Usually such information is not released to the public until the search for survivors is over.
The US Navy’s top-secret acoustic detection system detected a possible explosion of the Titan submersible in the Atlantic Ocean hours after it sank. The Washington Post reported it as being related to the military.
It is noted that US Navy forces began listening in on an attempt to locate the bathyscaphe almost immediately after the device stopped communicating.
According to the interlocutor of the publication, experts conducted an analysis of acoustic data, as a result of which they found an anomaly corresponding to an explosion or explosion in the immediate vicinity of the area where Titan was operating when the connection was lost.
“Although this information was not final, it was immediately passed on to the Emergency Commander to assist in the search and rescue operation. This information was analyzed along with a compilation of additional acoustic data provided by other partners and the decision was done to extend our mission. as a search and rescue mission and make every effort to save the lives on board,” said a senior US military official.
Another US Navy spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said the service typically does not release such information to the public until the search for survivors is over.
It will be recalled that on June 19, it was learned that the bathyscaphe of the company OceanGate Expeditions with five tourists on board disappeared during an expedition to the sunken liner Titanic. The Titan apparatus stopped talking.
On June 22, the remains of the bathyscaphe were found about 500 meters from the bow of the sunken Titanic. Their nature indicates that there was an explosion on the ship. The crew of the submarine was declared dead.
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