This is a new element which thickens the mystery around the implosion of the “Titan”, this submersible which disappeared near the wreck of the “Titanic” in June 2023 with five people on board.
A documentary broadcast this Wednesday March 6 on the British channel Channel 5 will reveal for the first time a recording of noises probably coming from the device, collected during research.
The device disappeared off the Canadian coast on June 18 before imploding in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
Significant research had been carried out to try to find the submersible and its passengers, the expedition guide Stockton Rush as well as four passengers including the Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a great specialist on the Titanic.
Noises heard by Canadian rescuers
The sound recording revealed for the first time this Wednesday allows us to hear “thumping” noises that had been reported by rescuers during their search for the “Titanic” exploration ship.
It was these noises that led them to believe, wrongly, that the people on board were perhaps still alive after the submarine lost contact with the surface, details Forbes.
The recording, which has never been made public, was given to the documentary's producers by a Canadian air force team that led the submersible's search and rescue mission.
We can clearly hear repetitive knocks.
These noises were noticed by the rescuers at regular intervals.
Debris found after five days of searching
Reports that rescuers heard a banging sound while searching for the submarine emerged on the second day of the four-day search, and were confirmed on the third day, but the Canadian Air Force said to Channel 5 that she had heard banging sounds from day one and during all search flights.
On June 22, an underwater robot discovered debris at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, in the submersible's search area.
After hours of analysis, the verdict was in, it was indeed debris from the “Titan”, and more precisely at the bow of the latter.
According to the US Coast Guard, the submersible “Titan” experienced “a catastrophic implosion”, just a few hundred meters from the wreck of the Titanic.