Rescue teams searching for the submersible near the wreckage of the Titanic detected underwater noises in the area of the disappearance, the US Coast Guard reported Wednesday, when it estimates that all five occupants have oxygen for less than 24 hours.
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Communication with the submersible Titan, 6.5 meters long, was lost on Sunday two hours after it began its descent towards the vestiges of the mythical transatlantic, located almost 4,000 meters deep and about 600 km from Newfoundland, in the North Atlantic.
(Iceland decided to temporarily suspend whaling).
The Canadian P-3 plane detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) operations have relocated in an attempt to explore the source of the noises, the US Coast Guard First District said on Twitter.
Searches of the ROV have returned negative results, but are continuing, the military maritime division added. Citing an internal US government document, CNN reported that additional acoustic signals have been heard that will help direct surface resources while maintaining hope of finding survivors.
Aboard the Titan are the millionaire British Hamish Harding, Chairman of Action Aviation, Pakistani Shahzada Dawood, Vice President of Engro, and their son Suleman, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, the company that operates the submersible.
(Updates on the search for the submersible headed for Titanic).
The cost of the excursion is $250,000 per passenger. Ships and planes are heading to the area to reinforce the vast search operation deployed by the US and Canadian coast guards in the area.
The Pentagon announced the dispatch of a third aircraft C-130 y three C-17, while an underwater robot sent by the French Oceanographic Institute will join the search this Wednesday.
OceanGate Expeditions
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