No confirmation wreckage associated with missing sub
Search teams found a debris field near the Titanic’s wreckage as authorities race to find the missing submersible and its five-man crew in the North Atlantic waters.
The U.S. Coast Guard said that a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) discovered the underwater debris shortly before noon Thursday. Experts involved with the search are analyzing the information to see if it correlates with the missing Titan vessel.
ROVs have been deployed since Thursday morning as the Titan’s 96-hour oxygen supply was believed to have run out around 7 a.m. The vessel first made its descent Sunday morning, but lost contact with the surface less than two hours after it embarked for the Titanic.
Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic has sent its remote-operated vehicle (ROV) to the deep-sea bed, and French ship L’Atalante, which has the Victor 6000 ROV that can reach the 2.5-mile ocean depth of the Titanic, has also been sent below.
Deep-sea salvage equipment from the U.S. Navy has also arrived at St. John’s, Newfoundland, and is on standby to be sent to the search area. The salvage equipment was used to recover an F-18 fighter jet from the Mediterranean Sea last summer.
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