The US Coast Guard has confirmed a Canadian aircraft detected underwater noises in the area where a vessel with five people aboard went missing while on an expedition to see the wreck of the Titanic.
of Canada, rescuers had not yet located the missing vessel. The US Coast Guard has warned that its passengers only had about 40 hours of breathable air left.
British billionaire Hamish Harding , who is onboard the submersible, after a flight to space in June 2022.US Coast Guard captain Jamie Frederick said authorities were doing everything they could to find the Titan and its passengers in the face of “unique” challenges such as deep water ocean pressure, limited visibility and the remoteness of the dive site.
Its occupants include Harding; British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman; and French maritime expert Paul Henri Nargeolet. OceanGate chief executive Stockton Rush, whose Seattle-based company runs the Titanic expeditions at a cost of $US250,000 a ticket, is also on board. But with time running out, the rescue mission has now been expanded to allow authorities to look deeper. A deep vessel with remote operating vehicle capabilities had arrived on the scene and a Canadian aircraft was conducting searches of the area, Frederick said.A Canadian coast guard cutter and other vessels are also en route, while France’s maritime ministry announced it was sending a research vessel equipped with a deep-sea underwater robot to assist in the mission.
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