Rescue crews have just 51 hours to locate a missing submarine before the five passengers onboard run out of oxygen.
An urgent search off the coast of Newfoundland was launched after the vessel - which takes tourists to the Titanic shipwreck - lost contact an hour and 45 minutes into its dive which began on Sunday morning.
Titanic's wreck sits about 3,800m (12,500ft) below sea level at the bottom of the ocean around 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland but in US waters.
The OceanGate sub's air supply is due to run out around midday on Thursday UK time (7am EST).
It is understood that British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, is among those missing as rescue crews search the Atlantic Ocean.
Harding, who runs an aviation company, was on the 21ft vessel when it set off on Sunday.
The father-of-two, who lives in the UAE, said he was “proud” to be joining OceanGate as a “mission specialist”, adding that the group included “a couple of legendary explorers”.
French diving expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet and submarine boss Stockton Rush are also thought to be on the missing submarine.
Shehzada Dawood and his son Suleman from Pakistan were also onboard the five-person expedition, according to a statement released by the family.
The final ping from a submarine before it vanished has revealed fresh details on the vessel's last known position.
The OceanGate Expeditions tour group, which takes explorers to the depths of the Atlantic for $200,000 per person, is believed to have lost contact when the vessel was directly above the Titanic wreck.
The submarine - named Titan - sends texts to communicate with their team on transport vessel the Polar Prince which remains above water.
Every 15 minutes, Titan sends "pings" to the Polar Prince and the final of these messages is thought to have been sent at around 3pm UK time on Monday.
Fears have been raised that Titan could be stuck in the wreckage of the Titanic which is too deep for rescuers to reach.
Speaking on GB News, Oceanographer Dr Simon Boxall said: "They're in a very difficult situation here, they're sitting in four kilometres, 13,000 feet of water. That's the limit of the subs capability anyway.
"They're in a very deep part of the ocean, they're a long way from the coast as well so getting any sort of rescue attempt to them is going to take time and there are very few vessels that are capable of going to those sorts of depths.
"The other problem is there's no easy communication method for that sort of depth. You cannot communicate with things like radios and things underwater. They're reliant on a series of sort of Sonic clicks and that's assuming that the receiver they have in the submarine is actually working."
He added: "And of course you know, we know obviously how long it took for us to discover Titanic and the size compared to the submersible significant gives you an idea of of how difficult this search is going to be."from GB News https://ift.tt/vREmo4Y
Rescue crews have just 51 hours to locate a missing submarine before the five passengers onboard run out of oxygen.
An urgent search off the coast of Newfoundland was launched after the vessel - which takes tourists to the Titanic shipwreck - lost contact an hour and 45 minutes into its dive which began on Sunday morning.
Titanic's wreck sits about 3,800m (12,500ft) below sea level at the bottom of the ocean around 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland but in US waters.
The OceanGate sub's air supply is due to run out around midday on Thursday UK time (7am EST).
It is understood that British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, is among those missing as rescue crews search the Atlantic Ocean.
Harding, who runs an aviation company, was on the 21ft vessel when it set off on Sunday.
The father-of-two, who lives in the UAE, said he was “proud” to be joining OceanGate as a “mission specialist”, adding that the group included “a couple of legendary explorers”.
French diving expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet and submarine boss Stockton Rush are also thought to be on the missing submarine.
Shehzada Dawood and his son Suleman from Pakistan were also onboard the five-person expedition, according to a statement released by the family.
The final ping from a submarine before it vanished has revealed fresh details on the vessel's last known position.
The OceanGate Expeditions tour group, which takes explorers to the depths of the Atlantic for $200,000 per person, is believed to have lost contact when the vessel was directly above the Titanic wreck.
The submarine - named Titan - sends texts to communicate with their team on transport vessel the Polar Prince which remains above water.
Every 15 minutes, Titan sends "pings" to the Polar Prince and the final of these messages is thought to have been sent at around 3pm UK time on Monday.
Fears have been raised that Titan could be stuck in the wreckage of the Titanic which is too deep for rescuers to reach.
Speaking on GB News, Oceanographer Dr Simon Boxall said: "They're in a very difficult situation here, they're sitting in four kilometres, 13,000 feet of water. That's the limit of the subs capability anyway.
"They're in a very deep part of the ocean, they're a long way from the coast as well so getting any sort of rescue attempt to them is going to take time and there are very few vessels that are capable of going to those sorts of depths.
"The other problem is there's no easy communication method for that sort of depth. You cannot communicate with things like radios and things underwater. They're reliant on a series of sort of Sonic clicks and that's assuming that the receiver they have in the submarine is actually working."
He added: "And of course you know, we know obviously how long it took for us to discover Titanic and the size compared to the submersible significant gives you an idea of of how difficult this search is going to be."
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