The U.S. Coast Guard pronounced all crew members aboard the missing submarine dead on Thursday.
Washington:
The U.S. Navy discovered the likely implosion of the Titan submarine on underwater noise monitoring devices shortly after it disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean during a voyage to the Titanic’s wreckage, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Citing an unnamed senior US Navy official, the Journal said the implosion was recorded shortly after the Titan went missing on Sunday by a secret acoustic monitoring system designed to detect submarines.
“The US Navy conducted an analysis of acoustic data and found an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion near where the Titan submarine was operating when communications went down,” the official told the Journal.
On Thursday, the US Coast Guard said it had found the wreckage of the submarine near the remains of the Titanic, which lies 3,800 meters (12,400 feet) below the sea.
The announcement ended a four-day multi-national search and rescue operation, with officials telling reporters that analysis showed debris found on the sea floor consistent with the implosion of the submarine’s pressure chamber.
The vessel’s five passengers are presumed dead, according to OceanGate Expeditions, which operated the submarine.
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