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☆ A Situation Room scramble, daily calls and political intrigue: Inside the White House response to the Key Bridge collapse
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Kayla Tausche | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

ET, overnight staffers in the White House Situation Room began frantically reaching out to senior officials to notify them of the collision – and collapse – of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. Jen Daskal, the deputy homeland security adviser, began preparing a briefing for President Joe Biden. Two Oval Office meetings were convened as staff at various levels began trickling into the White House. Seven barges and nine tugboats have deployed to the area, according to Tom Perez, the White House director of intergovernmental affairs. In another case – that of Moore and Perez – the two have already opposed each other on the ballot.

Persons: Pete Buttigieg, Dali, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key, Buttigieg, ” Buttigieg, Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Jeff Zients –, Jen Daskal, Joe Biden, “, ”, Johnny Olszewski – Biden, ” Olszewski, Biden, “ I’ve, ” Biden, –, Tom Perez, ” Perez, Perez, “ It’s, we’ve, Natalie Quillian, Moore, Perez –, that’s, ” CNN’s Donald Judd Organizations: Baltimore CNN —, US Coast Guard, CNN, Maryland Gov, Baltimore Mayor, White House, Baltimore, Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, Maryland, White, Administration, Democratic Locations: Wyoming, Montana, Maryland, Baltimore County, Washington, Delaware, Baltimore, Patapsco, synchrony, Federal, White, United States

☆ As crews work to lift first piece of Baltimore bridge debris, officials eye a temporary channel around the collapse site
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Crews are working to remove the first portion of Baltimore bridge wreckage – the starting point in a complicated, extensive cleanup process that could help open up a temporary channel to get more vessels into the water around the collapse site, officials said. In the meantime, conditions in the water make it unsafe for divers as pieces of the bridge remain submerged in the water. The port “handles more cars and more farm equipment more than any other port inside this country,” the governor said. Plus, “at least 8,000 workers on the docks have jobs that have been directly affected” by the collapse. In order to reopen the port, the Coast Guard says it will first clear debris from the deep draft channel, remove the ship, then clear debris from the bridge across the waterway.

Persons: CNN — Crews, Wes Moore, It’s, Francis Scott Key, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Moore, ” Moore, Shannon Gilreath, you’ve, ”, it’s, ” Gilreath, Al Drago, Roland L, Butler, Mark Martin, ” Martin, Martin, “ Organizations: CNN, ”, ” Maryland Gov, Authorities, Baltimore Mayor, US Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Bloomberg, Getty, SalvOcean Locations: Baltimore, ” Maryland, Maryland, Port of Baltimore, “, Patapsco, Baltimore Harbor

Officials have released the names of two workers trapped when a coal mine preparation plant collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky. Martin County Judge Executive Lon Lafferty identified the men as Billy Ray Daniels and Alvin Nees, news outlets report. Daniels died amid rescue efforts at the scene and Nees is believed to be trapped beneath the rubble. Officials briefly made contact with Daniels, but announced Wednesday he died amid rescue efforts. In the second full day of rescue efforts, officials are removing the debris into smaller piles for the search, Lafferty said.

Persons: Martin, Lon Lafferty, Billy Ray Daniels, Alvin Nees, Daniels, Nees, Lafferty, Crews, ” Lafferty Organizations: Martin, Prep, Authorities, Kentucky, Occupational Safety, Health, Lexington Coal Company LLC, Skeens Enterprises Locations: Kentucky, Pike County, Martin County, Inez

Crews began the arduous process of removing layers of rubble and debris in the search for a missing worker Thursday at a collapsed coal mine preparation plant in eastern Kentucky where a second worker died. Officials briefly made contact with one of the two men working inside, but announced Wednesday he died amid rescue efforts. Authorities said Thursday they have not had any communication with the second worker since the building collapsed at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Inez, a town of about 500 people. In the second full day of rescue efforts, officials are removing the debris into smaller piles for the search. Slinker estimated that up to 50 rescue workers and 25 support personnel at a time were involved in the search.

Persons: Crews, ” Martin, Lon Lafferty, Lafferty, ”, ” Crews, Inez, Jody Meiman, Meiman, Jeremy Slinker, “, Lyndon Johnson Organizations: Martin, Prep, Authorities, Louisville Metro Emergency, Emergency, Kentucky, Occupational Safety, Health, Lexington Coal Company LLC, Skeens Enterprises Locations: Kentucky, Martin County, Inez, Louisville, Sandy

“The North Umpqua River’s diverse fish populations are unique within Oregon and are of considerable social, cultural, and economic importance locally and regionally,” the fish and wildlife department said in a news release. Environmental groups have long criticized the dam, describing it as an old, disintegrating structure that kills or prevents fish including lamprey and salmon from swimming upstream. Jim McCarthy, Southern Oregon Program Director of WaterWatch of Oregon, said he hoped the damages claim would mark a turning point for lamprey conservation. To carry out the repairs, the district received authorization from the fish and wildlife department to temporarily drain part of the reservoir behind the dam and close the fish ladder. Two days later, the fish and wildlife department determined that an emergency salvage operation was necessary and recruited employees from across the western side of the state to assist.

