Posted on 06/22/2023 12:40:10 PM PDT by Red Badger
The debris found at the seafloor was “consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” the Coast Guard said.
All five people aboard the Titan submersible are believed to be dead, and debris discovered in the search area for the missing vessel was consistent with a "catastrophic implosion," the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The debris was found off the bow of the sunken Titanic, officials said.
The search for the Titan, which went missing Sunday after embarking on a mission to survey the wreckage of the Titanic, had been focused on an area where Canadian aircraft detected "underwater noises" Tuesday and again yesterday.
U.S. Coast Guard officials had estimated the five passengers could run out of air just before 7:10 a.m. ET today, and the location of the missing vessel had remained a mystery even as the search intensified.
Sonar buoys in search did not detect any implosion sounds Marlene Lenthang
It's not clear exactly when the Titan imploded, but Coast Guard officials said that sonar buoys dispatched "did not hear any signs of catastrophic failure."
"This was a catastrophic implosion of the vessel which would have generated a significant broadband sound down there that the sonar buoys would have picked up," First Coast Guard District commander Rear Adm. John Mauger said at a news conference today.
Sonar buoys had detected noises in the water Tuesday and Wednesday that were being assessed for patterns, but Mauger said Thursday "there doesn't appear to be any connection between the noises and the location [of the debris] on the sea floor."
Debris is consistent with a 'catastrophic implosion' of sub Marlene Lenthang
The debris found at the sea floor was "consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel," Rear Adm. John Mauger of the Coast Guard said.
When asked if it's possible the vessel collided with the Titanic, he said it was found off the bow of the Titanic.
Carl Hartsfield with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution said the debris data is consistent with an implosion in the water column.
"It's in an area where there's not any debris of the Titanic, it is a smooth bottom. To my knowledge ... there's no Titanic wreckage in that area and again 200 plus meters from the bow, and consistent with the location of last communication for an implosion in the water column," he said.
Dawood's older sister feels like she's been 'caught in a really bad film'
Daniel Arkin
The older sister of Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood feels "absolutely heartbroken" that her brother and her 19-year-old nephew were aboard the Titan vessel.
"I feel very bad that the whole world has had to go through so much trauma, so much suspense," Azmeh Dawood said in a phone interview this afternoon, speaking from the home in Amsterdam she shares with her husband.
"I feel like I’ve been caught in a really bad film, with a countdown, but you didn’t know what you’re counting down to," she said, fighting back tears. "I personally have found it kind of difficult to breathe thinking of them."
Azmeh claimed that her nephew did not want to go on the submarine but agreed to take part in the expedition because it was important to his father, a lifelong Titanic obsessive. Suleman "wasn't very up for it" and "terrified," she claimed, explaining that the 19-year-old expressed his concerns to another family member.
"If you gave me a million dollars, I would not have gotten into the Titan," she said.
Tail cone of Titan found 1,600 feet from bow of the Titanic floor, Coast Guard says Marlene Lenthang
“This morning, an ROV from the vessel Horizon Arctic discovered the tailbone of the Titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on the sea floor," Rear Adm. John Mauger, said this afternoon.
Afterward, the ROV found additional debris and it was found to be consistent with the "the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," he said.
The families of the five crew members on board were notified afterward.
From another post: The bad news is that all passengers have perished. The good news is that they died instantly.
They all died in a homemade submarine, a homemade submarine, a homemade submarine....
More good news...there were no “50 year old white men” amongst the dead....
The US Coast Guard need to ask if the US Navy’s extensive underwater hydrophone network in the North Atlantic heard the implosion of the submersible. That way, they can determine when the submersible imploded during its fatal dive.
Without question, this is the most implosive news story of the year.
👍🤦♂️............................
“More good news...there were no “50 year old white men” amongst the dead....“
Nor to be held responsible either!
Too Soon!
(Snicker)
The Navy would not tell, nor would the Coast Guard ask............But, I can tell you they, the Navy, knew from the beginning it was gone. That’s why they dragged their feet to not send any ships of search equipment.................
“Without question, this is the most implosive news story of the year.”
That wins some kind of award just not sure what.
From descriptions of it, it seems this private submarine craft had one very small, obviously very thick, window - and viewing of the Titanic basically could only be done on monitors using video cameras.
In that sense, what’s the point of going down there, anyway? the same “experience” could be had sitting on a ship, viewing the video feed of a submersible drone.
I asked the same question. $250k and ten hours in a cigar tube for this?.....................
I knew it imploded. It was a suicide mission.
the gallows humor punny award.
Most of us did as well.
The clues were all over...............
They all died in a homemade submarine, a homemade submarine, a homemade submarine....
LOL
Can we stop spending government money on these decadent idiots now?
The SOSUS network was declassified in 1992, and has been (most likely) partially decommissioned in recent years. But much of the hardware still remains operational, hence my suggestion that the US Navy may have detected the sound of the submersible’s demise, especially only several hundred miles off the Canadian coast.
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