Here's what we know about the tourist submarine that went missing on an expedition to explore the famous Titanic shipwreck.
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By Tuesday, crews from the U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian coast guard, U.S. Navy and Air National Guard had collectively searched about 7,600 square miles since the sub vanished two days prior, according to Frederick. That combined search area is larger than the state of Connecticut, the captain noted. "As we continue on with this search ... we've been working through the night with a broad group of partners to bring all capabilities to bear looking on both the surface and now expanding to a subsurface in the area," U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger told CNN.
Sonar buoys have been deployed in the water in an attempt to listen for the missing sub. They're capable of listening to a depth of 13,000 feet. In a statement, OceanGate confirmed the missing submarine is theirs and that a rescue operation had been launched to find and recover it. The company said it was"exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely." The company did not specify how many people were inside the sub.
Government officials in the United Kingdom told CBS News they are in contact with Harding's family and prepared to assist as search and rescue operations continue. That post was Harding's most recent social media update related to the submarine trip. It included multiple photographs of him, including one that showed Harding signing his name on a banner that read"Titanic Expedition Mission V" and another that pictured the submersible vessel itself.
The Dawood family, of the large Pakistan-based global business conglomerate Dawood Group, issued a statement Tuesday confirming their family members were on the expedition. Rory Golden, an explorer who became the first Irish diver to visit the Titanic wreckage in 2000, shared a post on Facebook Monday about the missing submersible.
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