In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the American authorities confirmed the first important research progress since the alarm was triggered on Sunday evening.
“Canadian P-3 aircraft have detected underwater noise in the search area. As a result, ROV (Remotely Operating Vehicle) (editor’s) missions were relocated to try to research the origin of the noise,” the US Coast Guard in Boston, which is coordinating the search, wrote on Twitter. According to the American press, they could be heard “every 30 minutes”.
“I can’t tell you what that noise is. “What I can tell you, and this is the most important thing, is that we are looking for the place where the sounds were recorded,” said Captain Jamie Frederick.
Two robots and a sonar-equipped vessel were dispatched to the area where the noises were detected “to see if we can pinpoint the source of these noises and locate the people in the submersible,” the chief ranger added. Coasts for the Northeast. In addition, a French Ifremer research vessel must be used, whose robot is able to dive to the wreck of the Titanic, which lies at a depth of almost 4,000 meters. Early Wednesday, the US Coast Guard announced the arrival of three new vessels at the scene.
security complaint
Details have emerged since Sunday and the investigation began, implicating OceanGate as the company has been accused of possible negligence in the safety of its underwater tourism device. A 2018 complaint said a former OceanGate Expeditions chief executive, David Lochridge, was fired after raising serious doubts about the safety of the submersible. According to this former head of naval operations, a porthole at the front of the device was designed to withstand the pressures at 4,000 feet (1,300 m) rather than 13,000 feet (4,000 m). The boss of OceanGate, the American Stockton Rush, is on board his Titan.