‘Underwater noises’ detected in search for missing Titanic sub

A Canadian aircraft involved in the search for the deep sea vessel that went missing during a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic has detected “underwater noises in the search area”, the United States Coast Guard said.

As a result of the noises detected by the P-3 maritime surveillance aircraft, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) were relocated “in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises”, the coastguard said on Wednesday.

So far, remotely operated underwater vehicles have “yielded negative results” but they are continuing to search, the coastguard said in a tweet. “Additionally, the data from the P-3 aircraft has been shared with our US Navy experts for further analysis which will be considered in future search plans,” it added.  The coastguard did not detail the nature or extent of the sounds that were detected or how they were encountered.

(Aljazeera)