What is Glace Bay? Navy ship brought in to speed up missing Titan submersible rescue and search operation
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: As the clock continues to tick, desperation for finding the missing Titan submersible intensifies. Another effort to push the rescue operation is made by bringing in the Canadian ship Glace Bay from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The ship is equipped with live weather radar, satelling imagery, port weather and hurricane tracker and is owned by Canadian Royal Navy. The latest ship added to the mission trying to save five people who are reportedly missing from Titan submersible is a military ops and has an overall length of 55 meters and a width of 11 meters.
It is said the onboard passengers include British businessman Hamish Harding, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, and Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate, the company that carries the underwater excursion.
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David Concannon, an Oceangate advisor, who also initially was set to be part of the expedition shared that officials are planning to send a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that could go deep to a depth of 20,000ft to the search zone. Further, Canadian P-three Aurora aircraft are conducting sonar searches while sonar buoys, which can hear at depths of up to 13,000ft, are being deployed in the region. It is estimated that the Titan vessel has approximately 40-41 hours of oxygen left for five people onboard the missing submersible, which has further narrowed with time ticking away, as per US Coast Guard officials.
Richard Garriott, the president of The Explorers Club, earlier in his statement expressed ‘hope,’ over Titan submersible search and rescue mission. “When I saw Hamish last week … his excitement about this expedition was palpable. I know he was looking forward to conducting research at the site,” he emphasized.
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The club has five times carried out memorable rescue operations, including a ‘famous first’ feat, including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's 1969 moon landing. "There is cause for hope, based on data from the field – we understand that likely signs of life have been detected at the site," reports MEAWW.
The group had requested the US government to provide Meglan 6000 ROV for search and rescue operations. "We continue to work on approval for the Magellan ROVs to be allowed to deploy to the site as we believe they can provide invaluable assistance. Our hearts are with the family and friends of fellow The Explorers Club members Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and the rest of the submersible crew as we await hopefully good news," as per their statement.