Search for Missing Titanic Submarine: US Coastguard Detects Noises in Search Area

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1. There is a 'vanishingly small' chance of finding the missing Titanic submarine, as it has not been done before and there is no back-up plan.

2. The submersible, named Titan, lost communication with tour operators on Sunday while about 435 miles south of St John's, Newfoundland, during a voyage to the shipwreck off the coast of Canada.

3. The US Coast Guard estimated the 6.7 metres (22ft) long OceanGate Expeditions vessel had just 40 hours of oxygen left.

4. The others on board are Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman and OceanGate’s chief executive and founder Stockton Rush, reportedly together with French submersible pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet.

5. In a statement on Twitter , the US Coast Guard said: “Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises. Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue.”

     The search for the missing Titanic submarine has taken an unexpected turn as the US Coastguard has detected noises in the search area. The news has sparked speculation that the lost deep-sea vessel may be located, however a retired navy rear admiral from the UK has said the chances of finding the missing submarine are “vanishingly small”.

     Chris Parry, a retired rear admiral from the UK, said without an “emitting signal” from the missing deep-sea vessel near the wreck site of the Titanic it will be “impossible” to find in the timescale. He also blasted the ‘fundamentally dangerous’ decision to go so far down in the Atlantic Ocean in what he described as a ‘dodgy piece of technology’.

     The submersible, named Titan, lost communication with tour operators on Sunday while about 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland, during a voyage to the shipwreck off the coast of Canada. Titan has five people on board, including British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding, and on Tuesday the US Coast Guard estimated the 6.7 metres (22ft) long OceanGate Expeditions vessel had just 40 hours of oxygen left.

     The US Coast Guard released a statement on Twitter saying: “Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises. Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue. Additionally, the data from the P-3 aircraft has been shared with our U.S. Navy experts for further analysis which will be considered in future search plans.”

     A friend of Hamish Harding has described him as “the quintessential British explorer” as the search-and-rescue mission for the Titan continues. Colonel Terry Virts, a former commander of the International Space Station, spoke to Nick Robinson on the Today programme about Mr Harding’s love of adventure. He said: “Some people watch Netflix and some people play golf, and Hamish goes to the bottom of the ocean or into space or, you know, he sets world records flying around the planet. As I’ve said several times now, Hamish is the quintessential British explorer. He loves adventure. He loves exploring and that’s just the kind of person he is.”

     The search for the missing Titanic submarine is ongoing, but the chances of finding it are slim. The US Coastguard has detected noises in the search area, but without an emitting signal from the vessel, it is unlikely that it will be found. The five people on board, including British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding, have just 40 hours of oxygen left, and the search-and-rescue mission is ongoing.

     Title: Search for Missing Titanic Submarine: US Coastguard Detects Noises in Search Area

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