The search for the ‘Titan’ is more active than ever. The Canadian military that have detected “signs for hope” have described them to international media as “rhythmic metallic knocks, every once in a while.” sounds that have accelerated —unlimited, unfortunately— the search for the Titan and its five adventurous crew. At this time, there are already two planes and five ships (from Canada, the United States and two private companies) that are trying to find them. And there are reinforcements on the way: at least four other ships, including French aid… though unlikely to arrive today, in time. We review the hypotheses and scenarios that are being considered:

lost

Knowing that communications failed before completing its descent, The best case it would be that they are simply lostfloating adrift. Something that it has already happened to the ‘Titan’. And it complicates everything that, apparently, one of the beacon-guide systems is missing.

electrical failure

Maybe he had an electrical problem. In this case, it should have automatically dropped ballast and ascended to the surface. Even so, it would not be easy to find them: like looking for a bus in an area with minimal water, like the province of Seville. “How to rescue astronauts stranded on another planet of the solar system”, explains Mario Viciosa, science journalist for ‘Newtral.es’ in ‘Al Rojo Vivo’. feat what should be achieved before tomorrow morningwhich is until when they could stretch the oxygen . In the best case.

stranded on the seabed

Even more difficult to find the shipwrecked if this peculiar bathyscaphe has aground with some bulge on the seabed… or with the seabed themselves. remains of the Titanic. “One of the first hypotheses is that it could have been found, paradoxically, with a iceberg 111 years later,” says Viciosa.

cabin fire

If it had collided with something or there had been an electrical failure, it is very likely, experts say, a fire… that the oxygen in the cabin would worsen. The crew members—a British adventurer, two Pakistani businessmen, and a Titanic scholar—would suffocate to death.

catastrophic failure

Even without fire, any crack in the bathyscaphe could be catastrophic: at three and a half kilometers deep, as it is estimated that they descended, it is a pressure cooker. Literal: about two tons per square centimeter. And the carbon fiber the ‘Titan’ is made of isn’t as tested for this as titanium or steel. The specialists explain that it would crack and explode like a bomb… that they try to ‘defuse’ in an international time trial.