The oxygen supply on the missing Titan submersible is projected to run out at 7:08 a.m. ET Thursday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Coast Guard said today.
The vessel with five people on board that was launched on Sunday to view the Titanic wreck site is equipped with 96 hours of oxygen.
As of Tuesday at 1 p.m., they were down to 41 hours of oxygen.
But on Wednesday, US Coast Guard First District response coordinator Jamie Frederick cautioned against referring to the 96 hour oxygen limit, which he said was just ‘one data point’ out of many, and revealed that the crew has ‘limited’ rations of food and water.
There are currently five surface ships with five more on the way, two underwater remote-operated subs and multiple planes in the air looking for the missing sub.
Rescue teams try to trace the origin of sounds heard in a search for tourist submersible
Some of the world’s most advanced underwater search equipment has been deployed to scour the depths of the Atlantic for the missing Titanic sub with five people on board.
Two submersibles capable of descending 20,000ft beneath the ocean surface are currently leading the underwater search and more are on the way, Coast Guard chiefs have said.
The vehicles are being aided by a fleet of specialized ships which also include tools that could help lift Titan from the seabed – if it is found.
But there are now less than 24 hours’ worth of oxygen remaining on the missing vessel, which disappeared on Sunday morning.
The search area has now expanded to around 14,000 square miles – twice the size of the state of Connecticut.
The stepson of a billionaire who is currently trapped inside the Titanic tourist submersible has been mocked online after asking an OnlyFans model to SIT on him hours after begging for ‘prayers’.
Brian Szasz previously posted that his stepfather Hamish Harding was missing on the Titan vessel along with four other men.
But hours after outing Harding as one of the members on board Szasz attended a Blink-182 concert – which sparked a war of words with rapper Cardi B.
He then quote tweeted an image of an OnlyFans model, who posed in a skimpy bikini with the caption ‘can I sit on u’ before replying ‘Yes please!’.
Billionaire Harding, 58, CEO of Action Aviation in Dubai, and Shahzada Dawood, 48, a UK-based board member of the Prince’s Trust charity, plus his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, are all on board.
The lost submersible vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage is piloted by a $29.99 gaming controller that has received hundreds of poor customer reviews online.
OceanGate, the company conducting the excursion, revealed that the Titan submersible is navigated by a modified Logitech G F710 Wireless Gamepad first released in 2010.
The controller – which runs on two AA batteries – has a 4.2 out of five overall score on Amazon, but hundreds of one-star reviews dating back more than a decade claim the device suffers from irritating and regular connection problems.
Other themes among the negative reviews include problems with the controller’s analog sticks and that pressing certain buttons scrambled the entire pad.
And the Logitech G F710 Wireless Gamepad is only compatible with decade-old Windows and Chrome systems.
Logitech G F710 launched on September 2, 2010 specifically for PC gaming
OceanGate, the company conducting the excursion, revealed that the Titan submersible is navigated by a modified Logitech G F710 Wireless Gamepad first released in 2010
Horizon Maritime, the owner of the Polar Prince, the support vessel that took OceanGate’s Titan out to sea, is giving an update.
The company, which is now assisting with the search and rescue of the Titanic sub, said the ‘equipment deployed is the finest in the world and the most capable of finding Titan.’
A representative for the company said a deep water ROV is on its way to the site, but not expected to be there until Thursday morning – as the oxygen in the sub has supposedly dwindled down to 20 hours.
‘We are very aware of the time sensitivity around this situation,’ the rep said.
A fake Twitter account masquerading as that of OceanGate Expeditions, the company responsible for the missing Titanic submersible, sparked disgust by posting an explainer video of ‘why we’re not sure we can rescue’ the crew ‘alive’.
The account has the same profile photo and name as the legitimate company account. It has been posting updates about the frantic search since Monday.
Its recently changed username is @OceanGateExpeds, whereas the real account’s handle is @OceanGateExped.
It shared a video graphic illustrating the depth of the wreckage. It had been created by a Spanish research company.
‘Here is an explanation of the complexity of the search. Even finding them in time, we are not sure that we can rescue them alive, ‘ the fake tweet said.
Frederick said there was still reason to hope for a successful rescue of the missing Titanic submersible.
‘This is a search and rescue mission, 100 percent. We are smack dab in the middle of search and rescue.
‘Sometimes, we don’t find what we are looking for and you have to carefully consider all of the factors and make a tough decision but we are not there yet.
‘If we continue to search, then potentially we could be at that point, but we are not there yet.
‘When you are in the middle of search and rescue, you always have to have hope.’
Frederick also cautioned against referring to OceanGate’s 96 hour oxygen limit, which he said was just ‘one data point’ out of many, and revealed that the crew has ‘limited’ rations of food and water.
US Coast Guard (USCG) Captain Jamie Frederick speaks to reporters about the search efforts for the Titan submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic
Captain Frederick confirmed that more ‘banging’ sounds were detected this morning in the search for the missing Titanic submersible, but the US Navy cannot yet conclude whether they are coming from the stranded vessel.
He would not confirm that they were 30 minutes apart, as had been reported, nor did he describe them as being an SOS signal, as others had claimed.
However Frederick said the sounds and the ongoing search meant there was still reason ‘for hope’.
He said this is still a ‘search and rescue mission 100%’ and he will not speculate when that might end.
‘Sometimes you’re in a position where you have to make a tough decision,’ he added. ‘We’re not there yet.’
Captain Frederick confirmed that more ‘banging’ sounds were detected this morning in the search for the missing Titanic submersible
Captain Frederick with the US Coast Guard said they do not know what the noises are, but that multiple Canadian planes detected the ‘banging’ sounds on Tuesday, and then again today.
The noises are being analyzed by experts, he said to see if they could be coming from the missing Titan submersible.
It’s also possible that the noises could be from sea animals, Carl Hartsfield, director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, said at the presser.
‘We need to have hope,’ the captain added. ‘I can’t tell you what the noises are.’
The search area is now up to 2.5 miles deep – twice the size of Connecticut.
The US Coast Guard is giving an update on the missing Titan submersible.
