Efforts at the moment are underway to retrieve the stays of the Titan submarine, which suffered a disastrous implosion near the wreck of the Titanic and sank to the seabed for its fourth dive since Sunday.
Last Thursday, the US Coast Guard confirmed that a debris field positioned about 1,600 feet from the wreck of the Titanic was in indisputable fact that of the missing Titan submarine.
The submersible was carrying five men on board when it lost contact with its surface vessel about an hour and 45 minutes after disembarking the Titanic.
OceanGate, the company behind Titan, contacted South Wellfleet, Massachusetts-based Pelagic Research Services (PRS) about using its remotely operated vehicles, or “ROVs”, to assist in the search.
The ROV, which is known as the Odysseus 6K, found a “debris field” in the OceanGate search area for the missing submarine on Thursday, June 22.
Now, under the command of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the United States Coast Guard, with the support of the US National Transportation Safety Board, the PRS continues to use ROVs to excavate Titan.
![Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the Coast Guard's First District, makes statements to the press at the US Coast Guard Base Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 22, 2023.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1258948915.jpg?w=1024)
On Sunday, Odysseus dived to the wreck for the fourth time.
“We continue to work tirelessly in our mission support role, together with the amazing Horizon Arctic crew, led by Capt. Adam Myers,” said Ed Cassano, president of PRS, in a press release.
Since Odysseus’ subsequent dives followed the first dive at the site, the company has enabled the company to support investigations and recovery by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy.
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Cassano said the PRS is successfully identifying objects of interest as instructed by onboard command personnel.
The corporate also said the ROV’s ability to lift heavy objects continues to be getting used in the mission.
“This phase of mining is a particularly difficult and dangerous operation, especially at this depth,” said PRS spokesman Jeff Mahoney. “Given its continuous operation under incredible atmospheric pressures, temperatures and environmental loads, it’s a testament to the skill of the Odysseus team and engineering.
“We’re very proud to have the opportunity to perform a full range of tasks as this investigation develops,” he added.
Odysseus was designed by PRS and built by MPH Engineering. It was officially put into use in 2016.