Rescuers race against clock after noises heard from Titanic vessel search area
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There are now less than 24 hours of oxygen left in the missing Titan submersible as rescue efforts continue for the five divers.
A Canadian aircraft searching for the sub in the Atlantic Ocean detected intermittent “banging” noises from the vicinity of its last known location.
The crew searching for the missing sub heard banging sounds every 30 minutes on Tuesday and again four hours later, after additional sonar devices were deployed.
However, Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard who is leading the search, said that “we don’t know the source of the noise”.
CEO and founder of OceanGate Expeditions Stockton Rush, British billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, renowned French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood are on the OceanGate Expeditions’ submersible, Titan.
The watercraft submerged on Sunday morning from its support vessel to travel to the Titanic wreckage which sits at a depth of 12,500ft. About an hour and 45 minutes later, the Titan lost contact with its mother ship, the Polar Prince, authorities said.
The Titan is equipped with a four-day emergency oxygen supply. It is estimated that the five missing passengers have less than 24 hours of oxygen supply left inside the vessel.
The US Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard are involved in rescue efforts.
More assets en route to search and rescue
The US Coast Guard has more assets en route to the search area where the Titan submersible may be missing including several Canadian ships and research vessels.
In a statement, posted on Tuesday (20 June) the Coast Guard listed the number of new assets.
- Canadian CGS John Cabot
- Canadian CGS Ann Harvey
- Canadian CGS Terry Fox
- Canadian CGS Atlantic Merlin (Remotely Operated Vehicle)
- Motor Vessel Horizon Arctic
- Commercial Vessel Skandi Vinland (Remotely Operated Vehicle)
- French research vessel L’Atalante (Remotely Operated Vehicle)
- His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Glace Bay
The Glace Ship contains a decompression chamber and medical personnel aboard as well.
Missing Titanic submarine: Timeline of how events unfolded as search for tourist submersible continues
“I am proud to finally announce that I joined OceanGate Expeditions for their RMS TITANIC Mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the Titanic,” Mr Harding wrote.
“Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023. A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow.”
His chilling final post before the mission was the last time the world heard from him.
'Vile' Titanic submarine memes show social media at its worst
Every now and then, there’s an element of online discourse that reminds you how much of a cesspit social media is.
The search for the OceanGate Expeditions submarine is one of them.
Ever since a craft containing five people went missing on a journey to observe the wreckage of the Titanic on Sunday, our timelines have been full of people making light of the situation - they must be seeing a very different news story to the one we’re seeing.
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'Vile' Titanic submarine memes show social media at its worst
Every now and then, there’s an element of online discourse that reminds you how much of a cesspit social media is.The search for the OceanGate Expeditions submarine is one of them.Ever since a craft containing five people went missing on a journey to observe the wreckage of the Titanic on Sunday, ou...
‘Pressures down there will cut you like a razor blade'
Former reporter Dr Michael Guillen who went on a Titanic submarine expedition in 2000 described his panic when the vessel got stuck underneath the shipwreck.
Recalling the terror he felt, he told Sky News: “We had been told a story about a man who was caught in a similar situation and in his panic went to the escape hatch thinking he would go up that way, but of course expedited as doom.
“The pressures down there in the water, even if a little crack comes through, will cut you like a razor blade.”
‘Catastrophic implosion’, tangled in Titanic, lost at sea: Three expert theories on fate of missing sub
Arguably the worst case scenario is a catastrophic rupture in the submersible’s outer shell, causing an implosion that would kill everyone aboard very quickly.
The wreck of theTitanic sits around 3,800m below sea level, where the water pressure bearing down on any given object is roughly 376 times greater than that exerted by Earth’s atmosphere.
Humans cannot survive that kind of pressure, which is why we need a submersible. But, according to Australian robotics professor Stefan B Williams, that level of danger makes the margin of error small.
Three expert theories on fate of missing sub
The Titan, built and operated by an undersea adventure tourism company called OceanGate Expeditions, remained missing as of Wednesday morning. There are five people onboard: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, renowned French river Paul-Henri Nargeolet, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman.
Although we still don’t know what might have happened to them, experts have cohered around three basic scenarios, none of which are good news for the crew – or their families.
Io Dodds has more.
OceanGate CEO complained about ‘obscenely safe’ regulations
The founder of the company which operates the missing Titanic tourist submarine complained about “obscenely safe” regulations holding the industry back years before he found himself at the centre of disaster.
Maanya Sachdeva has more.
The Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, said that the people of the emirate are praying for the “hopeful return home” of the five passengers onboard the missing Titan submersible.
He wrote on Twitter: “While search teams are working hard to rescue passengers of the OceanGate Submarine: Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman, Paul-Henry Nargeolet, and Stockton Rush; Dubai and its people pray for their safety and hopeful return home.”
“We are following the updates anxiously and are unified in our prayers for them and their families during these difficult times.”
British billionaire Hamish Harding who is onboard the vessel lives in Dubai.
The Crown Prince of Dubai tweeted that the emirate was praying for the Titan passengers “safety”
“Rudimentary toilet” believed to be on Titan sub
While few details are known about the conditions of the submersible, accounts from people who have previously visited the Titanic say that food and water is available for passengers.
The BBC also reports that a “rudimentary toilet” can be used.
It is estimated that there is less than 24 hours left of oxygen on the sub as rescue efforts continue to search in the area.
A “rudimentary toilet” is believed to be available on the sub
Family of two passengers hope they return “safe and sound"
The sister and aunt of two passengers onboard the Titan submersible have said their “sole focus” is on the search and rescue efforts.
Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman are on board the missing vessel, which was due to return on Sunday from its 12,500ft dive down to the Titanic wreckage.
The family Shahzada Dawood and his teenage son Suleman have said their “sole focus” is on the search and rescue mission
Speaking to Sky News she said: “We are deeply grateful for the efforts of news agencies during this difficult time; your constant coverage of the missing Titan submersible is undoubtedly playing a large role in the world’s ability to access relevant updates on the matter.
“At this time, the Dawood family’s sole focus is the rescue of our beloved Shahzada and Suleman Dawood and we are unable to address any questions or comments at the moment.
“We trust that the family will be granted privacy as we deal with this crisis.
“May Shahzada and Suleman return to us safe and sound.
“We are sure they would be as moved as we are by the support of the global community during this period of difficulty.”
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