| This article is written in a strange way. > The Navy began listening for the Titan almost as soon as the sub lost communications, according to a U.S. defense official. "Began listening" -- So OceanGate actually contacted the Coast Guard immediately? > Shortly after its disappearance, the U.S. system detected what it suspected was the sound of an implosion near the debris site discovered Thursday and reported its findings to the commander on site, U.S. defense officials said. The commander on site? Like the Coast Guard commander on site? That would imply the implosion happened many hours after the loss of communication. > “The U.S. Navy conducted an analysis of acoustic data and detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion in the general vicinity of where the Titan submersible was operating when communications were lost,” a senior U.S. Navy official told The Wall Street Journal in a statement. “While not definitive, this information was immediately shared with the Incident Commander to assist with the ongoing search and rescue mission.” This makes it more like they retroactively looked at the data and noted that the implosion happened and then informed the commander. |