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US Coast Guard reported finding wreckage near the Titanic today, while later the company responsible for the crew announced that the 5 are dead. 5s81x
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5 friends decided to embark on a trip from a company called Oceangate which promotes trips to the wreck of the Titanic. The company had already made this trip a few times and was successful in the undertaking.
Now, however, the Titan – name of the missing submarine – which embarked that Sunday ended up not returning, giving its last signal already on Sunday night, when the US coast guard warned that a “submarine with a white hull was delayed and giving the last known position”.
From that moment on, the submarine began to be considered lost in an area of about 900 miles east of Cape Cod, at north atlantic ocean, and the big problem is that he had less than 40 hours of breathable air as of Tuesday, according to Coast Guard officials.
“We will do everything in our power to effect a rescue. … There is a press effort across the court to get the equipment in place as quickly as possible”
Jamie Frederick, Coast Guard Captain
In addition to the forces of EUA, forces of Canada e United Kingdom are also involved in the search.
OceanGate announces that the crew are dead 4m5b6w
The company responsible for the crew, Oceangate and the US Coast Guard, announced that all crew had died. In a statement, the company said the following:
“These men were true explorers, with an adventurous spirit and a ion for exploring and protecting the world's oceans. Our sympathies are with the five spirits and all their family at this tragic time. We mourn the loss of life and the joy they brought to everyone they knew.”
Oceangate
A spokesman for the US Coast Guard reported that wreckage of the submersible was found 500 meters from the bow of the Titanic. The Titan's cabin was lost and it is speculated that there was a "catastrophic implosion" culminating in the death of all on board.
Among the victims are:
- Stockton Rush, founder and CEO of OceanGate, and pilot of the vessel;
- Shahzada Dawood, Pakistani businessman;
- Suleman Dawood, son of Shahzada;
- Hamish Harding. British billionaire and explorer;
- Paul-Henry Nargeolet, former commander of the French Navy and renowned expert on the sinking of the Titanic.
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Already on Wednesday morning, three vessels arrived in the area to start searching, using different technologies and probes to try to capture a signal referring to the submarine. At the same time, other militaries and agencies worked closely with the Command.
Within these teams, there were five surface means involved in the search and that in 24 to 48 hours there would be more teams involved, in addition to C-130 aircraft.
It was shortly after midnight on Wednesday that authorities said that the aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area and, as a result, underwater search operations were relocated, although the source of the noises remained unknown.
The sounds were picked up several times Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, according to the Coast Guard. Officials said the underwater search would continue while US Navy experts analyzed data initially collected by the Canadian aircraft.
There was no official confirmation that the wreckage found belonged to the submarine, but considering that since the search began no sign had been detected, the officials began to organize themselves considering this clue.
End of estimated oxygen period today 5n4a
One factor that weighed against the search is that it ended today, the deadline stipulated by the oxygen scientists that the missing submarine would have, which greatly reduced the chances of finding the five crew still alive.
This did not make anything impossible, as the authorities themselves had not pronounced the victims dead.
“When you're in the middle of a search and rescue case, you always have hope. That is why we are doing what we do”
Jamie Frederick, Coast Guard Captain
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That wasn't the case this time, unfortunately.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT, CBS News
