A battery of heavy machinery and submarines dubbed the “last chance” for the crew of the Titan tourist submarine arrived in Canada tonight, but now they face a race against time to help rescuers in the desperate search.
The series of winches, cables and unmanned vehicles capable of plunging 19,000 feet underwater were delivered to Newfoundland’s St. John Airport by three US Air Force cargo planes.
He was taken with a police escort to the port where a waiting ship, the Horizon Arctic, was due to leave at midnight.
But with the 15-hour sea voyage to the search area where five people were trapped underwater, it will come dangerously close to the moment the Titan will run out of air.
The desperate search for the five men trapped on the missing Titan submersible has entered its decisive day as more ships settle on the wreckage of the Titanic and time is rapidly running out to carry out the deepest underwater rescue mission in the world. history.
The series of winches, cables and unmanned vehicles capable of plunging 19,000 feet underwater were delivered to Newfoundland’s St John Airport by three US Air Force cargo planes.
He was taken with a police escort to the port where a waiting ship, the Horizon Arctic, was due to leave at midnight.
Three US Air Force C-17 jets, believed to have flown in from North Carolina and New Jersey, landed at a cargo terminal in St John’s where six flatbed trucks were waiting for them.
Rescue teams are in a race against time and air to find the Titan Five, the people trapped in a submersible at the Titanic wreck site. The Titan was launched on Sunday morning and lost contact with the surface in two hours.
Billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, CEO of OceanGate Stockton Rush and Shahzada Dawood, 48, a board member of UK-based charity Prince’s Trust, are reported to have and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, are the people trapped in the sub.
A massive effort, involving several countries, is underway to try to rescue the crew.
On Tuesday night, rescuers reported hearing “thumping sounds” at some point during the rescue effort. The Explorers Club, where Harding was a founding member of the Board of Trustees, reported that “probable signs of life have been detected”.
As rescuers strive to pull off a miracle amid a dwindling oxygen supply for those on board, experts fear that even if the craft were to automatically respawn as planned, the crew of five would still suffocate within hours. because they can’t physically open the hatch from the inside. .
At 19,000 feet, the submersible is capable of reaching Titan, which is believed to be as deep as 12,000 feet below the surface.
Three US Air Force C-17 jets, believed to have flown in from North Carolina and New Jersey, landed at a cargo terminal in St. John’s where six flatbed trucks were waiting for them.
The equipment was removed from the planes by a military loader and then placed on the trucks by a forklift.
One load contained a giant red coil of thick wire and two large machines with a blue frame and a sign on the side that read “high voltage.” While the exact purpose of the cable was unclear, it appeared to be long enough to stretch out into the ocean.
Another load contained two heavy-duty Hyundai winches with “6000kg line pull” written on the side of each.
The equipment was removed from the planes by a military loader and then placed on the trucks by a forklift. One load contained a giant red coil of thick wire and two large machines with a blue frame and a sign on the side that read “high voltage.”
Another load contained two heavy-duty Hyundai winches with the inscription ‘6000 kg line pull’ on the side of each. The Titan weighs 10,432 kg, which means it would take both to pull it out.
Loading supplies on the Horizon Arctic is shown.
The Titan weighs 10,432 kg, which means it would take both to pull it out.
One load contained a shipping box with the words “Pelagic Research Services” — the Massachusetts-based company specializes in deep-sea rescue tools.
In a statement on its website, the company said it was providing “critical support” to the rescue effort. The company said: ‘PRS is currently in the process of mobilizing as quickly and safely as possible to assist in the search and rescue effort.
‘PRS is committed to helping achieve the best possible outcome for this situation. Our sincerest thoughts and wishes are with all the families, friends and rescue personnel affected by this emergency.’
The company did not specify what it would send, but among its ships is the Odysseus 6K, which is capable of reaching a depth of 6,000 meters or 19,000 feet.
According to the company’s website, the control room is built into a shipping crate, which appears to match what was being loaded on the Horizon Atlantic.
Earlier, three Customs and Border agents were seen talking to the truck drivers and it is believed the cargo was rushed so it could continue on its way.
A crowd of onlookers formed at the airport taking photos with one telling his friend: ‘The cavalry is coming.’
Shahzada Dawood, 48, a board member of the UK-based charity Prince’s Trust, and her son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, are among the five people trapped in the submarine.
Once the trucks were loaded, they slowly made their way through St. John’s with a police escort and dropped them off at the waiting Horizon Arctic, which was to proceed to the search area near the wreckage of the Titanic.
At the docks, a man who claimed to be on standby to travel with the ship said: “There are enough air and water assets right now that they won’t let anyone else go right now.” There’s not much you can do on the surface.
‘This will be gone by midnight tonight. It is a miniature submarine that is going to sink,” he continued. They will arrive in about 15 hours. There will be an opportunity, a minimal one.
This is the last kick. This is the last chance. There is no other opportunity than this ROV (underwater vehicle).
I hope for the best. I’m really, really waiting. It will be a tragedy for everyone if this is not found. A tragedy on top of another tragedy.
Landscape photographer Jonathan Hancock, 44, of St. John’s, was on the pier with his wife and 13-year-old son.
He said: ‘I have mixed emotions. It’s scary to think that you can go down in a submarine as a tourist and possibly lose power or get entangled in something and know you’re never going back up. It’s very sad to see something like this happen.
I have a small hope that they will be found. It is small. They’re going to need a miracle.
“It’s great to see that they’re coming into the country, the US Coast Guard, the Canadian Coast Guard, the military to try to find them, to do whatever they can.
‘Those guys in the mine in Thailand, no one thought it was possible to get them out. But the world came together and rescued them.’
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