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re: Titanic Claims 5 MORE Lives-Thanks to Carelessness & GREED
British Rescue Mission For Titan Sub BLOCKED by US Officials.
UK Deepwater Specialists Magellan Have Been Waiting to Leave The Channel Islands Since Monday
Remotely operated vehicle capable of winching submersible out of the Atlantic waiting to leave airport in Channel Islands.
Mr Hunchak said US officials have indicated they would prefer to use a New York-based vessel capable of exploring 3,000m below water, whereas UKs' Magellan’s can plunge depths of up to 5,000m.
The Titanic Wreck is at 3,800m.
BBC 20 JUNE 2023
OceanGate Expeditions submersible vessel Titan, which has gone missing during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck
A remotely operated vehicle capable of winching the stricken submersible Titan out of the Atlantic has been blocked from joining the rescue mission by the US government, The Telegraph understands.
A team from deepwater specialists Magellan Limited has been waiting to leave an airport in the Channel Islands since 7pm on Monday, but approval for take-off has not been received.
The Guernsey-based firm produced the first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic last summer, the largest underwater project of its kind as two submarines put together 700,000 images of the wreck.
Bretton Hunchak, former president of RMS Titanic, Inc, which collaborated with Magellan, says the company has essential equipment and expertise to help locate OceanGate’s Titan submersible that went missing on a dive to the wreck of the luxury passenger liner, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in April 1912.
But despite receiving apparent clearance from the Ministry of Defence to leave UK airspace, the American government has allegedly yet to authorise the team’s request to join rescuers 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland
He added Magellan’s remotely operated vehicle was unique in that it was likely the only asset available to have a winch capable of dragging submersibles from the depths of the ocean. It can also detect signals and send them above the surface.
Mr Hunchak said the desperate situation was “painful” to him as he described Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a Frenchman reported to be among those on the submersible, as a “personal mentor”.
He told The Telegraph: “We have British, French and US citizens on board and every minute here counts.
This is not a rational decision, this is the only asset we have with a winch and the guys are experts in this area.
“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.
“These are irreplaceable human beings.”
Meanwhile, Brandon Williams, the Republican congressman and former Navy officer, has called for the US to deploy a nuclear submarine to search for the missing watercraft.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence said it was on hand to help the mission, but it emerged Nato’s submarine rescue system (NSRS) will not be able to reach the stricken vessel.
An NSRS submersible can operate at depths of up to 610m, while the Titanic wreck is much deeper at 3,800m.
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