Captain Frederick said there are five ‘surface assets’ searching for the Titan in an area where the ‘banging sounds’ were coming from yesterday and today.
He said it’s expected that five more vessels will respond in the next two days.
There are two remotely operated vehicles ‘ROVs’ expected to be at the site by Thursday morning.
The search area has expanded twice the size of Connecticut.
‘This is a search and rescue mission 100%,’ he said.
Ten ships are on their way to the Titanic wreck site to try to find the missing submersible
An anxiety inducing diagram shows just how cramped the occupants of the OceanGate Titan are, with only room for one person to extend their legs on the 22ft long submersible.
NBC tech editor Ben Goggin tweeted the illustration of the seating configuration.
‘I found an old PDF promoting the Titanic-bound Titan submarine. It shows a “typical seating configuration” for 5 people.
‘Only 1 person can extend their legs. This looks like hell folks.’
NBC tech editor Ben Goggin tweeted the illustration of the seating configuration
Weather conditions are windy as search for missing Titanic submersible continues
The US Coast Guard tweeted out weather conditions for the remote area in the Atlantic Ocean where the search continues for the missing Titanic submersible.
Winds of 23 miles per hour and gusts of up to 30 miles per hour are the current weather conditions in the area hundreds of miles off the Newfoundland coast.
The ocean has swells of six to seven feet. The air temperature is at about 50 degrees.
Updated weather on scene: winds at 23mph with gusts up to 30mph. Sea state is 6-7ft swells with an air temp of 50°f. #Titanic
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) June 21, 2023 Arthur Loibl, 60, dived down 12,500 feet to the Titanic wreck site in August 2021 and says he was ‘incredibly lucky’ to survive.
The German adventurer who paid 100,000 euros to see the wreck on the now-missing Titan two years ago called the voyage a ‘suicide mission.’
He recalled the first sub they tried didn’t work and a second attempted dive had to be abandoned.
He added that parts fell off the vessel and the mission went into the water five hours late due to electrical problems.
This, Loibl suspects, could be the cause of the Titan’s disappearance.
‘You need strong nerves, you mustn’t be claustrophobic and you have to be able to sit cross-legged for ten hours,’ Loibl said. ‘It must be hell down there. There’s only 2.50 meters of space, it’s four degrees, there’s no chair, no toilet.’
He added: ‘I feel bad, I’m nervous, I have a sinking feeling in my stomach. I was incredibly lucky back then.’
German explorer Arthur Loibl (right), 60, dove the 12,500 feet to the Atlantic ocean wreck side in August 2021, and says he was ‘incredibly lucky’ to survive
Loibl (pictured) recalls the first sub they tried didn’t work, that a second attempted dive had to be abandoned, parts fell off, and that his mission went into the water five hours late due to electrical problems
Sabrina Dawood, whose brother Shahzada Dawood, 48, and nephew Suleman, 19, are among five passengers trapped inside the sub said they would be ‘as moved as we are by the support of the global community’.
Shahzada’s wife Christine and daughter Alina, are waiting for any news and hoping they will be found safely before the oxygen onboard runs out in less than 24 hours.
‘We are deeply grateful for the efforts of news agencies during this difficult time; your constant coverage of the missing Titan submersible is undoubtedly playing a large role in the world’s ability to access relevant updates on the matter.
‘At this time, the Dawood family’s sole focus is the rescue of our beloved Shahzada and Suleman Dawood and we are unable to address any questions or comments at the moment.
‘We trust that the family will be granted privacy as we deal with this crisis. May Shahzada and Suleman return to us safe and sound. We are sure they would be as moved as we are by the support of the global community during this period of difficulty.’
The U.S. Coast Guard will be holding a press briefing for the missing Titan submersible at 1pm ET.
Oxygen onboard the Titan has now dwindled to just 24 hours.
The sub lost communications with its operator, OceanGate Expeditions, less than two hours into its dive to the famous shipwreck on Sunday, with five people onboard.
The U.S. Coast Guard released an image on Wednesday showing the search patterns for the missing Titan sub.
As of Tuesday morning, a total of 10,000 square miles have been searched in favorable weather conditions with an increase in visibility from the previous day.
Three vessels arrived on-scene Wednesday morning, the The John Cabot has side scanning sonar capabilities and is conducting search patterns alongside the Skandi Vinland and the Atlantic Merlin.
The U.S. Coast Guard released an image showing search patterns for the missing Titan sub
Five missing tourists lost near the wreck of the Titanic may have experienced lung-crushing pressure, ‘nitrogen narcosis’ and hypothermia if the 22ft sub’s hull cracked, experts have said.
One scenario is a hull breach while the vessel was in the deep ocean, and if this has to occurred experts say the occupants odds of survival are almost zero.
Dr Nicolai Roterman, a deep-sea ecologist at the University of Portsmouth, said if such an accident did occur the pressure would have killed the sub occupants almost instantly.
Even with an air supply, another deep-sea hazard is nitrogen narcosis — with the body effectively suffocating from the inside out.
Also an unprotected person would also have to contend with the prospect of hypothermia setting in rapidly.
The deep ocean receives little to no light, and temperatures at 12,500 feet are about 2°C (36°F).
The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph
A Florida couple sued the CEO of Titanic tourism company OceanGate Expeditions, accusing him of misleading them about their trip to visit the wreck and refusing to refund their $210,258 when they complained.
Marc and Sharon Hagle, who made their fortune in commercial real estate, are well known for their philanthropy and their adventurous spirit.
In 2017 they were announced as among the first customers for OceanGate, which was founded in 2009 by Seattle-born aviator and businessman Stockton Rush, who is now missing along with the sub.
But they never got to take their trip, and in February this year sued Rush, accusing him of selling the adventure knowing it was not on schedule, and refusing to refund their cash.
OceanGate’s submersible, the Titan, is currently missing with five people on board after it lost communication during a dive to the Titanic’s wreckage, which is around 12,500ft below the Atlantic.
A submarine search and rescue expert says the reports of ‘banging sounds’ detected by floating buoy in search for the missing Titanic sub could suggest the vessel is closer to the surface than initially feared.
Frank Owen told the BBC his ‘confidence went up by an order of magnitude’ when he heard the reports.
