Needle in a haystack: Canadian searchers release video of plane surveying Titanic sub-area

The Canadian Forces have released new footage from their planes searching for the missing submarine Titanic in the deep Atlantic Ocean.

The Canadian military shared the footage via a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, after forecasters warned of foggy weather and large waves that could affect search efforts.

‘As part of @CanadianForces’ support in the search for a missing submarine, 380 NM south of St. John’s NL, an @ARC_RCAF CP-140 Aurora from 14 Wing Greenwood, NS provides surface search and subsurface acoustic detection capabilities’ the post explained .

It comes after a Canadian P-3 aircraft equipped with sonar equipment detected “thumps” that offered hope that the Titan 5 might still be alive.

The footage shows the Air Force soaring through the skies, with pilots scanning the vast ocean below as the search grows increasingly desperate.

At one point in the footage, a lone ship is seen floating in the ocean, it’s unclear if it’s part of the rescue mission.

Military agents are also seen handling equipment used in the search for the Titan submarine.

One of the planes also lands back on a runway between searches, possibly to refuel or exchange crew.

Rescue teams battle against both time and weather conditions in the North Atlantic.

Winds in excess of 25 mph, waves ten feet high and foggy conditions may have affected visibility, according to the New York Times. reported on Wednesday.

Conditions are likely to improve after midnight and Thursday morning, according to the outlet.

While the crew aboard the missing submarine ran out of oxygen, some of the world’s most advanced underwater search equipment has been deployed to scour the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

Two submersibles capable of descending 20,000 feet below the ocean’s surface are currently leading the underwater search, and more are on the way, Coast Guard chiefs have said.

The vehicles are assisted by a fleet of specialized ships that also contain tools that could lift Titan from the seabed – if found.

There is now less than 24 hours of oxygen left on the missing ship, which disappeared Sunday morning with five people on board. The search area has now expanded to about 14,000 square miles — twice the size of the state of Connecticut.

The time pressure is compounded by the fact that the submersibles can locate Titan, which was on its way to the Titanic’s wreckage 12,500 feet below the surface, but it takes additional specialized tools for the mammoth task of bringing it up.

Hopes for a recovery were slightly raised on Wednesday when a Canadian P-3 aircraft equipped with sonar detected intermittent “popping noises” that experts hope came from Titan’s crew. The Coast Guard chief who is coordinating the search said noises were initially heard during the night and more were detected on Wednesday.

Rescue crews race against time and the sky to find the Titan Five – the humans trapped on a submarine at the site of the Titanic shipwreck. The Titan launched on Sunday morning and lost contact with the surface within two hours.

Billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and Shahzada Dawood, 48, a UK-based board member of the Prince’s Trust charity, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, are said to be the people trapped in the sub.

A huge effort is being made, involving several countries, to try and save the crew.

The P-3 is one of several aircraft models that also aid the search by scouring the ocean surface and using sonar equipment for signs of activity on the seafloor.

There is also a range of military and commercial craft at the site, providing a combination of search capabilities, communications tools and rescue equipment should Titan be found.

Ultimately, it’s up to the submarines to keep an eye on Titan if it remains on the sea floor – or gets stuck in the Titanic’s wreckage.

Sean Leet, co-founder of Horizon Maritime Services, the company that owns Titan’s mothership Polar Prince, said on Wednesday that he had never seen advanced search equipment “of that nature move so fast.”

According to OceanGate’s website, the Titan can provide up to 96 hours of oxygen, which theoretically runs out by Thursday morning.

At a press conference on Wednesday, U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Response Coordinator Jamie Frederick confirmed more popping noises were heard on Wednesday.

He would not confirm that they were 30 minutes apart, as had been reported, nor did he describe them as an SOS signal, as others have claimed.

However, Frederick said the noises and the ongoing search meant there was still reason for “hope.”

“Several flights heard noises yesterday… the P-3 also heard noises today. We don’t know what the noises are, to be honest… they’ve been described as popping noises, but they’re inconclusive.

“The good news is that we’re looking in the area where the sounds were detected,” he said.

The sounds that were heard are now being analyzed by a team of naval experts.

‘The sounds are very complex and in the ocean you have to be into acoustic analysis and have context. They have been described as popping noises, but they should put the whole picture together and eliminate man-made sound sources other than the Titan.

“The most important thing is that we’re looking in the area of ​​sounds,” he said.

The only remote-controlled vessels out there today and searching have a depth limit of 13,000 feet. The Titanic is buried at 12,500 feet deep.