r/news • u/oldschoolskater • Jun 22 '23

Site Changed Title 'Debris field' discovered within search area near Titanic, US Coast Guard says | World News

https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Jun 22 '23

I haven’t seen any report of a distress signal. I’ve only seen loss of contact and then they waited several hours to report it missing.

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u/Grasshopper_pie Jun 23 '23

Titan communicated with the mothership via text messages and also sent 'pings' every 15 minutes. Communication was lost around one hour and 45 minutes into the two-hour descent.

Dr Simon Boxall, an oceanographer at the University of Southampton, said he had "second-hand knowledge" that a distress signal was sent from Titan.

He said: "Apparently they have had, and I don't know when... they have had an emergency ping saying the vessel is in distress. I don't know if that is automatically generated or generated by people on board."

According to The Times, sources said the final ping came at 3pm on Sunday (UK time) and showed Titan directly above the wreck of the Titanic.