Missing Titanic sub: Coastguard update on search

course of action is how many hours of oxygen are sure so so first of all it's an estimate right because we know uh from the the data we were using as a starting point was 96 hours we know at this point we're approximately uh about 40 41 hours yes yeah I'm not sure of the exact technical piece of that we know there's about uh there's about 40 hours of breathable air left based on that initial report again uh that was just the initial report based on 96 hours from when the vessel uh amount of time that's left who were to find the submersible at this moment would that give you enough time to save these five people on board yeah I so this I I don't know the answer to that question what I will tell you is we will do everything in our power to uh to affect a rescue again it's going to depend on if the ROV finds something it's going to depend on what they find what what needs to be uh what steps need to be taken next and uh and really that is for the experts within the unified command um to take a look at and then and then decide what the best course of action is right now our effort and our focus is on searching with what we know when as soon as we receive the report on Sunday evening we immediately launched search efforts we flew assets that evening and we've continued constant surface and air asset searches since that point biggest town well it it's a this is a complex search and it's complex for a variety of reasons um we're you know you're talking about a search area that's 900 miles east of Cape Cod uh 400 miles um south of St John's So logistically speaking it's hard to bring assets to Bear it takes time it takes coordination um and then we're dealing with uh you know two pieces of you're dealing with a surface search and a subsurface search and frankly that makes an incredibly complex operation Captain will the name will the U.S Navy or the Canadian Navy and get Salvage equipment on time before the air runs out obviously uh getting Salvage equipment on scene is a top priority uh unified command is working through that to prioritize uh what equipment um we can get there there are ongoing operations right now via the U.S Navy and transcom to get to get equipment staged in St John's and get it on scene I can't give you an exact timeline of when that's going to happen what I can tell you is there is a full press full court press effort to get equipment on scene as quickly as we can equipment it's got equipment already on the east so some of the equipment that's coming is coming from the East Coast but again we're talking about very heavy equipment it's a complicated transport operation but the best Professionals in the world are working it and that's a U.S transcom go to more detail if you have the first one that's uh that's being shipped over their location and since you don't have it vessel can you imagine with the commission what other assets you have yes yeah they're so like I said there are some there are several civilian ships uh that have offered Services heading that way there are additional Coast Guard Cutters we hope to have a Canadian Coast Guard Cutter on scene this evening we hope that they may be able to assume on scene Commander uh polar Prince has been doing a great job with those duties but if we could take some of that from them that would be good but your question about specific equipment I I'm not going to get into talking about specific equipment frankly I'm not an expert on what that equipment is but again I can tell you we have experts in the unified command that are going through that prioritizing what we need and then how we get it on scene and it's also about the Personnel from Boston how many people from Boston specifically so the so Boston where Boston plays a role is that the command center the rescue and coordination Center is here in Boston um the the aircraft that are coming in are coming from different locations um but uh but the command uh structure is being worked out of uh out of Boston and I think we have time for two more questions yeah I don't want to speak about it the Coast Guard is ever I would say it's a unique operation it's a challenging operation um but uh but right now we're focused on on putting everything we can at it and uh searching as hard as we can and getting the assets out there as quickly as we can yeah so there are some additional assets with rovs there is uh one asset they make that is working to get our scene with a decompression chamber um so those are all pieces that are coming together and we're working those logistical challenges to get them get them there and I think we'll take one more thing well I can't tell you exactly what it would look like I would tell you that uh you know you know we are out there we're searching we wouldn't be doing this we wouldn't be searching and putting all effort out there I think that you know if the sub is located that's a question that then the the experts need to look at what is the best course of action for recovering this up but I think it's going to depend on that particular situation and uh and if we encounter that sure is it true that the British offered assistance and they were oh we don't need your assistance at this point no I'm not aware of that again what I would tell you though is that the unified command is working through uh working through prioritizing and we know that there's equipment out there that can be brought to the scene the unified commands working through prioritizing what equipment we need and then how we get it there and the prints are also responding to ship as well yes that's my understanding correct and uh thank you thank you thank you I really appreciate you guys coming out today with this portion of the brief on there um I can stay behind just to take some additional stuff that maybe wasn't answered we can try to get some information back to uh later right so the rescue coordination Center that he's talking about specifically that's based in Boston so the Personnel that are working in the command and control environment as far as uh building a lot of the surf and rescue plans sending out the information coordinating those pieces are here the uh the people affecting the missions of the pilots the air Crews uh all the ships those are based out of different areas so our Pilots air crews are out of Elizabeth City North Carolina the Coast Guard Cutter segment I leave is out of Newport Rhode Island but they were operating already in the Arctic so there are a number of people that are here working in that staff element but are not physically located out of the search area it is yes it sounds like for the most part Imaging area is moving to St John so yeah I believe yeah a lot of it into St John uh Newfoundland right yeah that's so our uh aircraft to see one dirty aircraft are they're based out of there as well so I know there is a number of uh this is going out there logistically it's easier [Music] yeah I don't I don't understand um so I know a lot of those questions were unanswered on there and it's a lot of it's because we're