Posted on 06/21/2023 6:38:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The area surrounding Titanic's Atlantic grave grows busier with search vessels as everyone tries to get eyes on the missing OceanGate submersible.
Earlier this week, a submarine full of tourists disappeared while on a trip to the wreckage of the Titanic. The sub was equipped with 96 hours of oxygen, meaning rescuers are racing against the clock to locate the missing sub and save its occupants from watery, claustrophobic hell. The latest update? They’re still down there.
However, rescuers have noticed a sound coming from beneath the North Atlantic, a set of “banging” noises first discovered by a Canadian plane. They’re hoping that this sound is related to the Titan sub, and that by finding the source of the noise they’ll also happen upon the sunken $250,000-per-seat tube. But, according to the New York Times, seeking out the sound is tricker than it might seem:
Capt. Jamie Frederick of the United States Coast Guard said remotely operated vehicles are seeking the source of the sounds, and a team of experts is examining the noises to determine if they might be from the missing vessel. But so far, he said, that analysis has been “inconclusive.”
More rescue vessels have arrived in the vast search area — roughly twice the size of Connecticut and more than two miles deep — where teams of international experts have been conducting an extensive search for the craft, called the Titan. The 22-foot submersible lost contact on Sunday during what should have been a two-and-a half-hour journey to the wreck of the Titanic.
The New York Times also claims oxygen is truly becoming a concern. In the same updating piece, the Times quotes a United States Coast Guard admirable who estimates the occupants of the submersible may have a mere 20 hours of air left — less than a day to find the sub, pull it from the depths, and get its passengers some breathable air.
Maybe now is the time to request assistance from those underwater aliens we keep hearing about.
Like a dog chasing a car.
What do they do when they catch it?
It’s so deep a rov isn’t going to be able to do much.
This is both very sad and amazing.
The Titanic sunk 111 years ago. Yet it is still claiming victims.
This is only a DISTRACTION.
Stay focused, Patriots!
Editors need not apply at Jalopnik.
“...and a team of experts is examining the noises to determine if they might be from the missing vessel”
I’ll translate that into REALITY:
“...and a team of 50 year old white males (is trying to save their lives)”
Davey Jones’ knocker?
Hey, I admire the military, even the high ranking ones.
It isn’t looking too good for them. I read the sub had a ballast that was supposed to automatically disconnect and allow the sub to float to the surface after 24 hours. Either the ballast didn’t disconnect, or the hull imploded under the pressure, if the sub didn’t surface. Either way, not good.
The stories keep talking about 96 hours as though this is a NASA-designed machine but in reality, these systems were never tested, those are just paper hours, theoretical safety devices.
I haven’t seen an explanation for why the search area is so big. You’d think it would “right down there”. Was the sub tethered to the surface or free moving? Did it drift for miles on its way crippled way to the abyss?
It’s amazing to me it wasn’t tested at all?
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The current around the titanic is pretty strong. If the sub is hung up on something and swinging into the object it may be just tapping out a noise. These individuals need prayers for their souls and blessings for their families. IMO
I don’t know if it’s true, but I heard it was tapping at half hour intervals.
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