The sounds from underneath the water were heard by sonar devices deployed to find the lost 21-foot submersible.
58 AM EDT, Wed June 21, 2023 Deep-sea explorer breaks down what banging sound could mean 01:58 - Source: americanhrcp CNN — Banging sounds have been picked up from the Atlantic Ocean in the hunt for the submersible that went missing while touring Titanic wreckage with five people onboard, signaling “continued hope of survivors,” according to a US government memo, even as the craft’s oxygen dwindles. As rescue efforts keep ramping up, the underwater sounds were detected Tuesday by sonar devices deployed to find the 21-foot vessel that lost contact Sunday. The banging first came every 30 minutes and was heard again four hours later, the internal government memo obtained by CNN states. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES While the underwater noises, detected by a Canadian P-3 aircraft, prompted the relocation of resources to explore their origin, “searches have yielded negative results,” the US Coast Guard tweeted early Wednesday, as less t...