‘Firstly, on board this craft is a retired French navy diver. He would know the protocol for trying to alert searching forces… on the hour and the half hour you bang like hell for three minutes.’
‘Below about 180 metres, the water temperature drops very rapidly,’ he explained. ‘That creates a layer that the [sonar signal] bounces off. But if you’re in the same depth water it tends to go quite straight.’
It remains unclear if the banging came from the submersible, but it has now become the ‘focus’ of the mission.
The first photo from the missing Titanic sub search site has emerged, showing the rescue ship Deep Energy – the latest hope in the ongoing hunt for the vessel.
Oxygen onboard the Titan has now dwindled to just 24 hours.
The sub lost communications with its operator, OceanGate Expeditions, less than two hours into its dive to the famous shipwreck on Sunday, with five people onboard.
As officials race against time to save five people aboard the missing Titanic submersible, an immersive new video show how deep it could be.
The clip, created by Spanish animation company MetaBallStudios, gradually descends through a digital underwater scenescape.
As it goes, the heights of multiple landmarks are depicted in the water, including the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty and Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.
Eventually, the camera reaches 12,000 feet (3,700 metres) down – the depth of the remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic.
The ‘Titan’ submersible, operated by US firm OceanGate, started its dive to the wreck Sunday morning but all contact with its mothership was lost shortly after.
Suleman Dawood’s old school ‘deeply concerned’ by the situation
A Surrey school has shared its concern at the news that a former student is among those on the missing Titanic submersible.
Suleman Dawood, 19, and his father Shazhada, 48, are among five believed to be on board the craft now at the centre of search efforts in the Atlantic.
ACS International School Cobham confirmed Suleman is a recent graduate and said the school community’s thoughts are with the family.
Head of school, Barnaby Sandow, said: ‘The ACS International School Cobham community is deeply concerned by the news that recent graduate, Suleman Dawood, and his father are on board the submersible which has gone missing during a dive to the Titanic’s wreck.’
He added: ‘Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and loved ones during this difficult time.’
Watch: Ex-NATO Commander says Titan is ‘fundamentally dangerous’
‘Banging’ noise gives search team a ‘focus’
Rear Admiral John Mauger, of the US Coast Guard, said the noise detected in the search area of the missing deep-sea vessel is a ‘target’ and a ‘focus’ for the rescue operation.
Asked on CBS News how likely it is the noise was caused by humans, Mr Mauger said: ‘This is an incredibly complex site there, you have to remember that it’s the wreck site of the Titanic, so there is a lot of metal and different objects in the water around the site.
‘That’s why it’s so important that we’ve engaged experts from the navy that understand the science behind noise and can classify or give us better information about what the source of that noise may be.
‘In the meantime, it’s something, it’s a target, it’s a focus for us to look at.
‘We’ve deployed the remote-operated vehicles and the surface vessel, the Canadian Coast Guard surface vessel, that has sonar capability in the vicinity of that to see if we can detect anything in the water in that area.’
The U.S. Coast Guard, US Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and OceanGate Expeditions have established a unified command to continue its response to the 21-foot submersible research vessel, Titan
Ministry of Defence says Nato submarine rescue team available
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the UK-based Nato Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) team is available to offer expertise and guidance to the search operation.
But reports indicate the the depths involved in the search ‘greatly exceed’ that which the NSRS can safely operate.
An MoD spokesperson said: ‘As the host nation for NATO’s multinational submarine rescue capability, we continue to monitor the incident in the North Atlantic and will guide and assist in any response activity as appropriate.’
Who are the five people missing onboard Titan?
Shahzada and Suleman Dawood
Shahzada Dawood, 48, is vice-chairman of Pakistani conglomerate Engro Corporation, and a long-time adviser to the King’s charity, Prince’s Trust International, with a focus on its work in Pakistan.
He lives in Surbiton, south-west London, with his son, wife Christine and daughter Alina, according to the Telegraph.
He is on board alongside son Suleman, 19.
Stockton Rush
The chief executive and founder of OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush originally trained as a pilot, becoming the youngest jet transport-rated pilot in the world aged 19 in 1981, according to his profile on the OceanGate website.
He graduated from Princeton with a degree in aerospace engineering in 1984, the profile says.
Paul-Henri Nargeolet
A former commander who served in the French navy for 25 years, Mr Nargeolet, 77, was in the first human expedition to visit the ship in 1987.
After his career in the French navy, where he was captain of the deep submergence group, he held a number of roles in deep diving and piloting submersibles, including acting as director of DESM, noted on his LinkedIn profile as a French deep-diving equipment company.
Hamish Harding
The billionaire pilot and chair of Action Aviation, a sales and operations company which manages private jet sales, shared on his Instagram account that he had joined the OceanGate expedition as a ‘mission specialist’.
Mr Harding, 58, is based in the UAE where the Action Aviation HQ is located, and presents himself in personal social media biographies as a ‘world explorer’.
Desperate family and friends of the five missing on the Titan submarine fear they are ‘losing time’ as experts warn the crew has just 24 hours of breathable air left.
Rescue teams are racing against the clock three days after the deep-sea vessel went missing near the wreck of the Titanic.
Large banging noises had last night been detected in the search area, the US Coast Guard confirmed, but added that its initial attempts using underwater equipment had ‘yielded negative results’.
Nevertheless it sparked fresh hopes that the passengers onboard were alive and could be hitting te side of the craft with cups in a frantic attempt to be detected on sonar.
But at up to 12,500ft – nearly two-and-a-half miles – below the surface, there are possibly just two vessels on Earth capable of rescuing them.
British billionaire’s last post before boarding submarine
British billionaire Hamish Harding posted on social media about his trip in Titan to see the Titanic wreck just before the launch.
He said: ‘I am proud to finally announce that I joined OceanGate Expeditions for their RMS TITANIC Mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the Titanic.
‘Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023.
‘A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow. We started steaming from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday and are planning to start dive operations around 4am tomorrow morning. Until then we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do.
‘The team on the sub has a couple of legendary explorers, some of which have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s including PH Nargeolet.
‘More expedition updates to follow IF the weather holds!’
