Canadian ROV reaches sea floor in search for missing Titanic submersible
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The Canadian ship Horizon Arctic has deployed a remotely operated underwater vehicle that has reached the sea floor and has started its search for the missing OceanGate submersible, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday morning.
The Canadian ship Horizon Arctic has deployed a remotely operated underwater vehicle that has reached the sea floor and has started its search for the missing OceanGate submersible, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday morning.
A French vessel, L'Atalante, also joined the search and deployed an ROV to the effort.
The estimated oxygen supply on the missing submersible is likely to reach its estimated maximum 96-hour mark, and as of Thursday morning, there were no further leads on the location of the vessel.
The submersible, called the Titan, went missing off the coast of St. John's early Sunday morning during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic.
The Associated Press reported the air supply was expected to end between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. EDT today, based on the information given by the U.S. Coast Guard and OceanGate Expeditions, the submersible's owner and operator.
The Titan is carrying five passengers: Hamish Harding, a billionaire and explorer; Paul-Henry (PH) Nargeolet, a French explorer; Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, members of a prominent Pakistani family; and OceanGate CEO and Titan pilot Stockton Rush.
On Tuesday, a Canadian aircraft picked up "underwater noises" from one area of the search. Officials quickly supplied the area with teams in hopes of finding the location of the submersible.
