Banging Sounds Heard During The Search For The Missing Titanic Sub

Banging Sounds Were Heard During The Search For The Missing Titanic Sub Indicating Hope For Survivors

Canadian aircraft detected underwater noises in the North Atlantic in the search for a tourist submersible that vanished while on a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic , the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The discovery on Tuesday led search teams to relocate their underwater robotic search operations “in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises,” the Coast Guard said in a series of tweets early on Wednesday.

The newly relocated searches by ROV (remotely operated vehicles) came up empty handed but will continue, the Coast Guard said.

 

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The Titan, operated by U.S.-based Ocean Gate Expeditions, was built to stay underwater for 96 hours, according to its specifications – giving the five people aboard until Thursday morning before air runs out.

As we previously reported, Coast Guard Capt. Jamie Frederick told reporters during a news conference that the “about 40 hours of breathable air left” was an estimate based off of the 96 hours of available oxygen.

Chief Petty Officer Robert Simpson, a Coast Guard spokesman, said there wouldn’t be a “hard-and-fast” transition from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery operation when those hours are up, saying there were several factors that could extend the search.

Frederick said authorities were working around the clock on the search in the Atlantic for the missing sub, calling the effort “an incredibly complex operation.”