone to fog and storms, making it an extremely difficult environment in which to conduct a search-and-rescue mission, said Donald Murphy, an oceanographer who worked as chief scientist of the Coast Guard’s International Ice Patrol.
WHO GOES ON BOARD THE SUBMERSIBLE
On board was the pilot Stockton Rush, CEO of the expedition organizing company, OceanGate.
His passengers were a British adventurer, two members of a Pakistani business family, and a Titanic expert.
Authorities reported the 22-foot carbon fiber boat missing Sunday night, sparking a search in waters about 435 miles south of St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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