The Wall Street Journal, citing defense officials familiar with the search, reported that top-secret U.S. Navy systems picked up the implosion sound shortly after the missing Titan submarine lost communications.
The Navy began listening for the presence of submarines using covert acoustic detection systems originally intended to detect signs of approaching enemy submarines. lost contact ostensibly a defense official Said WSJ. Shortly after the Titan disappeared with five passengers on board, systems detected an implosion near where the Coast Guard announced Thursday that the wreckage of the underwater vessel had been found.
According to the WSJ, the system operator reported the signal to the commander on the ground, although it was inconclusive.
“The U.S. Navy conducted an analysis of the acoustic data and detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion near where the lost Titan submarine was sailing,” a senior U.S. Navy official told the WSJ. “Although not conclusive, this information was immediately shared with incident commanders to support ongoing search and rescue efforts.” (Related: Wife of Missing Submarine Pilot Is Great-Granddaughter of Titanic Passenger)
The Journal did not name the system because the Navy requested it be kept private, citing security risks.
A mothership tracking the submarine lost contact Sunday, about two hours after leaving St. Johns, Newfoundland, en route to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, some 13,000 feet below. Experts said the ship had about 96 hours of oxygen, raising hopes that Titan and her passengers might be found, but by Thursday morning it had run out. was thought to be
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Searchers found wreckage near the Titanic that resembled the fore and aft of a submarine, the result of a “catastrophic implosion,” according to the Coast Guard.
Coast Guard Maj. Gen. John Mauger said the debris found was “consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.” according to To CBS News.
In a statement, the submarine operator Oceangate Expeditions said it believed all five passengers on board were missing. according to to Forbes.
The U.S. Navy had dispatched personnel and rescue equipment to St. John’s by Tuesday night, but as of Thursday had yet to secure a ship to deliver equipment to the supposed wreck. according to Citing a naval spokesperson, I told Messenger.
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