2023-06-23 08:07:42
A US Navy system detected a signal on Sunday indicating the probable implosion of the submersible, then searched for four days by an armada of rescuers in the North Atlantic, said Thursday evening June 22 the « Wall Street Journal » et « CNN ».
According to an anonymous source within the US Navy, an instrument « top secret » dedicated to detecting and monitoring submarines recorded an acoustic signal suspected to correspond to the implosion of the Titan a few hours after this submersible was reported missing on Sunday near the wreck of the Titanic.
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“The US Navy has analyzed the acoustic data and detected an anomaly that may correspond to an implosion or explosion in the area where the Titan was operating when communications were lost”an official told the Wall Street Journal.
“Catastrophic implosion”
The US Navy immediately relayed this information to officials orchestrating the search, a source told CNN, adding that these elements had made it possible to circumscribe the excavation area.
Many planes, ships and specialized robots from several countries had been mobilized for several days to find the five passengers of the machine, without success.
And “debris field” found near the wreck of the Titanic “is compatible with a catastrophic implosion” of the submersible, the US Coast Guard then announced on Thursday, confirming the death of the passengers and ending the search.
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