Titan on one side, Titanic on the other: a new map showing the submarine’s proximity to the ship

Map provided by RMS Titanic Inc. , the company that owns the rights to recover the wreckage of the Titanic, and was added as evidence in the ongoing legal process within the scope of the investigation into the submarine implosion

With each passing day, new information emerges about the submarine Titan that exploded in the North Atlantic Ocean with five crew members on board who embarked on a journey to the wreck of the Titanic. This time around, a map designed by the company that owns the rights to recover parts of the ship that sank in 1912 was revealed showing the “approximate location” of the submarine wreck.

The map, which results from sonar imagery and information available to the company that owns the rights to recover the Titanic, RMS Titanic Inc., shows. , how close the Titan submarine is to the sinking ship, without moving forward, but . , the exact distance between the two.

The submarine wreck area identified by the company as the “Titan Debris field.” [Campo de Destroços do Titan, em tradução livre]surrounded by a dotted circle, very close to the bow of the sunken ship, which is still intact today.

The map was provided Saturday by the RMS Titanic in federal court as evidence in a court case opened in connection with an investigation into Titan’s implosion.

“We believe this data is reliable,” the newspaper quoted Brian Winger, the company’s attorney, as saying. New York times, Adding that RMS Titanic Inc. Share this map with the United States Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help their search for the submarine.

According to the attorney, the Coast Guard expects to conclude its investigation within 12 to 18 months, followed by a public hearing in which several witnesses will be heard.

The wreck of the Titanic, which sank in 1912, in the North Atlantic Ocean, after colliding with an iceberg, was only located in 1985. Nine years later, a federal court granted rights to recover the wreck to RMS Titanic Inc. , with this company recovering objects and parts of the shipwreck, always under court supervision.