The US Northeast Coast Guard announced this afternoon that a “debris field” was found near the Titanic, in the area where the Titan submersible is being searched for.
“A debris field was discovered in the search area, by an ROV, near the Titanic. Specialists from the unified command post are evaluating the information,” read a tweet from that authority.
The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that detected the wreckage is controlled by the Canadian ship Horizon Arctic, read in a statement in which the Coast Guard announces a press conference to be held, at 8:00 p.m. this Thursday, about the discovery.
This Thursday, the leader of Horizon Maritime Services, the company that owns the ship, explained to CNN International that the ROV on board was made available by the US Armed Forces. The vehicle reached the ocean floor shortly before 12:00.
Another French-operated ROV from L’Atalante, the Victor 6000, which has video and audio capabilities and robotic arms, was launched approximately half an hour later, at 12:30 p.m. There is no information that it ever reached the Ocean bottom.
Source: TSF
