2023-06-22 08:39:39
The rescue operation continues while the last hours of oxygen remaining in the submersible are consumed.
While the few hours that remain are consumed until the estimated oxygen of the submarine that disappeared last Sunday while heading towards the remains of the Titanicthe last hopes of the families of the submersible passengers fade more and more and the worst prognoses take on greater force.
When they were detected at dawn on Tuesday “knocking” sounds In the depths of the search area, in the Atlantic Ocean, many clung to the fact that it was an indication that the crew of the Titan ship were still alive and expectations of a rescue grew.
However, attempts to explore these noises gave negative results and the operation returned to the starting point, with no clues as to where the submersible can be found, despite the fact that work to find it intensified.
In this context, the most pessimistic hypotheses begin to strengthen. He excomandante Andy Coles suggested that the crew of the submersible possibly have already died from hypothermia or carbon dioxide poisoning.
“I don’t think the sub has any means of cleaning up the CO2 and recirculating the air. So they’ll probably go to sleep long before they completely suffocate. The other thing to consider as well is 12,000 feet deep, a year ago. amazing cold“, he considered in dialogue with The Mirror.
He continued: “They probably don’t have power or light. Because if they had power, they would have tried to drive to the surface.”
In addition, he stressed that even if the submersible reaches the surface, the passengers would not be able to open the hatch, which is bolted from the outside. “I would say there is less than a 50 percent chance of getting them out alive, even if they are found.”
Meanwhile, he pointed out that it is possible that the submarine could be found in the future: “In two months there could be a lifting kit and everything that is needed to return it to the surface.”
“There is a possibility that you can lower a cable with a remote-controlled vehicle and hold it like a claw. But then they have to raise it again. It’s the weight and it all takes time,” he added.
Despite the gravity of the situation, search and rescue teams have refused to give up the search, while the fleet of rescue boats continues to grow.
“We have to stay optimistic and hopeful when we’re on a search and rescue case,” said US Coast Guard Capt. Jamie Frederick.
Meanwhile, according to the same British media, the families of the tourists maintained some hope that “a ‘last resort’ robot” would arrive in the search area with the necessary characteristics to dive to a depth in which some result could be obtained. positive.
Who travels in the submarine
The British Billionaire Hamish Harding58, and Pakistani-British businessman Shahzada Dawood48, and her son Suleman, 19, were on the Titan submarine when it went missing Sunday morning. Also on board were the French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet77, and the founder and CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush61 years old.
The Dawoods are from one of the richest families in Pakistan. Shahzada Dawood, a member of the global advisory board of the Prince’s Trust, lives in the UK with his wife Christine, a German business executive.
In addition to Suleman, they have a daughter, Alina. Neighbors at the family’s home in Long Ditton, Surrey, said the couple had traveled to Canada in recent weeks with Suleman, a university student.
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