A company adviser said the submersible had a 96-hour oxygen supply.
- Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time early Tuesday to find The carbon-fiber submersible named the Titan, part of a mission by OceanGate Expeditions, carried a pilot, a renowned British adventurer, two members of an iconic Pakistani business family and a Titanic expert. Authorities about 435 miles south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, according to Canada’s Joint Rescue Coordination Center.
“We’re working very, very hard to make sure that we bring all assets ... to bring leading technical experts to understand what capability is available, what capability we can get to the team,” he said.The Canadian research icebreaker Polar Prince, which was supporting the Titan, reportedly lost contact with the vessel about an hour and 45 minutes after it submerged.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told The Associated Press in June 2021 that each dive would typically include a pilot, a researcher and three mission specialists. He said the mission specialists would operate sonar equipment and cameras as well as handle communications and possibly drive the Titan. “There is still plenty of time to facilitate a rescue mission, there is equipment on board for survival in this event,” Butler said. “We’re all hoping and praying he comes back safe and sound.”
Shahzada Dawood also is on the board of trustees for the California-based SETI Institute that searches for extraterrestrial intelligence. Unlike submarines that leave and return to port under their own power, submersibles require a ship to launch and recover them. OceanGate hired the Polar Prince to ferry dozens of people and the submersible craft to the North Atlantic wreck site. The submersible would make multiple dives in one expedition.
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