The US Navy «knew about the explosion of the Titanic submarine a few days ago»

Rear Admiral John Mauger announced the discovery of a Titan wreck. Photo: GETTY IMAGES

The US Navy reportedly detected the explosion of the Underwater Titan on underwater sound monitoring devices several hours after it entered the water.

This was recorded by a secret acoustic monitoring system designed to detection of submarines, according to The Wall Street Journal.

A senior US Navy official told the newspaper: apparatus «Titan», when the connection was lost.

«Although this information is not conclusive, this information was immediately passed on to the incident commander to assist in the ongoing search and rescue operation.»

After the disappearance of the submarine was announced on Sunday, The US Navy returned and analyzed her data and found an anomaly that was consistent with an implosion or explosion, a senior Navy official told The Associated Press. the official said.

The Navy relayed the information to the Coast Guard, who continued their search.

«Spotting would be child's play for the Navy,»

Steffan Watkins, an aeronautical and naval research consultant, told The Telegraph that the US Navy has spent a huge amount on building a new deep-sea sensor network over the past five years. which they don't talk about.»

He said: «They are implementing underwater detection technology that should detect the most advanced and quietest submarines, so I expect drug submarines and sketchy submarines this explosion should be child's play for them.»

How they discovered the Titan wreckage field

Mark Kanzian, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said he would have been «surprised» if the US military's sensors hadn't detected the blast.

He said: «They suspected what happened, but didn't could be sure. What you're looking at is just the lines on the chart.

«And if you try to convince people that they didn't search because the lines on the chart indicate implosion, that won't be acceptable to many people» .

On Thursday, the US Coast Guard said it had discovered the wreckage of a submersible near the wreck of the Titanic, which is at a depth of 12,400 feet.

This announcement ended four days of search and rescue efforts. operation.

Official officials have said debris found on the seafloor is consistent with an explosion from the submersible pressure chamber.

Five of the ship's passengers are presumed dead, according to OceanGate Expeditions, the company that operated the submarine.

Rear Admiral of the US Coast Guard. John Mauger said it was too early to tell whether an explosion occurred during the last report from the submersible on Sunday.

But it was not detected by the sonar buoys used by search parties that arrived later, he said.

The Coast Guard will continue to search near the Titanic for clues about what happened to the Titan.

Efforts to find the submersible and the remains of the five dead men will also continue. .