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Sounds guide Find the lost submarine near the Titanic

ONLY ONE DAY OF OXYGEN LEFT: The race against time to find the five alive occupants of the submarine who left to explore the wreck of the Titanic is gathering pace Wednesday in the North Atlantic, as picked up noises raise hope for a fleet of submarine rescue workers dispatched to the scene. Stocks of breathable air are supposed to run out Thursday on the Titan, a small deep-sea explorer from the private company OceanGate. And on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, US authorities confirmed the first significant progress in the search since the alert was sounded Sunday night. “A Canadian P-3 detected an underwater noise in the search area. As a result, ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle, Editor’s Note) operations have been moved to try to investigate the source of the noise,” the US Coast Guard in Boston, which coordinates the search, wrote on Twitter. . According to the American press, they were heard “every 30 minutes.” Mauger from the US Coast Guard on CBS Wednesday morning. – ‘Extremely complex’ – Two robots and a ship with sonar instruments were deployed in the area where this noise was detected “to see if we can identify the source of this noise. And identify the people on the submarine,” added the Coast Guard chief for the Northeast. The French research unit should also be deployed in Ifremer with a robot capable of diving to the wreck of the Titanic, which is about 4,000 meters deep. On Wednesday, the US Coast Guard announced the arrival of three new ships at the site. “We’re in a very complicated situation” with the wreck of the Titanic, Admiral Mauger recalled. “There are a lot of different minerals and bodies in the water out there,” he asserts, so Navy experts were called in to “understand the science behind that noise. It’s a target.” He added, “As long as there is a possibility of survival, we will continue to work.” Safety complaint. An American, a Frenchman, a Briton, two Pakistanis and two Britons head towards an abyss aboard the Titan, a submarine designed for five people. A person, about 6.5 meters tall, lost contact with the vehicle less than two hours after it left. At noon Tuesday, the US Coast Guard warned that there had been “about 40 hours of breathable air” on board. Since Sunday and the search began, details are emerging that OceanGate, the company has been singled out for possible negligence in the safety of the underwater tourism device. A 2018 complaint seen by AFP indicates that former OceanGate Expeditions CEO David Lochridge was fired after he expressed serious doubts about the submarine’s safety. According to this former director of marine operations, a porthole at the front of the device is designed to withstand the pressure it is subjected to at a depth of 1,300 metres, not at an altitude of 4,000 metres. OceanGate’s president, American Stockton Rush, aboard his Titan. He dived alongside wealthy British businessman Hamish Harding (58), French Titanic specialist Paul-Henri Nargolet (77) and Pakistani business tycoon Shahzada Daoud (48) and his son Suleiman (19), both of whom have British citizenship. For $250,000 they set out to excavate the remains from one of the biggest marine disasters of the 20th century. The Titanic wrecked on its maiden voyage in 1912, after hitting an iceberg, killing nearly 1,500 passengers and crew. It is visited by researchers and tourists, thus preserving the legend. burs-ube / nr / rle