Ever since Titan went missing on Sunday, there has been no indication as to what could possibly have gone wrong.
The submersible last ‘pinged’ while directly above the wreck, an hour and 45 minutes into a two-hour descent.
As there is no way of communicating with the sub, it is left to experts to predict what may have occurred.
Possible scenarios include a power blackout, a fire or even a catastrophic leak.
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Submarine search and rescue expert believes sub could be at surface
A submarine and rescue expert from Australia has told the BBC he is hopeful the missing Titanic tourist vessel could be at or near the surface of the ocean.
Frank Owen said his confidence rose significantly after hearing about the sounds detected by Canadian vessels and buoys on the surface of the sea.
He said: ‘Firstly, on board this craft is a retired French navy diver. He would know the protocol for trying to alert searching forces… on the hour and the half hour you bang like hell for three minutes.’
He says the sound signal being picked by a buoy close to the surface also suggests that the sub itself could be near or at the surface.
‘Below about 180 metres, the water temperature drops very rapidly. That creates a layer that the [sonar signal] bounces off. But if you’re in the same depth water it tends to go quite straight.’
The company which launched a submersible that has vanished on a mission to the Titanic’s wreckage fired a director who raised concerns about its safety and also refused to have the craft independently inspected, DailyMail.com can reveal.
OceanGate bosses fired David Lochridge, who was Director of Marine operations for the Titan project, in 2018 after it disagreed with his demand for more rigorous safety checks on the submersible, including ‘testing to prove its integrity’.
The company also opted against having the craft ‘classed’, an industry-wide practice whereby independent inspectors ensure vessels meet accepted technical standards.
OceanGate, which charges up to $250,000 for a seat on the submersible, suggested that seeking classification could take years and would be ‘anathema to rapid innovation’.
Titan is currently missing with five people on board after it lost communication during a dive to the Titanic’s wreckage, which is around 12,500ft below the Atlantic. A frantic search and rescue operation is underway to locate and recover the submersible before its oxygen supply runs out.
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The race against time to find the missing sub – explained
See MailOnline’s handy graphic which explains everything there is to know about the race against time to find the missing craft.
OceanGate waited eight hours before calling coastguards in to search
OceanGate Expeditions, the company that runs the tours of the Titanic, is coming under fire as it emerged it took eight hours to alert coastguards to its vessel’s plight.
It was reported to the US Coastguard at 5.40pm on Sunday and Canada’s Coastguard was alerted even later, at 9.13pm.
But the last time Titan had contact with its mothership was 9.45am.
OceanGate’s Titan capsule at sea
Explorers’ Club founded by missing Brit shares message of hope
The Explorers’ Club, of which missing Brit Hamish Harding is a founding member, shared an upbeat message on Wednesday morning.
President Richard Garriot de Cayeux said in a statement: ‘There is cause for hope, that based on data from the field, we understand that likely signs of life have been detected at the site.
‘They precisely understand the experienced personnel and tech we can help deploy… We believe they are doing everything possible with all the resources they have.’
Mr Garriot de Cayeux said they are ready to provide the UK-based Magellan’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that is certified to travel as deep as 6,000m.
In a statement on their website, deep water specialists Magellan said they were contacted by OceanGate on Monday and ‘immediately’ offered knowledge of the site and expertise in operating at depth.
The company added that it has been working with UK and US agencies to move its specialist equipment and support crew to St John’s, Newfoundland, following instructions to mobilise from OceanGate.
‘Magellan is 100% focused on supporting the rescue mission to recover the submersible,’ the organisation said.
Watch: Search efforts continue to find missing passengers
Tourist submarine may have just 24 hours of air left
The tourist Titan submarine may be entering its final 24 hours of breathable air as rescue efforts continue.
At 6pm UK time on Tuesday, officials said the craft had around 40 hours of oxygen left. If accurate, that would mean the crew have just a day left to be found and brought to the surface.
James Cameron, director of the Titanic movie, warned of the dangers of visiting the legendary shipwreck after making 33 dives to the bottom of the ocean to film his smash hit.
‘You’re going into one of the most unforgiving places on earth,’ the Academy Award-winning director said in a 2012 interview.
‘It’s not like you can call up AAA to come get you,’ he warned.
The comments have resurfaced as an enormous search mission looks for a group of five missing Titanic tourists.
The missing OceanGate submersible, the Titan, lost contact with the mothership during its descent to the shipwreck Sunday morning. That sparked an international response to find the missing ship before air runs out.
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Former OceanGate employee fired after raising concerns about Titan
A former employee of OceanGate had raised concerns over ‘safety and quality control issues regarding the Titan to OceanGate executive management’, according to court filings.
David Lochridge, OceanGate’s former director of marine operations, claimed in the August 2018 court document he was wrongfully fired after flagging worries about the company’s alleged ‘refusal to conduct critical, non-destructive testing of the experimental design’.
After ‘issues of quality control’ with Titan were raised, the filings say Mr Rush asked Mr Lochridge to conduct a ‘quality inspection’ report on the vessel.
During this process, Mr Lochridge ‘identified numerous issues that posed serious safety concerns’ but he was allegedly ‘met with hostility and denial of access’ to necessary documents before later being fired.
David Lochridge
Rescue teams race against the clock to save Brit on board Titan
Rescue teams are racing against the breathable air clock after noises were detected from the search area for the missing deep-sea vessel near the wreck site of the Titanic.
The submersible, named Titan, lost communication with tour operators on Sunday while about 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland, during a voyage to the shipwreck off the coast of Canada.
The Titan has five people on board, including British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding, and the 6.7m (22ft) long OceanGate Expeditions vessel may have as little as 24 hours of oxygen left.
The others on board are Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman and OceanGate’s chief executive and founder Stockton Rush, reportedly together with French submersible pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet.
The US Coast Guard on Wednesday morning said: ‘Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV (remote operating vehicles) operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises.
‘Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue. Additionally, the data from the P-3 aircraft has been shared with our US Navy experts for further analysis which will be considered in future search plans.’
Billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding looks out to sea before boarding the submersible Titan
Coastguards send extra ships to help in Titan hunt
The US and Canadian coastguards have both sent extra ships to the site of the search for the missing Titan tourist submarine.
