The Guard said Canadian and US aircraft will resume looking underwater and on the ocean's surface Tuesday. "The Polar Prince and will continue to do surface searches throughout the evening," the First Coast Guard District tweeted. The Coast Guard said late Monday that two searches by C-130 aircraft had been completed and the mission would continue though the night. “We all join in the fervent hope that the submersible is located as quickly as possible and the crew is safe.” Search to continue overnight “I know he was looking forward to conducting research at the site,” Garriott wrote in a letter to members. Richard Garriott, president of the Explorers Club − a New York-based group that supports scientific exploration − said he saw Harding a week ago and “his excitement was palpable.'' We’re all hoping and praying he comes back safe and sound.” There is equipment on board for survival in this event. "There is still plenty of time to facilitate a rescue mission. “Every attempt is being made for a rescue mission,'' Mark Butler, the company’s managing director, told the AP. The experienced adventurer went into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket last June. The Titanic wreckage is believed to lie 12,500 feet deep.Īction Aviation said its company chairman, British businessman Hamish Harding, was one of the travelers on board. OceanGate adviser David Concannon told The Associated Press the company lost contact with the submersible Sunday morning.Ĭoncannon, who said he planned to go on the dive but had to cancel because of a matter regarding another client, said officials are rushing to get to the site a remotely operated vehicle that can reach a depth of 20,000 feet. See the Titanic in whole new way: Full-sized, 3D digital scan shows scale of wreckage site British tourist on board "So we anticipate that there's somewhere between 70 and the full 96 hours available at this point,'' he said. “We are working toward the safe return of the crewmembers.”īased on the company's information, Mauger said the submersible has a 96-hour emergency sustainment capability, which would include oxygen and fuel. “We are deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and deep sea companies in our efforts to reestablish contact with the submersible,” OceanGate said. The Coast Guard said Monday there was one pilot and four “mission specialists” aboard. They take turns operating sonar equipment and performing other tasks in the five-person submersible. OceanGate also brings people who pay to come along, known as “mission specialists.” The company's expeditions to the Titanic wreck site include archaeologists and marine biologists. OceanGate Expeditions, a Washington-based deep-sea exploration company, confirmed in a statement that it owned the submersible − a vessel in the submarine family but smaller and less self-sufficient than the classic military sub. The Polar Prince, the Canadian ship supporting the watercraft, lost contact with it about an hour and 45 minutes later. The Coast Guard tweeted that the 21-foot submersible named "Titan,'' which left from St. "It is a challenge to conduct a search in that remote area,'' Mauger said at a news conference, "but we are deploying all available assets to make sure that we can locate the craft and rescue the people on board.'' Contact lost with five crew members The operation's location − about 900 miles east of Cape Cod and up to 13,000 feet deep − complicates the task, as does the need to look both on the surface of the water and below, he said. and Canada were involved in the search, along with a commercial ship, and that further assets will be added as the pursuit continues into the night. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, said two aircraft each from the U.S. Coast Guard in Boston is leading the search for the missing watercraft, which the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, said was reported overdue Sunday night about 435 miles south of St. and Canadian rescue teams were searching Monday for a submersible carrying five people to the wreckage site of the Titanic after the submarine vanished deep in the Atlantic Ocean with four days' or less worth of survival capability. For the latest updates on the race against time to locate and rescue the submersible, please follow our live updates for Tuesday, June 20. Editor's note: This page reflects the search for the submersible as of Monday evening.
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