The U.S. Coast Guard says debris field has been found near the Titanic during search for submersible
to the site of the disappearance. On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard said an undersea robot sent by a Canadian ship had reached the sea floor, while a French research institute said a deep-diving robot with cameras, lights and arms also joined the operation.might help narrow their search, whose coverage area has been expanded to thousands of miles — twice the size of Connecticut and in waters 2 1/2 miles deep.
Dr. Rob Larter, a marine geophysicist with the British Antarctic Survey, emphasized the difficulty of even finding something the size of the"You're talking about totally dark environments," in which an object several dozen feet away can be missed, he said. "It's just a needle in a haystack situation unless you've got a pretty precise location."during the submersible's development.
Captain Jamie Frederick of the First Coast Guard District said a day earlier that authorities were still holding out hope of savingFrederick said while the sounds that have been detected offered a chance to narrow the search, their exact location and source hadn't yet been determined.Retired Navy Capt.
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