At least five vessels are on the scene, with further ships expected to arrive throughout the day.
This includes a nearby French research vessel, L’Atalante.
The Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS Glace Bay is also on the way, but is not expected to arrive until Thursday at midday.
The ship has a team of specialised medics and a six-person mobile hyperbaric recompression chamber, designed to prevent decompression sickness, in case the Titan is found in time.
What do we know about the Titan submarine?
Made of titanium and filament wound carbon fiber, the Titan weighs 20,000 pounds (9,072 kilograms) in the air, but is ballasted to be neutrally buoyant once it reaches the seafloor, the company said.
Titan is capable of diving four kilometers (2.4 miles) ‘with a comfortable safety margin,’ according to documents filed by the company in April with a US District Court in Virginia that oversees Titanic matters.
At the time of the filing, Titan had undergone more than 50 test dives, including to the equivalent depth of the Titanic, in deep waters off the Bahamas and in a pressure chamber, the company said.
OceanGate has described the Titan as ‘the largest of any deep diving submersible’ with an ‘unparalleled safety feature’ that assesses the integrity of the hull throughout every dive.
But experts have previously raised concerns about the vessel’s safety.
OceanGate’s Titan vessel
Search location moved after ‘banging sounds’ heard
Searchers have changed the location where they are focussing their efforts after regular ‘banging’ noises were picked up by sonar.
The sounds, which are said to be occurring every 30 minutes, were first reported overnight after a US memo was leaked.
Rescuers have moved their remotely operated vehicle to a different location after monitoring the sounds.
But it is impossible to know for certain whether the banging sounds are being made by those in the missing vessel.
A thrill-seeker who intended to join billionaire Hamish Harding on the missing Titanic sub pulled out of the dive because he thought OceanGate was ‘cutting too many corners’, it has emerged.
Chris Brown, 61, had paid the deposit to go on the doomed voyage, but says he changed his mind after becoming concerned by the quality of technology and materials used in the vessel, The Sun reported.
Among his concerns were OceanGate’s use of ‘old scaffolding poles’ for the ballast and the fact that its controls were ‘based on computer game-style controllers’.
He told the newspaper that despite being ‘one of the first people to sign up for this trip’, he ultimately decided the ‘risks were too high’.
Mr Brown added that he feels ‘really upset about Hamish’, who is among the five passengers on the submersible, called the Titan, that are currently missing.
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‘They’re professionals who’ve dived 40 times… they will be found’
A businessman who has made the deep-sea voyage to the wreck of the Titanic has expressed confidence in the Titan crew and said ‘there’s a very good chance they will be found’.
Oisin Fanning told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme he had been on the submersible with pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet and OceanGate chief executive and founder Stockton Rush, who are both reportedly on board the missing vessel.
‘The two guys on the sub currently, so Paul and Stockton, are both consummate professionals,’ he said.
‘I mean, to be honest, if I was in trouble, I’d want to be on a sub with them.’
Mr Fanning continued: ‘They will be conserving energy from day one. So I wouldn’t be surprised if the action lasts a lot longer because they’ll know exactly what to do.
‘I mean, you’re talking about people who have dived to the Titanic alone 38, 40 times – you know, their career’s about diving.’
They will be advising the people on board with them ‘not to panic’, he added.
‘I think there’s a very good chance they will be found. These are not fly-by-nighters, these are very highly professional people.’
Pictured: Titan tourist craft used to visit Titanic wreck
OceanGate Expeditions’ submersible vessel Titan, which is used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic
Experts in submersible vehicles wrote a letter warning the CEO of OceanGate that their approach could end in ‘disaster’ years before their vessel vanished.
The company’s craft, the Titan, is currently missing with five people on board after it lost communication during a dive to the Titanic’s wreckage.
A frantic search and rescue operation is underway to locate and recover the submersible before its 96-hour oxygen supply runs out.
Leaders in the submersible industry sent a letter to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush – who is currently missing along with the vessel – urging him to take caution.
The letter, obtained by the New York Times, warned that ‘the current ‘experimental’ approach’ of the company could result in problems ‘from minor to catastrophic.’
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UK deep sea experts assisting in search and rescue mission
British deep sea investigator firm Magellan has been assisting with efforts to search for the missing Titanic tourist vessel.
Magellan was contacted by OceanGate on Monday and ‘immediately offered our knowledge of the specific site and also our expertise operating at depth considerably in advance of what is required for this incident’, the BBC reports.
A spokesperson added: ‘We have been working full-time with UK and US agencies to secure the necessary air support to move our specialist equipment and support crew.
‘We are ready to support, and we are fully mobilised to help.’
The company has a range of underwater robots which may be used in the operation.
First Brit to see Titanic ‘felt in danger’ on trips to see wreck
Dik Barton, the first British diver to see the Titanic wreck, said it is a ‘dangerous’ and ‘hostile’ place to be.
He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain he has ‘100%’ felt in danger during previous expeditions to the wreck site.
Mr Barton told the programme he is friends with Paul-Henry Nargeolet, reported to be on board the missing vessel, and referred to him as ‘PH’.
‘PH is an extremely capable submersible operator pilot,’ he said. ‘He is a deep water explorationist, he’s been down (to) the Titanic 37 times.
‘I’ve worked with him extensively, I have enormous respect for him and his ability, and, quite frankly, if there’s anybody I’d ever want to be in a position, God forbid, in this circumstance then it would be PH.
‘He will be certainly doing all he possibly can to make sure everyone is calm and collected and waiting for recovery.’
Rescue mission virtually ‘impossible’, former navy admiral says
Chris Parry, a retired navy rear admiral from the UK, said without an ’emitting signal’ from the missing deep-sea vessel near the wreck site of the Titanic it will be ‘impossible’ to find in the timescale.
He told LBC: ‘I’m afraid the odds are vanishingly small.
‘Obviously, we want to remain hopeful and optimistic but there are two problems here – one is actually finding the thing and secondly is how on earth are you going to get it off the seabed. It’s never been done before and I don’t think anybody’s got any ideas about how to do it at the moment.’
