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Atalante and Horizon Arctic deployed ROVs to search submersible Titan
In the afternoon of June 22, 2023, it has been confirmed that two deepwater ROVs, or remotely operated vehicles, have arrived at the site where the submersible 'Titan'went missing, with one having reached the sea floor. The submersible attached to the Canadian vessel 'Horizon Arctic' has reached the sea floor. The Victor 6000, which is operated from the 'Atalante', has also been deployed. Working in four-hour shifts, a team of two pilots will navigate and control its movement from a control room on board the surface ship. There will also be a third person in the control room helping with the mission. They could be from the Canadian coastguard or from the company which operates the missing submersible. The lights and cameras that Victor 6000 has on board will enable the team on the surface ship to see in real time what is on the floor of the ocean to a distance roughly equivalent to a small tennis court. The French submersible also has two mechanical arms capable of extremely delicate manoeuvres such as cutting or removing debris.
Medevac off Nouméa
On Sep 16, 2015, at 10:25 a.m. the MRCC Noumea was contacted by maritime medical coordination center (MMCC) in Toulouse, after a crew member of the "L'Atalante" was seriously wounded in a hand with a partial amputation of the thumb. After a consultation, the medical evacuation of the wounded was decided. The MRCC dispatched a Puma helicopter of the Army in New Caledonia with the health service of the army on board. "The Atalante" was located 330 nautical miles south of Nouméa and had to approach the coast so that the patient could be hoisted. On Sep 17 at 8:10 a.m. the helicopter took off in Tontouta and reached the ship at 8:50 a.m. At 9 a.m. the patient was aboard and taken to Nouméa where he was delivered to an ambulance at 9:55 a.m. and taken to the CHT Gaston Bourret for treamtment. French report with photos: http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/ifremer-evacuation-medicale-sur-latalante-au-large-de-noumea
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