The search and rescue operation for the Titan submarine, missing since Sunday, is “extremely complex.” The US Coast Guard said Wednesday in Boston that “hope” is needed and that it is working to respond “as quickly as possible.”
“We will continue to put all the resources we have available into the discovery of Titan and its crew,” said Captain Jamie Frederick, noting that there are currently five surface facilities conducting the searches.
“The location of the searches, 900 miles east of Cape Cod and 400 miles southeast of St. John’s, makes it particularly difficult to mobilize large numbers of teams quickly,” he said.
Also according to Jamie Frederick, the search area is two and a half times the size of the US state of Connecticut.
Regarding the sounds detected in the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard says that the “results are not conclusive” and that their origin is not yet known. Carl Hartsfield, captain of the United States Navy, reveals that new noises were detected by Lockheed P-3 aircraft of the Canadian Air Force.
Asked about the amount of food and water on the Titan, Captain Jamie Frederick says that “rations are limited.” This Wednesday, the US Navy had realized that the passengers of the submersible only have oxygen available until Thursday morning.
The submersible, operated by the OceanGate company, lost contact with the surface last Sunday. The device is used to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in April 1912, killing more than 1,500 people.
Source: TSF
