Ashley.
This is a complex operation.
How diverse are the teams that are looking for this Submersible?
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so the US Coast Guard called in other
countries to help including the Bahamas Canada,
the British Consul and the French deputy.
They've assembled a small fleet of ships and
planes to assist in finding the missing Submersible,
which is believed to run out of available oxygen.
By Thursday morning,
at least eight sea vessels are being
deployed to assist in the search. Some that may arrive as late as Thursday morning.
The US Coast Guard has admitted they don't have resources
or expertise to solely conduct a search of this magnitude.
These boats have specialized equipment like side scanning sonar capabilities.
Experts say sonar technology is crucial in a situation like this.
I spoke today to an expert who is very familiar with that exact technology.
I think most people are familiar with radar which
you use on the surface signal goes out,
it bounces off a ship and it comes back to you.
When you're going underwater, you can't use the radar you use sonar. Sonar is sound
and you send out a sound signal that bounces
off something and then comes back to the receiver
to try to find it.
So the units for an underwater search have to use the sonar.
And that's the only way they're gonna find something underwater.
But it's very difficult because a large search, a search area
and then at the search site, it's something like 12,000 ft deep.
So it's gonna be very difficult
to locate the vessel,
the US Coast Guard and press her this afternoon.
Also stressed the importance of a unified search.
One of the ships,
the Anne Harvey was named after the daughter of a
local fisherman who helped rescue 185 people in her lifetime.
Here's hoping that the legacy of that ship's name continues,
but as we've said with that looming deadline of tomorrow,
when the passengers on the Titan could potentially run out of oxygen.
These massive search parties are more crucial than ever.