Search and rescue crews are in a dire race against time to find a submersible carrying five people that vanished while on a tour of the underwater wreckage of the Titanic. Here's what we know about the situation and how it unfolded:
and a 96-hour oxygen supply. About an hour and 45 minutes later, the sealed craft lost contact with its operator, OceanGate Expeditions.
At 5:40 p.m. ET, the U.S. Coast Guard received a report of an overdue submersible. The Titan was supposed to resurface at 3 p.m. ET.The U.S. Coast Guard in coordination with the Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian Armed Forces conducted a surface search for the missing submersible using various aircraft, including one with underwater sonar capability.As of 7 a.m.
Bahamian research vessel Deep Energy, which specializes in pipe-laying and has remotely operated vehicle capabilities, arrived at 7 a.m. ET to help with the search.At 12:18 ET, the U.S. Coast Guard announced via Twitter that a Canadian aircraft had detected underwater noises in the search area. Remotely operated vehicle operations were then relocated "in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises," according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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