He added: ‘You’ve got this vastly complex seabed with all the debris of the Titanic, you’ve got hills and canyons and everything, and I’m afraid to say without an emitting signal from the vehicle itself it’s almost, well, I’d say it’s impossible to find in the timescale.’
Undated handout photo issued by OceanGate Expeditions of their submersible vessel named Titan, which is used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic
Watch: ‘Sounds could be key to locating missing Titanic sub’
King Charles III has ‘asked to be kept up to date’ on missing Titan
King Charles III is being kept fully up to date on the search for the missing Titanic tourist submarine, the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English revealed last night.
His ‘thoughts and prayers’ are with all those involved in the incident.
Fears are growing that time is running out to save those onboard, with air predicted to last until tomorrow.
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His Majesty The King has been asked to be kept fully up to date on the situation regarding the #Titanic sub and his thoughts and prayers are with the Dawood family and all those involved in this incident and the attempted recovery operations, I am told.
— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) June 20, 2023 Making banging sounds is ‘just what British billionaire would do’
Chris Brown, an explorer and friend of British billionaire Hamish Harding, one of the five people trapped on board the Titan craft, said making ‘banging sounds’ is the kind of thing his missing friend would do.
He told BBC Breakfast: ‘That is just the sort of thing I would have expected Hamish to come up with.’
He added: ‘There’s always hope. As an explorer, you never give up anyway.’
A battery of heavy machinery and submarines dubbed the ‘last chance’ for the crew of the Titan tourist submarine arrived in Canada tonight – but it now faces a race against time to help rescuers in the desperate search.
The array of winches, cables and unmanned vehicles capable of going 19,000 feet underwater were delivered to St John’s airport in Newfoundland by three US Air Force cargo planes.
It was taken with a police escort to the port where a waiting ship, the Horizon Arctic, was due to set sail at midnight.
But with the 15-hour sea journey to the search area where five people were trapped underwater, it will arrive perilously close to the time when the Titan will run out of air.
The desperate hunt for the five men trapped on the lost Titan submersible has entered its make-or-break day as more ships set up above the Titanic wreck with time quickly running out to pull off the deepest undersea rescue mission ever.
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Search teams should be sent ‘right away’ following banging noises, expert says
A renowned oceanographer David Gallo, who is a senior advisor at RMS Titanic Inc, said he was ‘hopeful’ following the detection of ‘banging sounds’ during the search for the missing submarine.
He said that search teams should not wait any longer and ‘get assets there’ immediately.
He told CNN: ‘You can’t wait to slowly prove that there is something there. You should assume that there is something there, and move things now because time is running out.’
Gallo is a good friend of one of the five stuck on board, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who he called a ‘very good friend’.
He added: ‘[Paul-Henry] is the kind of person that if he were in that submarine, he would think this thoroughly through and would do something like that every 30 minutes.’
Banging still heard four hours after first detection, reports claim
Memos from the internal US Department of Homeland Security have shown that the banging sounds underwater could be heard for hours after it was first detected.
Additional sonar was sent to the area four hours later where ‘banging was still heard’.
A second memo, reported by CNN, said: ‘Additional acoustic feedback was heard and will assist in vectoring surface assets and also indicating continued hope of survivors.’
US coast guard confirms that Candian aircraft detects underwater noises
The US coast guard has confirmed that a Canadian aircraft has detected underwater noises in the search area for the five men trapped on the lost Titan.
The search group are trying to now find where the noises are coming from.
In a Tweet it said: ‘Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises. Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue.
‘Additionally, the data from the P-3 aircraft has been shared with our U.S. Navy experts for further analysis which will be considered in future search plans.’
Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises. Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue. 1/2
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) June 21, 2023 The desperate hunt for the five men trapped on the lost Titan submersible has entered its make-or-break day as more ships set up above the Titanic wreck with time quickly running out to pull off the deepest undersea rescue mission ever.
As rescuers scramble to pull off a miracle amid a dwindling oxygen supply for those aboard, experts fear that even if the craft automatically resurfaced as planned, the crew of five would still suffocate in hours because they can’t physically open the hatch from the inside.
The bleak outlook comes as the US Coast Guard conceded in day two’s press conference that even if the OceanGate Expeditions sub is located, it may be too late to save the five passengers.
Richard Garriot de Cayeux, President of The Explorers Club, confirmed in a Tuesday night social media post that ‘there is cause for hope’ in the search for the crew on a missing sub at the Titanic site.
In a statement he said: ‘We have much greater confidence that 1) There is cause for hope, based on data from the field – we understand that likely signs of life have been detected at the site.’
His posts come after a Canadian aircraft reported hearing ‘banging sounds’ on sonar as it flew overhead.
It’s unclear when the banging sounds were hurt, and officials have not confirmed the reports or said they have found the crew that has been stuck in the deep Atlantic Ocean since the submersible launched Sunday and quickly lost contact with others.
A Florida couple sued OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, saying he took their $210,000 for a trip to the wreckage but delayed the trip for years and then refused to refund their money.
Marc and Sharon Hagle sued Rush, accusing him of selling the adventure knowing it was not on schedule and refusing to refund their cash.
They claim the trip was postponed by a year three times due to testing requirements and unspecified ‘equipment failure.’ That led them to file a lawsuit to try and get their money back.
Rush is believed to be one of the people aboard a current submersible that has gone missing during a trip to the Titanic wreck site in the Atlantic Ocean. Four other people were on board, and rescue crews are frantically trying to get to the scene before the adventurers run out of air.
Chris Brown, 61, had paid the deposit to go on the doomed voyage, but says he changed his mind after becoming concerned by the quality of technology and materials used in the vessel, The Sun reported.
Among his concerns were OceanGate’s use of ‘old scaffolding poles’ for the ballast and the fact that its controls were ‘based on computer game-style controllers’.
He told the newspaper that despite being ‘one of the first people to sign up for this trip’, he ultimately decided the ‘risks were too high’.
Mr Brown added that he feels ‘really upset about Hamish’, who is among the five passengers on the submersible, called the Titan, that are currently missing.
Brit Hamish Harding gave an ominous message before heading down on a submersible towards the Titanic, where he and four other people await rescue as they run out of air.
