Underwater noises have been detected in the area where rescuers are searching for a submersible that vanished en route to the wreckage of the Titanic, the Associated Press reported earlier today. This has resulted in adjustments to the search operations in order to further investigate these noises but thus far, the search has not yet been successful in locating the origin of the noise.
The US Coast Guard Northeast division issued a statement on Twitter regarding this development.
Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises. Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue. 1/2
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) June 21, 2023
Efforts have been underway for about a day to find the lost vessel, and the US Coast Guard recently stated that a unified search has been established with the Canadian Coast Guard and OceanGate Expeditions, the company in charge of the submarine.
Time is extremely critical for this search because a limited amount of oxygen remains in the submarine. If the submarine is not found before approximately 6 a.m. Eastern Time on June 22, the submarine will run out of its oxygen supply.
Five people are on board the submarine: Paul-Henri Nargoelet, the director of underwater research at R.M.S. Titanic Incorporated; Hamish Harding, chairman of Action Aviation; Shahzada and Sulaiman Dawood, of the prominent Pakistani Business Family; and Stockton Rush, OceanGate CEO and Founder.
OceanGate and R.M.S. Titanic Inc. are both affiliated with the dive itself–the submarine that has been lost is made and owned by OceanGate and R.M.S. Titanic Inc. holds the rights to the Titanic wreckage.
Several vessels are already at the search area and more will be arriving. Hope has not been lost.
