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British vessel was blocked from joining Titanic sub rescue mission because US officials wanted to use an inferior US-made vehicle, report says
US Coast Guard Captain Jamie Frederick speaks during a press conference about the search efforts for the submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic, at Coast Guard Base in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 20, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
A British vessel that could help find the missing Titan submersible was blocked from joining the rescue mission because US officials wanted to use an inferior US-made vehicle, The Telegraph reported.
Deep-sea surveying company Magellan said Tuesday that it has had a specialist team and vital rescue equipment waiting to leave the Channel Islands since Monday evening — but that it was still waiting on approval, according to the outlet.
Magellan is a Guernsey-based company that produced the first full-sized 3D, digital scan of the Titanic last summer and is familiar with the shipwreck, which lies at about 12,500 feet underwater.
It is in possession of a remotely operated vessel that is able to pull up submersibles from as deep as 5,000 meters, Bretton Hunchak, former president of RMS Titanic, Inc, which collaborated with Magellan in last summer's project, told The Telegraph.
But Hunchak said that US officials, who are organizing the rescue mission alongside Canada, have said they would rather use a New-York based vessel capable of exploring 3,000 meters below water.
"Why not run both vessels? The more help we can get the better and denying us means you are giving up on every option you have to save lives," Hunchak told The Telegraph Tuesday. "These are irreplaceable human beings."
Capt Jamie Frederick, from the US Coast Guard, told reporters on Tuesday that they are "not aware" of reports of blocked rescue efforts.
"We know that there is equipment out there that can be brought to the scene," Frederick said. "The unified command is working through prioritizing what equipment we need and then how we get it there."
His comments come as time is running out to find the five passengers aboard Titan, which had less than 40 hours of oxygen left as of Tuesday evening.
The submersible, which is powered by electric thrusters, can carry five people to a depth of 13,123 feet, according to the OceanGate website.
The US Coast Guard (USCG) said it was searching an area of about 20,000 sq km. A Canadian P-3 plane - using sonar buoys - heard banging sounds from an area close to where the submersible went missing, raising the prospect the trapped tourists could still be saved.
A statement on Magellan's website said that it had been contacted by OceanGate — the maker of the Titan tourist submersible — earlier in the week to help with rescue efforts.
"OceanGate instructed us to mobilize and 'use the means necessary to fly the needed equipment and crew to St. John's, Newfoundland as soon as possible, stating time is of the essence,'" the statement said.
Representatives for Magellan, USCG and OceanGate did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.
- Magellan, a deep-sea surveying company, said it wants to help find the missing submersible.
- But the company said it is still waiting on permission from officials to get to the site.
- The US Coast Guard has denied that British assistance was refused in the search for the sub.
A British vessel that could help find the missing Titan submersible was blocked from joining the rescue mission because US officials wanted to use an inferior US-made vehicle, The Telegraph reported.
Deep-sea surveying company Magellan said Tuesday that it has had a specialist team and vital rescue equipment waiting to leave the Channel Islands since Monday evening — but that it was still waiting on approval, according to the outlet.
Magellan is a Guernsey-based company that produced the first full-sized 3D, digital scan of the Titanic last summer and is familiar with the shipwreck, which lies at about 12,500 feet underwater.
It is in possession of a remotely operated vessel that is able to pull up submersibles from as deep as 5,000 meters, Bretton Hunchak, former president of RMS Titanic, Inc, which collaborated with Magellan in last summer's project, told The Telegraph.
But Hunchak said that US officials, who are organizing the rescue mission alongside Canada, have said they would rather use a New-York based vessel capable of exploring 3,000 meters below water.
"Why not run both vessels? The more help we can get the better and denying us means you are giving up on every option you have to save lives," Hunchak told The Telegraph Tuesday. "These are irreplaceable human beings."
Capt Jamie Frederick, from the US Coast Guard, told reporters on Tuesday that they are "not aware" of reports of blocked rescue efforts.
"We know that there is equipment out there that can be brought to the scene," Frederick said. "The unified command is working through prioritizing what equipment we need and then how we get it there."
