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Missing Titanic-bound submersible made in part by Alabama based engineers
WHAT THE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION IS ABOUT, HOW MANY HOURS OF OXYGEN ARE LEFT THAT YOU KNOW OF, THAT YOU CAN ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW ON THE SUBMERSIBLE. AND IS IT A DOES IT HAVE TO BE APPROVED OR REGULATED? SURE. SO SO FIRST OF ALL, IT’S AN ESTIMATE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW FROM THE THE DATA WE WERE USING AS A STARTING POINT WAS 96 HOURS. WE KNOW AT THIS POINT WE’RE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 40, 41 HOURS, 31 HOURS LEFT. YES. AND THEY HAVE TO BE APPROVED OR REGULATED. THIS SUBMERSIBLE TO GO THROUGH ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW OF? YEAH, I’M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT TECHNICAL PIECE OF THAT. WE KNOW THERE’S ABOUT THERE’S ABOUT 40 HOURS OF BREATHABLE AIR LEFT BASED ON THAT INITIAL REPORT. AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST THE INITIAL REPORT BASED ON 96 HOURS FROM WHEN THE VESSEL CAPTAIN EVEN EVEN WITH THAT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT’S LEFT, LET’S SAY 41 HOURS OR SO, IF YOU WERE TO FIND THE SUBMERSIBLE AT THIS MOMENT, WOULD THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO SAVE THESE FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD? YEAH, I SO I DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO TO EFFECT A RESCUE AGAIN, IT’S GOING TO DEPEND ON IF THE ROV FINDS SOMETHING. IT’S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT THEY FIND, WHAT WHAT NEEDS TO BE, WHAT STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN NEXT. AND AND REALLY, THAT IS FOR THE EXPERTS WITHIN THE UNIFIED COMMAND TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND THEN DECIDE WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS. NEWS IT SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN THE MOTHERSHIP VESSEL FOR THOSE RUNNING THIS OPERATION ABOUT EIGHT HOURS TO CONTACT YOU ON SUNDAY AFTER THEY LOST CONTACT WITH THE SUB. IS THAT A CAUSE OF CONCERN RIGHT NOW? OUR EFFORT AND OUR FOCUS IS ON SEARCHING WITH WHAT WE KNOW WHEN AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE REPORT ON SUNDAY EVENING, WE IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED SEARCH EFFORTS. WE FLEW ASSETS THAT EVENING AND WE’VE CONTINUED CONSTANT SURFACE AND AIR ASSET SEARCHES SINCE THAT POINT. CBS YOU MENTIONED THAT THE SEARCH OPERATION IS VERY COMPLICATED. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES YOU’RE FACING? WELL, IT’S A THIS IS A COMPLEX SEARCH AND IT’S COMPLEX FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. WE’RE YOU KNOW, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A SEARCH AREA THAT’S 900 MILES EAST OF CAPE COD, 400 MILES SOUTH OF SAINT JOHN’S. SO LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING, IT’S HARD TO BRING ASSETS TO BEAR. IT TAKES TIME. IT TAKES COORDINATION. AND THEN WE’RE DEALING WITH TWO PIECES OF YOU’RE DEALING WITH A SURFACE SEARCH AND A SUBSURFACE SEARCH. AND FRANKLY, THAT MAKES IT INCREDIBLY COMPLEX. OPERATION. CAPTAIN, WILL THE NAVY WELL, THE US NAVY OR THE CANADIAN NAVY BE ABLE TO GET SALVAGE EQUIPMENT ON TIME BEFORE THE AIR RUNS OUT? OBVIOUSLY, GETTING SALVAGE EQUIPMENT ON SCENE IS A TOP PRIORITY. UNIFIED COMMAND IS WORKING THROUGH THAT TO PRIORITIZE WHAT EQUIPMENT WE CAN GET THERE. THERE ARE ONGOING OPERATIONS RIGHT NOW VIA THE US NAVY AND TRANSCOM TO GET TO GET EQUIPMENT STAGED IN SAINT JOHN’S AND TO GET IT ON SCENE. I CAN’T GIVE YOU AN EXACT TIMELINE OF WHEN THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THERE IS A FULL PRESS, FULL COURT PRES
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Missing Titanic-bound submersible made in part by Alabama based engineers
A missing submersible carrying five people to see the remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean was constructed in part by engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, according to the company behind the project.The Titan submersible had been on its way to the famous wreckage, off the coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland, in Canada, when it lost contact with its support ship, leaving the people on board with only enough oxygen for three to four days.According to OceanGate, the company behind the submersible, the Titan was the product of a collaborative effort between itself and an engineering team at the Marshall Space Flight Center.The facility served as the home of development and manufacturing efforts for a "new aerospace-grade hull" for OceanGate's Cyclops Class submersibles.“NASA’s expertise in the design and automated fiber placement lay up of composite hulls was extremely valuable on this project,” said OceanGate CEO and Founder Stockton Rush in a statement in March of 2022."In 2021, I had the wonderful opportunity to dive to the Titanic site as an OceanGate Expeditions crewmember," said NASA Space Shuttle astronaut Dr. Scott Parazynski. "This cutting-edge submersible technology has the power to change the way we explore our deep oceans and understand our planet."Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13 Coast Guard officials estimated on Monday afternoon the submersible had “somewhere between 70 to the full 96 hours” of oxygen – potentially giving rescuers until Friday to locate and retrieve the vessel. The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating the search with the U.S. Navy, the Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian military.But finding the submersible is just the first step; rescuing it could be a whole other challenge.Depending on where and at what depth the submersible is found, there could be limited options for rescue vessels.This article contains information from CNN.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. —
A missing submersible carrying five people to see the remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean was constructed in part by engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, according to the company behind the project.
The Titan submersible had been on its way to the famous wreckage, off the coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland, in Canada, when it lost contact with its support ship, leaving the people on board with only enough oxygen for three to four days.
According to OceanGate, the company behind the submersible, the Titan was the product of a collaborative effort between itself and an engineering team at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
The facility served as the home of development and manufacturing efforts for a "new aerospace-grade hull" for OceanGate's Cyclops Class submersibles.
“NASA’s expertise in the design and automated fiber placement lay up of composite hulls was extremely valuable on this project,” said OceanGate CEO and Founder Stockton Rush in a statement in March of 2022.
"In 2021, I had the wonderful opportunity to dive to the Titanic site as an OceanGate Expeditions crewmember," said NASA Space Shuttle astronaut Dr. Scott Parazynski. "This cutting-edge submersible technology has the power to change the way we explore our deep oceans and understand our planet."
Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13
Coast Guard officials estimated on Monday afternoon the submersible had “somewhere between 70 to the full 96 hours” of oxygen – potentially giving rescuers until Friday to locate and retrieve the vessel.
The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating the search with the U.S. Navy, the Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian military.
But finding the submersible is just the first step; rescuing it could be a whole other challenge.
Depending on where and at what depth the submersible is found, there could be limited options for rescue vessels.
This article contains information from CNN.
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