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- Time is running out for the five adventurers inside the missing Titanic tourism sub - as it emerged there may only be two deep
sea vessels on the planet with a fighting chance of rescuing them before their oxygen runs
out on Thursday.
US and Canadian ships and planes have swarmed the area about 900 miles east of Cape Cheap Ambien Online Cod but are yet
to find them as the search enters a third day today.
Officials are racing to get a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to
search for Titan - the name of the Titanic submersible.
These can reach a depth of 20,000ft and are connected to a
ship via an 'umbilical cord', allowing the pilot to control it from above using thrusters and relay images from sonar
and camera systems. Some can lift objects from the sea
bed.
The only likely rescue would come from an un-crewed vehicle
- essentially an underwater drone.
The US Navy have one they used to salvage a crashed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in about 12,400 feet
in the South China Sea in early 2022. The US Navy also has a Flyaway
Deep Ocean Salvage System (FADOSS), which can recover items using a winch from 21,000ft depths.
There is also a privately owned two-man sub called Limiting Factor.
In 2019 the explorer Victor Vescovo used it to become the first person to reach the deepest point in all five oceans.
Stephen McGinty, author Buy
Ambien Legally of The Dive: The Untold Story of the World's Deepest Submarine Rescue,
told Sky News there is 'no reason' why crews could not use
'a remote controlled vehicle' to attach a rescue line to
Titan.
He said: 'It would take a long time, hours to get down to the bottom -
and then attach, if they find it, a rescue line'.
Mr McGinty says it will come down to whether they find the sub in time and what depth it is at.
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Limiting Factor, a two man sub that is able to go to the depths
where the Titan (pictured off South Georgia) could
be.
It has the record for going to the bottom of the world's five deepest ocean basins
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A U.S.
Navy-owned research vessel, deploys the cable-controlled Undersea Recovery Vehicle (CURV-21) off the coast of
Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. The CURV is designed to meet the U.S.
Navy's deep ocean recovery requirements down to a maximum depth of 20,000
feet and helped recover a jet last year
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Sonar buoys have been dropped into the Atlantic to listen for the Titan. Planes
and ships with similar technology are also scanning the sea for any sign on the surface and
down below, including any noise from the missing men banging on the hull or
screaming for help - a key instruction given in the case of a
deep sea emergency.
And nuclear submarines from Britain and the US could be
sent.
Today a new specialist ship is scanning the water.
Deep Energy is searching the seafloor using cameras usually
employed when laying pipes deep underwater.
But experts have said that even if the missing
Titan is found on the sea bed - they are unlikely to be able to
rescue the five people on board.
Commander Ryan Ramsey, who served
in the British Royal Navy's submarine service for 23 years
is less hopeful, and believes there is no chance of rescue.
And with no sign of the craft yet, the five Titanic tourists and Zolpidem Cheap
Overnight adventurers inside face the double threat of dwindling oxygen and extreme cold at two miles below the surface.
Experts believe the vessel has a maximum of 96 hours of life
support, meaning that air in the sealed sub
will run out at around lunchtime on Thursday.
Sonar buoys have been dropped into the Atlantic to listen for the Titan. Planes and ships with similar technology are also scanning the sea for any sign on the surface and down below, including any noise from the missing men banging on the hull or
screaming for help - a key instruction given in the case of a deep sea emergency.
David Gallo, senior adviser for Strategic Initiatives, RMS
Titanic, said it is now a 'race against time' to find the sub and save those
inside.
He said: 'Where is it? Is it on the bottom, is it floating, is it mid-water?
That is something that has not been determined yet.
We will have to wait and see and hope for the best.
The water is very deep — two miles plus. It's like a visit to another
planet, it's not what people think it is.
It is a sunless, cold environment and high pressure'.
Excited Instagram posts as they prepared to dive, then radio silence after
105 minutes and a final 'ping' over the Titanic before
it vanished: How the Titan disappeared on Sunday
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The final photos of the tiny underwater craft
leaving the port in St.
John's in Canada with the five crew members on board were revealed (pictured)
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Billionaire Hamish Harding's excited message just before the Titan dived thanks to a 'weather window'
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