There are several vessels in the area with robots on board which could reach the required depth. In theory, one of them could either untangle the Titan so that it can ascend to the surface, or attach a cable that allows it to be winched up
, almost 4km beneath the surface of the north Atlantic. At around 9amsubmersible, a five-man craft built and operated by OceanGate, an American company, began its latest dive. Since 2021 the firm has run a tour of the wreck ; it has made the descent many times before. This time, one hour and 45 minutes after the sub sank beneath the surface, the support vessel lost contact with it.
The best-case scenario is that the break in the sonar-communications link triggered one of multiple systems to force theback to the surface; releasing sandbags to reduce its weight or inflating airbags. If that has happened, the submersible would already be on the surface of the ocean, waiting to be found. So far, American and Canadian coast guards have found nothing, despite trawling the surface with advanced reconnaissance planes.
That would be a worse fate for the passengers than implosion. The submersible was well on its way to the sea floor when communications were lost, and so was probably at a depth of several thousand metres. Electromagnetic waves do not travel easily through water, meaning no method of communication other than the broken onboard sonar is possible.
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