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Yes on the sea floor but according to BBC: > Debris patch was found by an ROV from the Horizon Arctic, a Canadian commercial vessel which arrived last night ne
by ewoodrich 3y ago
Yes on the sea floor but according to BBC:
> Debris patch was found by an ROV from the Horizon Arctic, a Canadian commercial vessel which arrived last night near the Titanic wreckage site.
> It was loaded with support equipment and was also carrying an Odysseus 6k ROV that can reach depths of 6,000m.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65967464?at_bbc_team=editorial&at_format=link&at_medium=social&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_id=80D57CB4-1122-11EE-BEE3-D26CAD7C7D13&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_origin=BBCBreaking&at_ptr_name=twitter https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65967464?at_bb...
- mikeyouse 3y agoYep, fair point - found not by not the USCG itself but by the Canadian merchant vessel assisting in the search.
- dang 3y agoThanks - maybe we'll switch to that URL since it has more up-to-date information. (Submitted URL was https://twitter.com/USCGNortheast/status/1671907901542211584 https://twitter.com/USCGNortheast/status/1671907901542211584)
- venusenvy47 3y agoFrom the article it seems like this ROV doesn't have sonar, and can only search visually at a short distance. They claim a distance of around 20 feet. I'm surprised they could find a debris field so fast with such a small range of observation.
- mikeyouse 3y agoTurns out that the debris field was only a few hundred meters from the bow of the Titanic which is approximately where they lost contact in the water column, so I suspect their search consisted of diving to the last known location of the Titan and then just going to the sea floor from there.
- runesofdoom 3y agoIt appears to me that for all the rushing about (which was appropriate and neccessary if there were any surviors or surface debris to be found at all) the somewhat grim reality is: 1) hydrophones heard it implode at the same time it lost contact 2) it took until early 6/22 to get a deep-diving ROV on site 3) once the ROV got to the bottom, it swiftly found the debris from the implosion as expected
- lsllc 3y agoWait, do you have a link for "hydrophones heard it implode at the same time it lost contact" part? EDIT: Looks like the US Navy heard it happen, as per the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-days-ago-6844cb12?mod=e2tw https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-imp... EDIT2: HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36439661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36439661
- dragonwriter 3y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/22/titanic-sub-live-updates-search-titan-missing-submarine-submersible-rescue-us-coast-guard-latest-news?page=with:block-6494d15d8f084ea43c43e739#block-6494d15d8f084ea43c43e739 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/22/titanic-s... https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-days-ago-6844cb12 https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-imp... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12224913/Top-secret-Navy-sonar-detected-Titan-sub-implosion-HOURS-submersible-lost-contact.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12224913/Top-secret...
- onesphere 3y agoFor a two mile journey, I'd say they basically made it to the Titanic.
- wiz21c 3y ago"Deepest condolences offered to families - US Coast Guard" kind of funny pun...