Rescuers from around the world are still looking for a Titanic Sub near the Titanic wreck, with only 10 hours before the oxygen supply for the five people on board runs out.
Here are 10 points to understand the disappearance of Titanic Sub :
1- The US Coast Guard, Canadian military planes, French vessels, and teleguided robots are all part of the multinational search for the submersible that went missing on Sunday while on its way to the Titanic wreckage.
2- According to the US Coast Guard, the people on the submersible have less than 10 hours of oxygen left, so rescuers have been working around the clock. In the event of an emergency, the Titan was designed to have an oxygen supply lasting up to 96 hours.
3- The crew of the Titan is believed to have limited rations on board.
4- British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani tycoon Shahzada Dawood, and his son are among the five people aboard the missing vessel.
5- On Wednesday, sounds were picked up by a Canadian plane equipped with sonar while searching for the Titan’s vessel, and remotely operated vehicles were moved to the area where the noises originated.
6- Although experts have not been able to confirm their source, the sounds have raised hopes that the passengers on the small tourist boat are still alive.
7- “When you’re in the middle of a search-and-rescue case, you always have hope. With respect to the noises specifically, we don’t know what they are, to be frank with you,” says Coast Guard Captain Jamie Frederick.
8- “Sometimes you’re in a position where you have to make a tough decision. We’re not there yet,” Captain Frederick said, adding that it remained a search-and-rescue mission “100 percent.”
9- Onlookers have been riveted by the operation of the missing submersible and its rescue operation’s race against time. People have been glued to their television screens, enthralled by maritime experts describing the difficulties that rescue efforts face in such a vast expanse of sea.
10- Experts raised safety concerns about the submersible vessel in 2018, expressing disappointment that OceanGate chose not to certify the Titan through third parties such as the American Bureau of Shipping, a leading submersible classifier.
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