The wreckage of the missing submersible "Titan" was found 500 meters from the "Titanic"

The wreckage of the Titanic bathyscaphe was found in the Atlantic Ocean. Five people on board were killed. The U.S. Coast Guard said the Odysseus submersible, launched from the Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic, found the tail cone of a bathyscaphe, as well as other parts of the hull, about 500 meters (1,600 feet) from the Titanic's bow, which is at a depth of 3,800 meters. The condition of the wreckage indicates catastrophic destruction, but its cause is unknown. It is also unclear whether the bodies of the dead will be found. "This is an incredibly harsh environment," U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger told a news conference in Boston. OceanGate, which owns the Titan, previously issued a statement admitting the death of the crew. “These people were true explorers, who were united by a special spirit of adventure and a deep passion for the study and protection of the oceans,” the statement said. The search for the bathyscaphe "Titan" has entered a decisive stage: the device has not yet been found, the supply of oxygen is running out Lost in the Atlantic "Titan": how exactly can you find and save a bathyscaphe at such a depth? The search for the bathyscaphe "Titan": oxygen on the submarine is less than 20 hours The research vessel Polar Prince, which brought the Titan to the dive site, arrived at the site where the Titanic sank 110 years ago on Sunday night. The bathyscaphe began diving in the morning, but lost contact with the surface 1 hour and 45 minutes after the start of the mission. Five people were on board the bathyscaphe: 58-year-old British businessman and explorer Hamish Harding, 48-year-old Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, 61-year-old Stockton Rush, director of OceanGate, and 77-year-old French explorer Paul Henri Narjolet. The crew of the Polar Prince did not immediately inform the US Coast Guard that communications with the Titan had been interrupted: they were notified about this about eight hours later. After that, the command center of the department in Boston began to coordinate the search operation, in which several countries took part. First, the bathyscaphe was searched for by echo sounders, then unmanned descent vehicles capable of operating at great depths were brought into place. The Coast Guard sent two C-130 Hercules to search for the submersible on the surface of the water, joined by a Canadian C-130 and a P8 equipped with underwater sonar. Sonar buoys have also been placed in the area. On Thursday, the search for the bathyscaphe entered a decisive stage, since the supply of oxygen on board was supposed to be running out. The US Coast Guard has expanded the scope of the rescue operation, adding 10 more ships and several submarines to it. Previously, echo sounders detected several points where underwater noises come from, but the bathyscaphe was not found in any of them. Nevertheless, the participants in the operation concentrated their efforts in the immediate vicinity of the place where the noises were detected. The rescue operation began to be partially curtailed after the fragments found at the bottom could be identified as parts of a bathyscaphe.

Source:BBC