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Searchers for Titanic Tourist Sub Heard ‘Banging’ From Area, Internal Comms Reveal (www.rollingstone.com)

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An aircraft heard sounds at 30-minute intervals from the area where the sub disappeared, according to internal e-mails sent to DHS leadership obtained by Rolling Stone

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

“A team out of the UK named Magellan has an ROV rated for 6,000 meters which is loaded on a plane and ready and waiting to help,” the email stated. “BUT THE US GOV and USCG have not yet given them permits to participate!”

Good ol bureaucracy.

For those who didn't read the article - The Coast Guard does not have the equipment to even go deep enough. By now they're tourists are probably dead, but there will be no rescue or retrieval of the submarine without outside help

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Doesn't the sub have 96 hours of air or something?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As an emergency supply, yes. However, it is unclear how much of it is left. People/news quote hour estimations, but it is anyone's guess really. People in panic consume more oxygen. Additionally, it is still unclear what happened. For example, if they had a leak, they will probably have different problems than oxygen.