The U.S. Coast Guard says debris field has been found near the Titanic during search for submersible

https://apnews.com/article/missing-titanic-submersible-updates-6255308420cb542fab287224c3e9b1c1

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The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that an underwater vessel has located a debris field near the Titanic in the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard, a potential breakthrough in an increasingly urgent around-the-clock effort.

The Coast Guard’s post on Twitter gave no details, such as whether officials believe the debris is connected to the Titan, which was on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic.

https://twitter.com/USCGNortheast/status/1671907901542211584

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The search passed the critical 96-hour mark Thursday when breathable air could have run out. The Titan was estimated to have about a four-day supply of breathable air when it launched Sunday morning in the North Atlantic — but experts have emphasized that was an imprecise approximation to begin with and could be extended if passengers have taken measures to conserve breathable air. And it’s not known if they survived since the sub’s disappearance.

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Coast Guard announces press briefing at 3pm ET to discuss debris field found by ROV near Titanic

https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3435752/media-availability-coast-guard-to-hold-press-briefing-to-discuss-rov-findings/

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Updates:

 

1:03 PM E.S.T.

A rescue expert says the debris found in the search for Titan was "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible"

(from Sky News)

https://news.sky.com/story/titanic-submarine-missing-live-updates-submersible-cannot-be-opened-from-inside-time-running-out-on-oxygen-supply-waiver-mentions-death-three-times-12905748

>A rescue expert says the debris found in the search for Titan was "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible". > >David Mearns, who is friends with two of the passengers on board Titan, says he is part of a WhatsApp group involving The Explorers Club. > >Mr Mearns told Sky News the president of the club, who is "directly connected" to the ships on the site, said to the group: "It was a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible." > >Mr Mearns says: "Again 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." > >He says this confirms that it is the submersible. > >Mr Mearns says he knows both British billionaire Hamish Harding and the French sub pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet. > >"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 its fragmented," he added. > >Mr 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." > >"On the news that we have yet, they haven't found the hull of which the men are inside."

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2:38 PM E.S.T.

Update from CNN:

>Debris found in search area has been assessed to be from the external body of the Titan sub. > >The debris discovered within the search area of the missing Titanic submersible has been assessed to be from the external body of the sub, according to a memo reviewed by CNN. The search for the crew capsule of the Titan vessel continues, the memo says. > >The debris was located on the ocean floor, roughly 500 meters off of the bow of the Titanic, and it was located around 8:55 a.m. ET.

https://www.cnn.com/americas/live-news/titanic-missing-sub-oceangate-06-22-23/h_05c8ceaff3f9757f768cf25df5e60784

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2:48 PM E.S.T.

CNN confirms: OceanGate released a statement saying they believe the passengers onboard the Titanic expedition submersible have “sadly been lost.”

Full statement below:

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3:00 PM E.S.T.

LIVE: Coast Guard press conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrxDTVXtrTU

• Debris found about 1,600ft from Titanic
• 'Consistent with catastrophic implosion'
• All five crew members believed to be dead
• Unclear whether bodies will be recovered
• 'Banging sounds' were not from the sub
• Implosion happened early, exact time unknown
• Cause of the accident being investigated

 

 

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• Hamish Harding, 58
• Shahzada Dawood, 48
• Sulaiman Dawood, 19
• Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 73
• Stockton Rush, 61

 

 

KYIV, June 11 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Sunday its troops had recaptured three villages from Russian forces in its southeast, the first liberated settlements it has reported since launching a counter-offensive this week.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-retakes-village-first-results-counterattack-military-2023-06-11/#:~:text=KYIV%2C%20June%2011%20(Reuters),counter%2Doffensive%20this%20past%20week.

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• Ukrainian soldiers lift flag in bombed village building

• Kyiv hails advance as first fruit of counter-offensive

• Russia confirms Ukraine's long-awaited push underway

Soldiers hoisted the Ukrainian flag at a bombed-out building in an unverified video published by Ukraine's 68th Jaeger Brigade, which identified the settlement as Blahodatne in Donetsk region.

"We're seeing the first results of the counter-offensive actions, localized results," Valeryi Shershen, spokesperson for Ukraine's "Tavria" military sector, said on television.

He said the village of Blahodatne lay on the edge of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzia regions a few kilometres south of the Kyiv-controlled village of Velyka Novosilka.

Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar later said in a statement Kyiv's forces had also retaken Makarivka, the next village along, advancing bewteen 300 and 1,500 metres along two directions on the southern front.

A Ukrainian territorial defence unit also posted unverified footage on Telegram of its soldiers holding up their flag in Neskuchne, the village that had been closest to Ukrainian positions in the area.

"No positions were lost on the directions where our forces are on the defensive," Maliar added.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday gave his strongest signal yet that Kyiv has launched its long-awaited counterattack to seize back land in the east and south, confirming that "counteroffensive and defensive operations" were taking place.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that a Ukrainian military push was well underway, but that it had failed so far to breach Russian defensive lines and taken heavy casualties.

Kyiv officials have imposed a strict period of operational silence and urged Ukrainians not to disclose any information that could compromise the operation.

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