US Navy detected Titanic sub’s implosion days ago.
U.S. Navy Detects Possible Implosion of Missing Titan Submarine
Reports have emerged that U.S. Navy microphones, used to detect enemy submarines, picked up what is believed to be the implosion of the missing Titan submarine. Defense officials involved in the search operations have revealed that an acoustic detection system detected the sound hours after the submarine disappeared. The detection came from the same area in the Atlantic Ocean where debris from the submersible was found.
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A senior Navy official stated, “The U.S. Navy conducted an analysis of acoustic data and detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion in the general vicinity of where the Titan submersible was operating when communications were lost.” Although not definitive, this information was immediately shared with the Incident Commander to aid in the ongoing search and rescue mission.
Due to national security concerns, the actual name of the detection system has not been disclosed.
The Titan tourist submarine went missing while on a trip to explore the remains of the historic RMS Titanic, located approximately 370 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. At the time of its disappearance, officials estimated that the crew had around four days’ worth of oxygen on board, which would have run out on Thursday.
On Thursday afternoon, debris consistent with the “catastrophic loss” of the submarine’s pressure chamber was discovered by a remote-operated vehicle on the ocean floor. The family members of the five-person crew were immediately notified.
The Coast Guard has stated that it believes all five members are deceased, but the search for their remains will continue.
Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger expressed his condolences to the families, saying, “I can only imagine what this has been like for them, and I hope that this discovery provides some solace during this difficult time.”
The missing submersible, Titan, was a Cyclops-class manned submersible designed and built by OceanGate. It was primarily used for site survey and inspection, research and data collection, film and media production, and deep-sea testing of hardware and software.
Experts and observers have raised concerns about certain technical features of the submersible, including the decision to forgo DNV-GL class rules, as expressed in a letter from the Marine Technology Society.
The five individuals on board the vessel were Hamish Harding, chairman of Action Aviation; Shahzada Dawood, vice chairman of Engro Corporation Limited; Dawood’s son Suleman; Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a diver and Titanic researcher, and director of underwater research at RMS Titanic; and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
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