Time is running out for passengers as the search continues for the submarine, which was lost while on a touristic expedition to the wreck of the Titanic, which sank in 1912 in the Atlantic Ocean. Two planes and a commercial ship accompany the work led by Boston Coast Guard teams to find the submarine that disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean on June 18.
OXYGEN IS REDUCING
The US Coast Guard shared the latest developments with the public. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that 40 hours of oxygen remained on the submarine. In the statement, it was stated that the search and rescue works continue day and night without interruption, and it was stated that the USA and Canada carry out search and rescue activities together.
SCANNING A LARGER AREA THAN THE STATE
Reminding that the communication with the submarine was cut off 1 hour and 45 minutes after the dive started, it was stated that the search was carried out in an area of 7 thousand 600 square miles, which is larger than the US state of Connecticut.
It was stated in the statement that there was approximately 40 hours of oxygen left in the submarine, and that the coast guard started the dive with a remote-controlled vehicle to the last known location of the submarine.
In the statement, it was stated that if the submarine is found, rescue plans will be worked on, “If the location of the submarine is determined, the experts will search for the best method to save the submarine.”
US WILL SEND RESCUE TEAM
In the statement made by the US Navy, it was stated that the ship rescue system called “FADOSS”, which is designed for the removal of aircraft or small-sized ships, heavy and large objects from under the sea, will be allocated for the search. In the statement, it was stated that equipment and experts will arrive in St John’s, Newfoundland Island in Canada tonight to support the Coast Guard.
FRANCE SENT A SEARCH ROBOT
France sent a ship and an underwater search robot to support the search for the submarine lost while on a touristic voyage to the wreck of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean, which crashed into an iceberg in 1912 and caused the death of 1514 people.
According to the news in the French press, Herve Berville, Minister of Seas, sent the underwater search robot to the Atlantic Ocean with the ship “Atalante” of the French Institute of Marine Research Ifremer.
The robot, which can dive to a depth of 4,000 meters in the ocean, is expected to arrive at the region on Wednesday at 21.00.
PAKISTAN BUSINESSMAN IS ALSO IN SUBMARINE
It is known that the owner of Action Aviation, which provides services in the aviation industry in the lost submarine, is British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Davud and his son Süleyman Davud, Stockton Rush, the founder and CEO of OceanGate, which is the owner of the submarine, and French submarine pilot Paul Henry Nargeolet. It is stated that the 8-day tour ticket, which includes diving into the wreckage of the Titanic with a submarine, is 250 thousand dollars.
SUNK BY CREATING THE ICE MOUNTAIN
The luxury cruise liner Titanic, which was claimed to “never sink”, sailed from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, with 2,224 passengers and crew, for New York. The ship sank into the waters of the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912.
More than 1,500 people died in the accident, some of whom froze to death in the ice-cold waters. There were only enough lifeboats for 1178 people on board. Arriving at the crash site a few hours later, the ship Carpathia had rescued 710 people.
The wreckage of the Titanic, the subject of numerous novels and movies, was discovered in 1985 by oceanographer Robert Ballard, 645 kilometers off Newfoundland. During the dives made in 1987-2004, many items were unearthed from the wreck. (AA-UAV)