His comments come as time is running out to find the five passengers aboard Titan, which had less than 40 hours of oxygen left as of Tuesday evening.
The submersible, which is powered by electric thrusters, can carry five people to a depth of 13,123 feet, according to the OceanGate website.
The US Coast Guard (USCG) said it was searching an area of about 20,000 sq km. A Canadian P-3 plane - using sonar buoys - heard banging sounds from an area close to where the submersible went missing, raising the prospect the trapped tourists could still be saved.
A statement on Magellan's website said that it had been contacted by OceanGate — the maker of the Titan tourist submersible — earlier in the week to help with rescue efforts.
"OceanGate instructed us to mobilize and 'use the means necessary to fly the needed equipment and crew to St. John's, Newfoundland as soon as possible, stating time is of the essence,'" the statement said.
Representatives for Magellan, USCG and OceanGate did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.
Listening in to online conversation, in particular American-based platform, and having followed some of the background story, chances are, this incident will be tied to the US Federal Reserve System and the financial system that is currently operating in the world, MY included.
ReplyDeleteThe hint is there already, the HMS Titanic wreck site. Will need to know the history of the Titanic, the genesis of the Federal Reserve Bank, and the story of the creature from Jekyll Island.
Yes, you can regard me as speculating.
Best regards.
Fyi...
DeletePick up the following two nuggets today.
🇹🇷 - Turkey nearly doubles key interest rate to 15% in policy U-turn: central bank per AFP
https://twitter.com/bankofengland/status/1671835716840480769?t=fFIY6g3tvXrrFZgeMbhlTA&s=19
One from one of social media channel monitoring current affair but without references. Meaning, go and use a search engine find out more if interested. The second one, is straight from the horses mouth BoE.
Also, Feds chairman, Jerome Powell, had some kind of meeting or interview or testimony somewhere just now in US morning and US stock fell. Ah, it was at rumble, while surfing there
https://rumble.com/v2vpb66-powell-testifies-to-the-senate-and-stocks-fall.html
and
https://search.brave.com/news?q=jerome%20powell&source=web
Just like corona, every countries in the world were forced into one size fit all lockdown to flatten the curve, can see interest being raise in some kind of synchonism, even though it is detrimental to individual and business well being. Even if the madani gov do not want to do it, you reckon they can resist the juggernaut assault from financial behemoth the likes of blackrock, with trillons of dollar of warchest at their disposal and some more with EPF signing some kind of deal with blackrock to manage EPF asset? Would BNM raise interest again in the near future? Can the madani gov even do anything about it even they want to? We'll find out.
https://youtu.be/aNUpcfBOsos
66 with a T...which government can or dare to resist anyone with this amount of financial power?
I'm ok if you don't publish this post...just an fyi
Regards.
PS, on top of that, James O'Keefe just released an undercover video expose on a Blackrock employee. You can find out the video content in James O'Keefe twitter page. Also, he just hinted more whistleblower from Blackrock employees are coming in an interview with Russell Brand, for which you can find in youtube and rumble if yt block it.
ReplyDeleteWho knows what is going to happen in the weeks and months to come, and have been wondering if MY and the gov aware of things that might happen and ready for it or not, taking one day at a time.
The Yanks have hardly had problems working with the Royal Navy, not in the last 100 years, 2 World Wars, Cold War and other smaller wildfires.
ReplyDeleteSailing from Guernsey, I would say that mission would be irrelevant before the oxygen on the Titan submersible runs out.
The French ROV and mothership, was in the Atlantic on another mission , already arrived in the vicinity, and has already been deployed in the search.
You can't just fly in a large ROV and supporting equipment to simply join a dive.
It has to be properly joined with a support ship with the right equipment, and that could take many days to be useful.
"You can't just fly in a large ROV and supporting equipment to simply join a dive"
DeleteKnow-nothing fart!
Do u know that right at this moment :
A C17 aircraft landed (at Jersey) around dawn and work began to load a remotely operated vehicle from UK company Magellan.
The equipment from Jersey will take about 48 hours to get to the site – which is beyond the timeline given for air for the passengers.
Still game to fart about yr idols' effort of desperation?