US Coast Guard officials are expressing continued hope that the five people on board the missing submersible the Titan, will be found.
Spokesperson Captain Jamie Frederick provided an update to media yesterday after noises, described as “banging,” were picked up by a series of Canadian P-3 aircraft flying over the search area.
Efforts are now concentrated in that area to determine what it might be.
He admits they don’t know what the noises are. US Navy officials are analyzing the sounds to determine what they might be.
(Photo via US Coast Guard Northeast Twitter.)
Captain Frederick says the search effort is now concentrated in the area from where the sounds may be coming. He could not confirm reports that the noises are coming at 30 minute intervals.
Carl Hartsfield of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution says sounds in the ocean are complex and it’s difficult to determine what exactly they might be.
Meanwhile, the time is ticking down on the amount of oxygen still available to anyone trapped in the Titan. Frederick would not offer speculation on that, only to say that hope remains.
“This is a search and rescue, 100 per cent,” Frederick told reporters yesterday.
US Coast Guard officials have determined that a rectangular object located in the ocean during search efforts for the missing Titan submersible was determined not to be relevant to the search.
Captain Jamie Frederick told reporters in Boston yesterday that an object was spotted by search aircraft on Tuesday.
“There is stuff out in the ocean that is floating,” says Frederick. He says it’s not uncommon to see objects floating in the ocean when a search is being conducted. “We went back and looked at it,” says Frederick, “but it did not appear to be debris and didn’t correlate with the case.”
Shawn Leet, co-founder of Horizon Maritime Services, and Chief Misel Joe address media regarding the search for the missing Titan. Both are somber in their remarks, but stress that the best machinery and knowledgable teams are assisting in the search @VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/juavz3ryJR
— Richard Duggan (@RDugganVOCM) June 21, 2023
Meanwhile, the co-founder of the company that partnered with OceanGate Expeditions says he will hold out hope until the end that the passengers of the sub will be found safely.
Horizon Maritimes’ ship, the Polar Prince, was on-site and aiding the crew of the Titan the day it went missing.
Sean Leet met with reporters on the St. John’s harbourfront yesterday.
Leet says the equipment mobilized for the search effort is the finest and most capable in the world. He has never seen resources move so quickly, noting that the effort has been done “flawlessly.”
Two more U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft landed at YYT last night. @VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/YyKAUPo22w
— Sara Strickland (@_SaraStrickland) June 22, 2023
