The " bed noises " listen during the search do not seem to have been from the submersible warship .
Throughout this week, the world has kept its eyes on updates about adeep-sea submersibleoperated byOceanGate Expeditions, which took off on a tour to view the underwater wreckage site of theTitanicwith five people on board.
The vas , nickname theTitan , went missing Sunday , andevery available resourcefulness was deployed by the US Coast Guard in an feat to find it .
This morning, the Coast Guard shared news that debris was found within their search area…
A debris flying field was discovered within the search orbit by an ROV near the Titanic . Experts within the interconnected bidding are evaluating the info . 1/2
…and a press conference was subsequently held this afternoon. Here are all the key takeaways to come from it:
1.First Coast Guard District Cmdr. Rear Adm. John Mauger confirmed that debris found near the bow of theTitanicwreckage was “consistent with catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber” — referring to theTitan.
2.All five members of the crew — British entrepreneur Hamish Harding, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani business chairperson Shahzada Dawood and his19-year-old son, Suleman Dawood, as well asOceanGate CEO Stockton Rush— are presumed dead.
The US Coast Guard confirms the Titan submersible imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic and that all 5 passengers are dead.pic.twitter.com/vGhauZ4lkO
3.Experts were able to find and classify five major pieces of debris from theTitan, including the nose cone, the front end bell of the pressure hull, the tail cone, and other pieces they are continuing to map out.
4.When asked about recovering the bodies of those on board, Mauger said, “This is an incredibly unforgiving environment down there on the sea floor, and the debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel. So we’ll continue to work and continue to search the area down there, but I don’t have an answer for prospects at this time.”
5.The location of theTitanwas about 1,600 feet from theTitanicwreckage site. And according to an expert involved, they do not expect to find out that the submersible collided with theTitanic. “It’s in an area where there is not any degree ofTitanic. It’s a smooth bottom … there’s noTitanicwreckage in that area,” the expert said. “The size of the debris field is consistent with that implosion in the water column.”
6.It is currently unclear whether theTitanimploded when the submersible first lost contact with its mother ship. However, Mauger did say that there has been no sign of an implosion since sonar buoys were placed in the water during search efforts.
functionary say they are still working to develop the detail of the timeline , and they will update the public when they have intercourse more .
7.Regarding the"banging noise"reportedly heard during the last 40 hours of the search, Mauger said, “There doesn’t appear to be any connection between the noises and the location on the sea floor.”
There are no future press conferences planned at this time.
