Lack of communications, poor search conditions fuel pessimism over fate of missing Titan submersible: Experts

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The operation to find the Titan submersible is like “trying to find a needle in a haystack”, said one expert, after it went missing off the coast of southeastern Canada.

could be still found with all on board safe, experts were pessimistic about its fate as of Wednesday .the coast of southeastern Canada on Sunday while taking tourists to explore the wreckage of the Titanic. Rescue efforts are underway for the pilot and four passengers on board.

“You only rely on acoustic sensors. And in terms of being able to see something, you need some spotlights, and you can only see something like maybe within 10m or 20m at best.” Equipment that was flown in by US Air Force transport planes is loaded onto the offshore vessel Horizon Arctic, before its deployment to the search area.

“And then they may be starting to deploy remotely operated vehicles, which will be able to descend down to the wreck site to help assist with the search.” Another possibility is that there had been a failure of some of the systems onboard, sending the craft descending down to the sea floor.

 

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