Five people including a British billionaire are on board the vessel which began its dive towards the Titanic wreck on Sunday morning. It lost contact with the research vessel Polar Prince an hour and 45 minutes into the dive, according to the US Coast Guard.
The US coastguard has indicated those on board the missing submersible that lost contact near the wreck of the Titanic may have no more than a couple of days at best before its life support systems fail.
The submersible craft, Titan, went missing on Sunday in the Atlantic Ocean some 435 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada.It is understood from the vessel's operator, OceanGate Expeditions, Titan has a 96-hour oxygen supply in case of emergencies meaning only around two days of"life support" remain.Oceangate has been 'unable to establish communications' with its Titan Submersible for some time.
Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, said:"It is a remote area and it is a challenge to conduct a search in that area" but added,"we're deploying all available assets". He said the search consists of both looking at the surface and subsurface. The coastguard said Titan lost contact with research vessel Polar Prince approximately one hour and 45 minutes into the vessel's dive on Sunday morning.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerThe US Coast Guard Northeast said The Polar Prince and the 106th Rescue Wing would continue surface searches"throughout the evening".
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