WITH WHAT WE KNOW. SARA. JESSICA, THE COAST GUARD HERE IN BOSTON TWEETING OUT THIS NEW INFORMATION THAT A DEBRIS FIELD WAS DISCOVERED NEAR THE SEARCH AREA NEAR THE TITANIC WRECKAGE BY AN ROV, ONE OF SEVERAL ROVS DEPLOYED TODAY. AND CURRENTLY THE EXPERTS AT THE COAST GUARD IS USING NOW EVALUATING EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. THERE WERE NO MORE SPECIFICS GIVEN ABOUT THAT DEBRIS FIELD, WHAT IT MAY BE MADE OF, OTHER THAN IT WAS FOUND NEAR THE WRECKAGE OF THE TITANIC. NOW, THAT ROV THAT SPOTTED IT DEPLOYED BY THE HORIZON ARCTIC, WHICH IS A CANADIAN VESSEL, BUT AGAIN, MULTIPLE ROVS DEPLOYED THERE TODAY, ACCORDING TO THE COAST GUARD, BY SEVERAL VESSELS. THE 96 HOUR SUPPLY OF OXYGEN ON BOARD THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE IS LIMITED TO A RUNOUT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 A.M. THIS MORNING. AND AS WE’VE REPORTED, THERE WERE SOME BANGING NOISES THAT THE COAST GUARD AND OTHER EXPERTS WERE TRYING TO ZERO IN ON EXACTLY WHERE THAT WAS COMING FROM. AND THE REMOTE LOCATION REMAINING. A CHALLENGE. IT’S TOUGH BECAUSE THE OCEANS ARE PITCH BLACK. YOU CAN ONLY USE SOUND TO IMAGE EFFECTIVELY AND YOU’VE GOT TO BE PRETTY MUCH ON TOP OF THE OBJECT TO ACTUALLY ACTUALLY SEE IT. NOW, AGAIN, THE COAST GUARD HERE IN BOSTON, WHICH HAS BEEN LEADING THE SEARCH OPERATION, TWEETING THAT A DEBRIS FIELD DISCOVERED WITHIN THE SEARCH AREA NEAR THE TITANIC WRECKAGE. AND CURRENTLY EXPERTS ARE EVALUATING THAT DEBRIS FIELD, EVALUATING EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS. WE HOPE TO LEARN MORE SPECIFICS WHEN THE COAST GUARD HOLDS A MEDIA BRIEFING TODAY AT 3 P.
This company's ROV discovered debris from sub lost on Titanic expedition
Updated: 11:10 PM EDT Jun 22, 2023
A remote-controlled deep-sea vehicle provided by a Massachusetts company discovered debris from the loss of a submersible that went missing Sunday morning on a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic.The missing submersible, Titan, embarked on the dive Sunday morning with five people aboard. The Coast Guard said that contact with the Titan was lost about 1 hour and 45 minutes into its dive.Pelagic Research Services, which is based in South Wellfleet, said they were contacted by OceanGate Expeditions, the company which operates the missing sub, on Monday. Within the subsequent 23 hours, the company said it assembled a team of nine people and their Odysseus 6K remotely operated vehicle.The PRS team and equipment were flown on Tuesday to St. John's, Newfoundland, by the U.S. Air Force aboard three C-17 aircraft, the company said. There, the equipment was loaded onto the Horizon Arctic to sail to the search area. U.S. Coast Guard officials announced on Thursday that an ROV launched from the Horizon Arctic had discovered a debris field near the Titanic wreckage. After the 3 p.m. announcement in which officials confirmed the debris indicated a catastrophic implosion of the Titan, PRS confirmed that the discovery was made by the Odysseus 6K. Teams from the United States, Canada, France and Great Britain searched in an area that is about twice the size of Connecticut and reaches depths of up to 2.5 miles. It is located about 900 miles east of Cape Cod.
A remote-controlled deep-sea vehicle provided by a Massachusetts company discovered debris from the loss of a submersible that went missing Sunday morning on a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic.
The missing submersible, Titan, embarked on the dive Sunday morning with five people aboard. The Coast Guard said that contact with the Titan was lost about 1 hour and 45 minutes into its dive.
Pelagic Research Services, which is based in South Wellfleet, said they were contacted by OceanGate Expeditions, the company which operates the missing sub, on Monday. Within the subsequent 23 hours, the company said it assembled a team of nine people and their Odysseus 6K remotely operated vehicle.
The PRS team and equipment were flown on Tuesday to St. John's, Newfoundland, by the U.S. Air Force aboard three C-17 aircraft, the company said. There, the equipment was loaded onto the Horizon Arctic to sail to the search area.
U.S. Coast Guard officials announced on Thursday that an ROV launched from the Horizon Arctic had discovered a debris field near the Titanic wreckage. After the 3 p.m. announcement in which officials confirmed the debris indicated a catastrophic implosion of the Titan, PRS confirmed that the discovery was made by the Odysseus 6K.
Teams from the United States, Canada, France and Great Britain searched in an area that is about twice the size of Connecticut and reaches depths of up to 2.5 miles. It is located about 900 miles east of Cape Cod.
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