In a recent interview with a Dubai-based media outlet Harding spoke of ‘taking steps before they go wrong.’
‘I believe you make your own luck in life. You create the environment around you, where luck comes or doesn’t come, based on your decisions, your anticipation of things going wrong, and taking steps before they go wrong,’ he said.
What’s the difference between a submersible and a submarine?
The Titan vessel that went missing shortly after it launched on Sunday is a submersible, not a submarine.
A submarine has enough power to leave its port and come back, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
But a submersible does not have the same power or range.
It relies on a mothership to launch and for support during the mission. The mothership is also needed for the submersible to return.
A submersible does not have the same power or range as a submarine
A submarine has enough power to leave its port and come back, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Pictured:Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut
King Charles offers ‘thoughts and prayers’ to missing passengers
King Charles has asked to be ‘kept fully up to date’ on the missing submersible situation, Rebecca English has revealed.
She was told that Charles’ ‘thoughts and prayers are with the Dawood family and all those involved in this incident and the attempted recovery operations.’
Shahzada Dawood is a longtime supporter of The Prince’s Trust International and The British Asian Trust. He and his son, Salaiman, are among the missing.
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His Majesty The King has been asked to be kept fully up to date on the situation regarding the #Titanic sub and his thoughts and prayers are with the Dawood family and all those involved in this incident and the attempted recovery operations, I am told.
— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) June 20, 2023 A shocking graphic has revealed how the missing Titanic submersible could be stuck on the ocean floor in waters more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.
Rescuers are in a race against time to find the sub and the five people on board, with their oxygen supply due to run out within the next 50 hours.
But just how far into the deep blue could they be?
The five passengers on board last ‘pinged’ the mothership at 10am EST on Monday, while directly above their destination of the Titanic.
This could indicate that they are now somewhere on the ocean floor, with the wreckage split in two halves at around 12,500ft below the surface.
To put this into comparison, MailOnline has created a graphic showing how this depth compares to famously tall structures.
It reveals how landmarks that are famous for their height pale in comparison to this – with the Statue of Liberty at just 305ft (106m), the Eiffel Tower at 1,083ft (316m) and the Empire State Building at 1,250ft (411m).
British billionaire Hamish Harding’s company, Dubai-based Action Aviation, released a statement on Tuesday saying it has ‘great faith and trust’ in the rescue missions as the CEO runs out of oxygen.
‘Both the Harding family and the team at Action Aviation are very grateful for all the kind messages of concern and support from our friends and colleagues,’ it said.
‘We are thankful for the continued efforts of the authorities and companies that have stepped in to aid in the rescue efforts. We put great faith and trust in their expertise.’
British billionaire Hamish Harding
The missing submersible resembles a ‘kit car’ built from ‘parts you can get from Amazon’, a former Royal Navy admiral said today.
Chris Parry described the small craft, named Titan, as ‘very flimsy and fragile’ – as a journalist who once sat inside claimed it features lights from a camping shop, off the shelf CCTV cameras and salvaged metal pipes for ballast.
The sub – which consists of a five-inch thick carbon fiber tube about the size of a minivan with a 22-inch Plexiglas window at one end – is said to be controlled using a modified PlayStation controller.
It does not have a GPS system and uses Elon Musk’s Starlink to communicate with a communications and tracking team on its mothership, MV Polar Prince, via short text messages.
The sub is meant to communicate with the main ship – which in 2005 was listed on eBay with a reserve price of $1million – every 15 minutes to inform the team of its location.
There are no seats and only one toilet – a small black box containing Ziploc bags – with a black curtain drawn across and music played for privacy.
The Titan has been described as an ‘experimental vessel’
The sub is said to be controlled using a modified PlayStation controller
OceanGate fired a director who raised concerns about its safety and also refused to have the craft independently inspected, DailyMail.com can reveal.
OceanGate bosses fired David Lochridge, who was Director of Marine operations for the Titan project, in 2018 after it disagreed with his demand for more rigorous safety checks on the submersible, including ‘testing to prove its integrity’.
The company also opted against having the craft ‘classed’, an industry-wide practice whereby independent inspectors ensure vessels meet accepted technical standards.
OceanGate, which charges up to $250,000 for a seat on the submersible, suggested that seeking classification could take years and would be ‘anathema to rapid innovation’.
The US Coast Guard has given the bleak warning that it may not be able to rescue the missing Titanic tourist sub even if it is able to find it.
The Titan submersible has been missing since 9.45am on Sunday morning after being launched into the Atlantic at 8am.
At 12,500ft underwater, there are few vessels able to dive deeply enough to find it.
The only ones able to search the ocean floor are remotely operated vehicles. They are currently on their way to the site.
‘Even with that amount of time left, if you were to find the submersible at this moment, would that give you enough time to save those five people on board?’ Captain Frederick was asked.
‘I don’t know the answer to that question… all I know is we will do everything within our power to effect a rescue.’
If they find the sub, getting it to the surface is another feat entirely, requiring specialist equipment that is not yet on-site.
‘This is a very complex search and the unified team is working around the clock to bring all available expertise and assets available to solve this very complex problem,’ Frederick added.
Five people on board Titanic submersible ‘approximately 40-41 hours of oxygen left’
Captain Jamie Frederick with the Coast Guard said the occupants of the missing Titan submersible have about 40-41 hours of oxygen left on the vessel.
The Coast Guard is holding a press conference today in Boston.
The sub was on its way to view the Titanic wreckage nearly 13,000 feet down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, when it lost communication with its mothership and vanished.
Capt. Jamie Frederick, the First Coast Guard District
Coast Guard is providing an update on the missing submersible now
The Coast Guard is providing an update on the missing submersible now in Boston.
Five people are on board the Titan submersible that launched on Sunday to view the Titanic wreck.
OceanGate, the tourist company responsible for the missing submersible with five people on board, took eight hours to report it to the Coast Guard on Sunday, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The company’s Titan vessel submerged at 8am on Sunday morning around 400 miles southeast of St John’s, Newfoundland.
At 9.45am – an hour and 45 minutes into the dive – it lost contact with its mothership, the Polar Prince.
