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In an astonishing display of bureaucratic ineptitude, the US Government successfully delayed rescue efforts to find the Titan submersible, missing while diving to the site of the 1912 Titanic sinking.<\/p>\n
A delay by US officials in approving paperwork is hampering the mission to find a submersible with five people trapped on board, an advisor to the company that owns the sub said.<\/p>\n
The Titan craft was conducting a trip to the wreck of the Titanic organized by the tourism company OceanGate when it submerged on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Its support vessel lost contact with it about an hour and 45 minutes into its trip, the Coast Guard has said.<\/p>\n
David Concannon, an advisor to OceanGate, told NewsNation on Monday that vital search-and-rescue equipment was sitting on a plane on the island of Guernsey because US officials hadn’t signed off on the paperwork.<\/p>\n
The crew in the submersible could run out of oxygen by Thursday afternoon if the vessel is still intact.<\/p>\n
The search is being conducted about 435 miles south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, where in 1912 the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, with more than a thousand passengers and crew members perishing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Apparently the bureaucrats responsible for signing off such a request were on holiday Monday and unavailable. Wonder if they could have been available if a real national emergency arose?<\/p>\n
he teams also expanded their underwater search capability on Tuesday by adding a remotely operated vehicle in order to reach lower depths. That search is ongoing.<\/p>\n
But even if the crews can locate the vessel at a low depth, hauling it up to the surface is another task. The Titan could be at a depth of over 13,000 feet and a distance of over 900 miles offshore. Frederick said the search and rescue crews did not yet have salvage equipment in place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n