Persons: they've, Ryan Beckley, Jim McCarthy, ”, Salem . State Sen, Jeff Golden, ___ Claire Rush Organizations: —, Oregon Department of Fish, Wildlife, Winchester Water Control, Jim McCarthy , Southern Oregon, Water Resources, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: PORTLAND, — Oregon, Douglas County, Winchester, Oregon, Umpqua, Jim McCarthy ,, Salem . State, Fish

☆ North Korea satellite had 'no military utility' - South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what it called a space satellite toward the south, in Seoul, South Korea, May 31, 2023. "After detailed analysis on major parts of North Korea's space launch vehicle and satellite which were salvaged, South Korean and U.S. experts have assessed that they had no military utility as a reconnaissance satellite at all," the military said in a statement. It is the first time South Korea has secured a satellite launched by the North, South Korean military experts said. The nuclear-armed North has pursued a satellite launch programme since the 1990s and has said it would launch its first reconnaissance satellite to boost monitoring of U.S. military activities. In a key policy address in January 2021, North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, pledged to develop military reconnaissance satellites.

Persons: Kim Hong, Lee Choon, Yang Uk, Kim Jong Un, Hyonhee Shin, Jack Kim, Ed Davies, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, South, Aircraft, South Korea's Science, Technology Policy, Asan Institute, Policy Studies, Workers, Party, Thomson Locations: North Korea, Seoul, South Korea, Korean, SEOUL, North, U.S, Korea, South Korean, Pyongyang, Japan

☆ This Myth About Innovation May Have Doomed OceanGate’s Titan Submersible - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Naomi Oreskes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In Mr. Rush’s telling, innovation was the province of maverick individuals, not stodgy legacy players and certainly not cumbersome government bureaucracies. That story is often wrong, and it was 100 percent wrong in this case. Realizing this could be a powerful military communications tool, they worked with the U.S. Navy to develop technologies that exploited this sound channel. As its name suggests, Aluminaut was developed with the Reynolds Metals Company, one of the largest aluminum companies in the world. What the Navy and Woods Hole were not willing to do, however, was to risk lives.

Persons: Rush’s, Rush, SOSUS, Alvin, Aluminaut, James Mavor Jr Organizations: United, Oceanographic Institution, U.S . Navy, U.S . Office, Naval Research, U.S . Navy Bureau of Ships, Reynolds Metals Company, Navy Locations: Silicon Valley, America, United States

☆ Titanic submersible: A robot is combing the sea floor for debris from the implosion as a multinational investigation begins
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Samantha Beech | Nouran Salahieh | Samantha Beech | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The US Coast Guard has convened a Marine Board of Investigation to probe the implosion – the “highest level of investigation the Coast Guard conducts,” US Coast Guard chief investigator Capt. Military experts found debris from the ill-fated submersible about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on Thursday, the US Coast Guard previously said. “This case has been extremely complex, involving a coordinated international, interagency and private sector response in an unforgiving and difficult to access region of the ocean,” US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, said Sunday. The Coast Guard announced the vessel suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing everyone on board. Pelagic's remotely operated vehicle Odysseus 6 is lifted out of the ocean after searching for debris from the Titan submersible on June 22, 2023.

Persons: Jason Neubauer, ” Neubauer, “, ” Kathy Fox, Kent Osmond, John Mauger, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Odysseus, Neubauer, Paul Hankins, Jeff Mahoney, Mahoney, Rush, ” Rachel Lance, ”, Karl Stanley, ” Stanley, OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, ” Sohnlein Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Marine Board, Investigation, Coast Guard, Authorities, Prince, Transportation, Board of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Polar Prince, US, Guard, First Coast Guard District, OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, Titan, Research, Research Services, Salvage Operations, Ocean Engineering, Deep Energy, US Navy, Navy, Duke University, Rush Locations: Canada, St, John’s, British, French, Bahamas

☆ Voice recordings and data from the mother ship that carried the Titanic-bound submersible before it imploded will be examined, investigators say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Samantha Beech | Nouran Salahieh | Samantha Beech | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“The content of those voice recordings could be useful in our investigation,” Fox said. Communications between the submersible and its mother ship will also likely be scrutinized. The ship could communicate with the submersible by text messages, and it’s required to communicate every 15 minutes, according to the archived website of OceanGate Expeditions. The vehicles will work to map out the vessel’s debris field, which is more than 2 miles deep in the North Atlantic, Mauger said. When asked for comment about Stanley’s email, a spokesman for OceanGate told CNN they were unable to provide any additional information at this time.

