The search for the submarine exploring the remains of the Titanic is stretching on three days after the submersible went missing on Sunday.
Capt. Jamie Frederick, who is from the First Coast Guard District, stated on Tuesday that “crews are working round the clock” during their rescue mission of the people on board the submersible and that aircraft have searched a 7,600-square-mile area of the northwest Atlantic Ocean to see if the missing submersible has surfaced.“It’s a unique operation. It’s a challenging operation, but right now, we’re focused on searching as fast as we can,” Frederick said.
Several agencies — including the Boston Coast Guard; Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia; the U.S. Fleet Forces Command; the DHS; and the United States Coast Guard — did not verify the reports that a banging or tapping sound was heard, a fact that would likely confirm the five members of the craft, named the Titan, were still alive.
On Monday, G. Michael Harris, a Titanic expedition leader, said his team believes the vessel imploded at around 3,200 meters deep and that there is little to nothing that can be done to save those inside the craft.The Coast Guard estimated on Tuesday at 3 p.m. that the submersible had about 40 hours of oxygen remaining. This was based on initial estimates that the sub had 96 hours of breathable air in total, Frederick said.
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