not the right agency to be asking that I know as a big fan we should be uh to be able to give the answer to you but we want you guys to hear from the social Defender experts so that's our next plan is what we want to do is give an opportunity for you all to have to get all the subject better experts we can into one location to kind of get those questions answered be kind of the best thing we can do yeah when those 40 hours I think it really depends on the number of factors so anything that can change between now and then as far as uh information response you know things like that that could change that so it's not a hard and fast you know timer's up it's time to transition there's a lot of factors that go into it that could extend when would you then transition from a search and recipe I don't know I don't know an answer to that that's that's definitely outside but we can try to get back to as we transition through that phrase we'll have better answers for that so the weather was yep so actually I have um I believe the weather on scene today uh was a five to six foot Seas um so wave height five to six feet um I believe it was 15 knot winds visibility was was very foggy yesterday with very little nose visibility uh but was was um increasing today and they were expecting better in much better conditions uh from here in aerial search perspective I was 15 nut ones so uh in terms it's it's um it's not it's about average out there right how long would it take a typical Coast Guard vessel from the U.S for that matter from Newport to get on site if they're running at maximum speed that depends on the cutter itself or the ship itself because they all have different speeds yeah on average just we have a meal for how long would it take to get there well depending on where they're coming from uh it could be a matter of you know two days up to four to five days it just depends on where they would be deploying from so from Newfoundland for example I mean I don't know we don't have any ships over there so I don't know I don't have an answer for that Canadian we're trying to find out more information on the Canadian vessels that are assisting on there sort of what their capabilities speeds are and still have a dancer postcard have a line on a piece of equipment that is capable the Titanic the Coast Guard specifically no this this type of a solid operation and power of expertise as an organization is no in terms of private companies so that's all part of the conversations being a fight fan too to to find out what capabilities are out there and explore all avenues we're looking at them now we just haven't received any yet at this point we do we do expect to get some um like you said we do have uh some graphics that we're trying to look to send out this afternoon um as well as we've reached out to the aircraft Crews to get uh footage from them now I know with the the rovs that are on scene today uh they said there's hasn't been any before so we've our requesting out there to try and see what we can get to go through that try to make that available to you I don't have an app I don't know Coast Guard assets itself no we do it we do not have any Coast Guard covers you know so the research passes I just don't know if those are that's why we have both types of assets because we don't want to exhaust one possibility in Vice of another so we don't want to rule out what we bet it is a service and the way that our crews train this is the environment they train and they're specialized in being able to see these things from everything that they have to surface we're fairly certainly you know that we that we will find it if it is I just ask you to I realize this may be challenging you may not have the answer but we're trying to get a sense of how far away the nearest Naval asset would be that has that lift capability Salvage capability is it company from North Carolina from Florida from Boston it is can you give us any idea of how far away it might be a research vessel oh communicating with them yeah we understand they've lost contact in the past on other Expeditions has the Coast Guard ever been involved with them and did they but Ocean Gate is cooperating with the investigation absolutely they're so yeah they're part of the unified manager so we're all making decisions together so did they did they have anything else that people no um but if they do it's definitely being discussed as far as their capabilities like sounds like the nearest successful but it's not that's just the biggest part of the channel starting to understand how the game play can you can we ask you could you just describe you know the crushed depth here we're talking about 400 times as I understand it what we all experience at sea level what can that do to a vessel I can't I can't speak to the scientific side of that um again this is just more or less trying to get some background information for you guys on there I don't have any of that information and that would be a great question that we could try to get asked for you with that subject matter expert because it'd be much more important and realistic for somebody within that Community uh part of the fan that would be able to answer that question a lot clearer than anything I would be able to do so and when might you provide your next company so we do have a press release that's going to be going on shortly with the graphics we talked about um probably similar information to what was passed today new information I will update now but I think ideally we've been putting out fresh releases a good look at probably doing another briefing tomorrow can I just ask you one less on could you just reiterate for us I'm just how big of an urgency is this for the Coast Guard how big of a priority do you prioritize these things in other words do you classify them as priority red one two three how how big of a priority is this this operation is our top priority right now um you know within the district we have uh you know every available asset that we can that's to this that we can dedicate to it on this that's not why we are spending so much time and energy trying to coordinate uh really this enormous response effort to truly understand the scale of how far away this truly is um and in the context of the types of assets that we can get out there over something that's that enormous something larger than the state of Connecticut in the perspective of what is available to be able to search and those kind of conditions so far offshore understanding 900 miles looks like looks like um is an enormous amount of distance realistic and that's that's all part of the conversation doing everything that they can to find out the options that are available there is so the not until all the next two notifications have been completed through that process can we release things I know that some have gotten out that they have not been for us thank you I really appreciate it now we'll send out an update when the next advisory or uh uh advisory Fiat for you guys

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Published: Tue Jun 20 2023