Persons: ” Kathy Fox, John’s, ” Fox, John Mauger, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Kent Osmond, OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, ” Sohnlein, “, Mauger, Paul Hankins, Jeff Mahoney, Mahoney, Rush, Karl Stanley, ” Stanley Organizations: CNN, Transportation, Board of Canada, US Coast Guard, Stockton Rush, OceanGate Expeditions, Communications, Titan, Getty, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, National Transportation Safety Board, US, Guard, Salvage Operations, Ocean Engineering, Research Services, Deep Energy, Rush, “ Locations: St, Newfoundland and Labrador, British, French, AFP, Bahamas

☆ U.S. Coast Guard will lead investigation of Titan implosion with help from Canada, France, UK
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The convening of a Marine Board of Investigation is the highest level of investigation conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard, Neubauer said. Investigators are working closely with other national and international investigative authorities, including the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the French marine casualties investigation board and the United Kingdom Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Neubauer added. The Coast Guard board can make recommendations to prosecutors to pursue civil or criminal sanctions as necessary. The Coast Guard led the initial search and rescue mission, a massive international effort that likely cost millions of dollars. "The Coast Guard doesn't charge for search and rescue nor do we associate a cost with human life," said Rear Adm. John Mauger, of the Coast Guard First District.

Persons: Jason Neubauer, Neubauer, Kathy Fox, Fox, John Mauger, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet Organizations: . Coast Guard, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City , North Carolina, HC, U.S . Coast Guard, Titan, Marine Board, Investigation, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation, Board of Canada, United Kingdom Marine, Coast Guard, U.S . Navy, Navy, Associated Press, Board, Canada, Authorities, Canadian Transportation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, OceanGate Expeditions, U.S, Stockton Rush, Rescuers Locations: Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City , North, Cape Cod, U.S, St, John's, Newfoundland, Atlantic, Prince, Canada, Canadian, Bahamas, Everett , Washington, England, Pakistan, France, British

☆ Titan submersible: What's next in the search for the imploded submersible?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The discovery led the US Coast Guard to announce the ship likely imploded, killing all five passengers aboard. The Odysseus 6 discovered debris from the Titan submersible about 1,600 feet from the wreckage of the Titanic on Thursday, according to the US Coast Guard. All five are presumed dead after the “catastrophic implosion” of the submersible, according to the US Coast Guard. On Friday, Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said, “I don’t have an answer for prospects at this time” when asked about recovering remains. A Coast Guard official said Thursday that authorities are discussing how an investigation would unfold since the implosion took place in international waters.

Persons: Paul Hankins, ”, Tom Maddox, “, John’s, Shahzada, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, John Mauger, ” Aileen Marty, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, ” OceanGate, Mauger, Rush, What’s, OceanGate’s, David Lochridge, William Kohnen, OceanGate, classing, ” Rush, David Pogue, don’t, Don’t Organizations: CNN, Titan, US Coast Guard, Research Services, Coast Guard, Forensic Investigators, Deep Energy, Stockton Rush, OceanGate Expeditions, Florida International University, Maritime Horizon Services, Maritime Horizon, Navy, ”, Authorities, Canada, Transportation, Board of Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, TSB, Canadian, Twitter, National Transportation Safety, Marine Technology, American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd’s, Rush Locations: Canada, St, British, French, Newfoundland, John’s, Labrador

☆ Timeline of the Titanic sub implosion and search
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

These were the unsettling days since the Titanic submersible’s demise:Sunday, June 18: ‘Discover something truly extraordinary’This image shows the start of the RMS Titanic Expedition Mission 5 on June 18, 2023. Monday, June 19: A race against timeUS Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, speaks to the media, Monday, June 19, 2023, in Boston. US and Canadian coast guard crews scoured the ocean’s surface and used sonar to listen for sounds far below the water. Wednesday, June 21: A ‘search-and-rescue mission, 100%’Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area, according to the US Coast Guard. It was unclear whether the noises heard Tuesday night and Wednesday morning were from the missing submersible, according to Frederick.

