In a major update, the US Coast Guard has announced the discovery of a debris field within the designated search area.
"Frankly, the use of the word debris does not sound good at all. In a situation and at a depth where the water pressure is huge, it can do considerable damage to vessels," heMatthews emphasized that in the event of a worst-case scenario, which is still uncertain, if the vessel had been catastrophically broken up or imploded due to the extreme pressures at that depth, then the term 'debris' would unquestionably be an apt description for that highly alarming situation.
David Mearns says he is part of a WhatsApp group involving The Explorers Club, and is friends with two of the passengers on board. Mearns told Sky News that the president of the club said to the group: "It was a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible." "This is an unconventional submarine, that rear cover is the pointy end of it and the landing frame is the little frame that it seems to sit on.""It means the hull hasn't yet been found but two very important parts of the whole system have been discovered and that would not be found unless it's fragmented," he added.
Mearns also spoke about the fairing of the submarine - shaped like a fishtail - and said: "If the faring is off and the frame is off - then something really bad has happened to the entire structure."The US Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a press briefing to discuss findings from the Horizon Arctic’s remotely operated vehicle near the Titanic at 3:00 pm local time .
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