French Research Vessel L’Atalante (ROV)
Commercial Vessel Skandi Vinland (ROV)
Atlantic Merlin
Posted on 06/21/2023 8:09:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
The search for the missing OceanGate Titan submarine, which disappeared Sunday during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean, is now in its fourth day. The Coast Guard estimated Tuesday afternoon that there were about 40 to 41 hours of oxygen remaining on the vessel, which is carrying five people.
BOSTON – Three new vessels arrived "on-scene" in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning to join search and rescue efforts for the missing OceanGate Titan sub as the estimated oxygen supply on board continues to dwindle.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the new vessels bring additional tools to scan the ocean floor as they race against the clock to save the five people onboard: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British businessman Hamish Harding, father-and-son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, who are members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families, and Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a former French navy officer and leading Titanic expert.
"The John Cabot has side-scanning sonar capabilities and is conducting search patterns alongside the Skandi Vinland and the Atlantic Merlin," the Coast Guard said.
The John Cabot is a Canadian coast guard vessel, the Atlantic Merlin is a Canadian remotely operated vehicle (ROV), and the Skandi Vinland is a commercial ROV, authorities said. Several additional assets were still headed toward the search area.
The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday it is holding another press conference at 1 p.m. ET. regarding the search for OceanGate's missing Titan submarine.
In a tweet, it said in the search area for the missing Titan submarine, "winds [are] at 23mph with gusts up to 30mph."
"Sea state is 6-7ft swells with an air temp of 50°f," it added.
The search for the missing Titan submarine is now in its fourth day.
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So they may find it - but my understanding is, even the US Navy doesn’t have any ability to go and get it. At least not in any reasonable time-frame.
True. Even if they were located yesterday, the chance of rescue are remote to impossible...................
They’ve been dead for days - even if they are still temporarily breathing.
The Coast Guard estimated Tuesday afternoon that there were about 40 to 41 hours of oxygen remaining on the vessel
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Was 24 hours at 5 AM, 06/21/23, now down to 19 hours or less.
I haven’t heard whether the ‘banging noises’ have stopped or not...................
Finding a huge hunk of wrecked metal - the Titanic - took years even though they had a position.
This thing is the size of a boulder, sitting on the ocean floor. You could look for a century and not find it.
They aren’t using any oxygen, and haven’t been since contact was lost. That thing imploded, and the people in it were all dead in a fraction of a second back on Sunday.
OK fine, 19 hours and counting.
Is there a device capable of deploying a long enough and strong enough cable to retrieve it, and is the “craft” fitted with a cable attachment point to be rescued, even if found?
That would be my guess, as well. The US and Canadian NAVY and Coast Guard probably already know this............
yep, it’s possible the sub will never be found.
officially, I think it’s considered a rescue mission, meaning that the hope is that people are still alive.
Paging James Cameron…
Prayers up for those people and for their loved ones.
Commercial Vessel Skandi Vinland (ROV)
Atlantic Merlin
"I have 500 days at sea on a submarine, so my heart really goes out to the missing crewmen and their families. The United States Navy needs to step up and do everything possible to help locate that submarine as quickly as possible," Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital Monday evening."
Painfully obvious the Canucks are parlaying whale noise and fault tremors under orders from The White Hospice to avoid the appearance that Biden sat on his thumbs for 72 hours being called out by a GOP Congressman, who happens to be a decorated USN sub officer, unlike Federal Convict #OU812 Hunter Biden. Too much kabuki set in motion simulataneously after fish farts to believe otherwise.
Once an MSM arrives on one of those boats with Starlink, it'll be broadcast 24/7. We're strictly into JFKJr recovery mode now.
Schroedinger’s submarine.
Where is Dirk Pitt when you need him?
Have you read any of the Tech-y stuff?
This vessel and company was a disaster just waiting to happen.........
Where is Brad Pitt when you need him?.....................
yep, we don’t know exactly where it is.
On another thread, someone suggested they run an oxygen line down to the sub. But even that, if technically possible, presupposes that we know exactly where it is, and that the craft is still intact.
I’m not real technical, but yes, I have read a couple of articles indicating that the vessel may not have passed a proper inspection for a two-mile dive like this.
The waiver alone would have been a big “Nope” factor.
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