Persons: Hamish Harding, ”, Harding, “, John Mauger, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Steven Senne, Mauger, Rory Golden, Crews, Jamie Frederick, ” Mathieu Johann, Nargeolet, Frederick, ” Frederick, David Marquet, Stockton, ” OceanGate, ” Mauger, Paul Hankins, Jordan Pettitt, Aileen Maria Marty, Tom Dettweiler Organizations: CNN, Titanic Expedition, US Coast Guard, Atlantic, Stockton Rush, Getty, Daylight, Maritime Horizon Services, US, Guard, First Coast Guard District, Facebook, OceanGate Expeditions, Sonar, Twitter, Canadian Armed Forces, New York Air National Guard, Salvage Operations, Ocean Engineering, US Navy, Navy, Naval, Florida International University, “ Locations: British, Newfoundland, St, John’s, Canada, Cape Cod , Massachusetts, Eastern, Boston, Canadian, Cape Cod, Connecticut, France, St John's

☆ Titan submersible: Search crews heard banging sounds while scouring the Atlantic for manned craft now running out of oxygen
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Ray Sanchez Priscilla Alvarez | Nouran Salahieh | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

The banging on Tuesday first came every 30 minutes and was heard again four hours later, according to an internal government memo update on the search. The search for the missing submersible Titan has broadened to an area about two times the size of Connecticut. It was unclear when exactly the banging was heard Tuesday or how long it lasted, based on the memo. We have to keep working until we find the submersible,” Joyce Murray, minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, told reporters Wednesday. If the submersible is intact, the passengers would be dealing with dwindling oxygen levels and fighting cold, he told CNN.

Persons: Jamie Frederick, ”, Frederick, Stone, ” Joyce Murray, “, Ray Scott “ Chip ” McCord, ” Scott, David Hiscock, we’ve, John Mauger, ” Carl Hartsfield, John Cabot –, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Sulaiman Dawood, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, ” David Gallo, John’s, Gallo, ” Gallo, Joe MacInnis, who’s, Frederick didn’t, Mauger, David Lochridge, Lochridge, OceanGate, Oceangate, ” OceanGate, Suleman Dawood, Stockton Rush, J, Van Gurley, Gabe Cohen, ” Cohen, Aaron Newman, ” John “ Danny ” Olivas, ” Olivas, CNN’s Victor Blackwell Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Fisheries, Canadian Coast Guard, OceanGate Expeditions, Canadian Armed Forces, New York Air National Guard, U.S . Air Force, “ CBS, Naval, Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, USCG, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Stockton Rush, Strategic Initiatives, Daylight, Horizon Services, US Navy, Facebook, OceanGate, Titan, Manned, Vehicles, Marine Technology Society, New York Times, Times, Stockton, Polar Prince, Navy, KOMO, CBS Locations: Connecticut, Canadian, Everest, NewfoundlandSaturday, Cape Cod , Massachusetts, OceanGate, Rush, Titan

The Defense... Read moreSEOUL, June 16 (Reuters) - South Korea has recovered from the sea part of a rocket used in North Korea's failed attempt to launch its first military satellite last month, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Friday. The announcement came about two weeks after North Korea unsuccessfully tried to launch its first spy satellite, with the booster and payload plunging into the sea. South Korea began retrieving debris shortly after the launch, and had already recovered smaller parts. Lee Choon-geun, a honorary research fellow at South Korea's Science and Technology Policy Institute, said the newly retrieved object appeared to be a fuel tank. On Friday, the U.S. guided-missile submarine USS Michigan arrived in South Korea for the first time since 2017 for joint special warfare exercises aimed at improving responses to North Korean threats, the South Korean navy said.

Persons: North Korea's, Lee Jong, Lee Choon, Chang Young, Chang, Soo, hyang Choi, Hyonhee Shin, Ed Davies, Gerry Doyle Organizations: South Korean, The Defense, Joint Chiefs, Staff, North, Korea's Defence, South Korea's Science, Technology Policy Institute, Korea Aerospace University, North Korean, Thomson Locations: Korea, South Korea, SEOUL, North, North Korea, United States, Seoul, Washington, Pyongyang, U.S, Michigan

☆ US officials say getting their hands on China's spy balloon was a 'key' reason for shooting it down near a South Carolina beach
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

US officials say balloons have crossed over the US before as part of a wider Chinese surveillance program. The eight-day wait and the sensitivity of those bases have alarmed lawmakers, who called defense officials to Capitol Hill on Thursday to explain their handling of the incident. US sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off of Myrtle Beach on February 5. US sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off of Myrtle Beach on February 5. A Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the South Carolina coast on February 4.

☆ Angry senators grill Pentagon officials over Chinese spy balloon response
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Christina Wilkie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rear Admiral Fred Kacher, director for operations of the Joint Staff, during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) questions witnesses during a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill about the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. The hearing was part of a series of events Thursday morning in Congress, all related to the spy balloon. In the House, a resolution condemning "the Chinese Communist Party's use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon" passed unanimously, 419-0. That vote took place shortly after House members received a classified briefing about the balloon and the recovery efforts from defense and intelligence officials.

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