The Titanic submarine, which was transporting five passengers to the Titanic debris off the coast of Canada, vanished on Sunday in the North Atlantic Ocean. The US coast guard claims that if the submersible is still in tact, its oxygen supply might last until Thursday Eastern Time. According to reports, the ship generally carries enough oxygen for a crew of five people, including the pilot, for four days.
The US Coast Guard stated during a news conference that the vessel was built with 96 hours of sustainment capacity in case of an emergency.
“…And so we anticipate that there’s somewhere between 70 to the full 96 hours available at this point,” Rear Admiral John Mauger, Commander of the First Coast Guard District stated.
“Over the last three or four hours, we have flown multiple aircraft over the site looking for any signs of the surfacing of the submersible,” he added.
OceanGate owned the submarine with the name “Titan.” On Sunday morning, June 18, it set out on its journey. After about one hour and 45 minutes into its descent, the ship reportedly lost touch with the support ship Polar Prince.
The Titanic submersible, which was 22 feet long, was carrying a pilot and a total of four people when it vanished. According to their relatives, the five passengers included Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman as well as British billionaire Hamish Harding. According to reports, OceanGate Stockton Rush, the operating company’s founder and CEO, was also travelling on the missing submarine.