But it wasn’t reported as missing to the US Coast Guard until 5.40pm, eight hours later. Canada ‘s Coast Guard wasn’t alerted until even later – 9.13pm on Sunday night.
Now, experts say the crew – who have around 45 hours of oxygen left – have just a one percent chance of survival.
The Coast Guard will hold a press conference at 1pm on Tuesday as the search continues for the missing submersible that vanished on Sunday.
Canadian research vessel Polar Prince lost contact with their submersible during a dive to see the Titanic wreck, approximately 900 miles east of Cape Cod.
An experienced diver who has traveled far into the depths of the ocean to view the Titanic wreckage fears the submersible that vanished on Sunday may have imploded thousands of feet underwater.
G. Michael Harris, who said he possibly knows three of the five occupants on board the missing sub, told Fox News ‘ Jesse Watters he is not optimistic they will be rescued and believes there is nothing the U.S. Navy can do.
‘Worst situation is something happened to the hull and our fear is that it imploded at around 3,200 meters,’ (10,000 feet) Harris said.
At those depths, the weight of the water would exert extreme pressure on the missing submersible – around 6,000 pounds on each square inch of its hull.
An implosion would mean any hope is already long gone. If any part of the submersible’s carbon-fiber and titanium hull had suffered a small crack or fault, a deadly implosion would have followed after.
‘When you’re talking 6,000 pounds per square inch, it is a dangerous environment. More people have been to outer-space than to this depth of the ocean. When you’re diving in these situations you have to cross your T and dot your Is. You have to do everything absolutely perfect and by the book.’
‘Throw in a bunch of tourists in a new sub, which was just created in the last couple of years,’ Harris continued. ‘It’s not looking good.
US Coast Guard has searched 10,000 square miles for sub as of Tuesday
The US Coast Guard said they have searched 10,000 square miles for the missing submersible, since it went missing on Sunday.
A Canadian Aircraft P3 Aurora arrived on scene this morning to conduct sonar searches.
Surface searches are also continuing.
#Update A Canadian Aircraft P3 Aurora has arrived on scene to conduct sonar searches.
The R/V Polar Prince and R/V Deep Energy are continuing their surface searches.
Total search area completed as of this morning is 10,000 SQ miles.#Titanic
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) June 20, 2023 The search continues for the sub with five people on board, who are now cut off from the world in claustrophobic conditions.
Thanks to previous reports on the Titan’s deep-sea missions, we have a clear idea of what it is like for those trapped inside the submarine, where time is running out.
In addition to the dwindling 96-hour oxygen supply, the passengers could also be facing increasingly cold conditions, and could suffer from hypothermia.
There are also no seats and only one toilet – a small black box – with a black curtain drawn across for privacy. All passengers are barefoot and must sit on the floor.
Assuming that the vessel is still intact, they currently have no communication to the outside world, and so no knowledge if and when anyone will reach them.
Shahzada Dawood, 48, a board member of the Prince’s Trust charity, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, are among the five people trapped on the submarine.
They were on board the tiny underwater craft taking paying tourists to view the famous wreck 12,500ft underwater when they lost signal in the dark depths of the Atlantic Ocean, 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Their desperate family, including Shahzada’s wife Christine and daughter Alina, are now enduring an agonizing wait for any news of the pair – hoping in vain that they could somehow be found thousands of feet underwater before the oxygen onboard runs out in around 50 hours.
Sulaiman Dawood, 19, who is missing on board the submarine is pictured with his mother Christine
From the heady heights of space to the deepest depths of the ocean and everything in-between, British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding has led a life of daring.
Born in Hammersmith, West London, the 58-year-old runs an airplane company in Dubai, catering to the needs of the world’s wealthiest people by selling and buying jets.
His business has seen him rack up a vast personal fortune – but his adventures outside of the corporate world are what have made him stand out from the crowd.
Read the full story on MailOnline here:
Foreign Office is in contact with the family of Hamish Harding
No10 said the Foreign Office is in contact with the family of Hamish Harding, as the rescue operation for the tourist submersible off the coast of Canada continues.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: ‘The FCDO are in contact with Hamish Harding’s family and the local authorities.
‘We stand ready to provide any additional assistance, including as our capacity as the host nation for Nato’s multinational submarine rescue capacity.’
Downing Street also said the Government was ready to provide support and assistance, but was not aware of a request from the family of Hamish Harding for help.
‘We are ready to provide assistance. At this stage I’m not aware they’ve specifically requested assistance from our capacity, which is based in Clyde in the the naval base there.
‘Clearly it is a complex rescue mission at significant depth,’ the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.
‘We would wait to see what may or may not be required.
‘We are in contact with the relevant authorities and are ready to provide assistance, but clearly it is an unusual rescue operation given the depths involved.’
Foreign Office is providing support to families involved
Rishi Sunak’s thoughts are with the families of those involved, his spokesman said today as a rescue operation continues after a submersible tourist vessel went missing during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck off the coast of Canada.
A British billionaire is among five people aboard.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: ‘The families involved will be deeply concerned and his thoughts are with them and the Foreign Office is providing support.’
He said that the Prime Minister ‘clearly wants to pass on his thanks to those that are responding’ to the situation.
A former TV journalist has told how he ‘almost died’ in a submarine that got stuck in the wreck of the Titanic.
While efforts continue to find them before the oxygen runs out, former ABC science editor Michael Guillen revealed his own terrifying experience in 2000 when he became the first TV correspondent to get into a sub to visit the wreck – which sits two and half miles under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland.
Read the full story on MailOnline here:
It was in 1912 when the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic sank after crashing into a colossal iceberg.
As it descended into the North Atlantic, more than 1,500 lives were taken while thousands of treasures were lost to sea.
Some of the wealthiest people in the world were onboard at the time including Isidor Straus, the co-owner of the famous Macy’s department store.
While 111 years have passed, Titanic researchers continue to find new objects today – whether it be a megalodon shark tooth necklace or 1,200 teapots.
Here, MailOnline has compiled a list of five priceless artefacts that went down with the historic liner and are still assumed to be in the wreckage:
Vital equipment needed to rescue a missing submersible that disappeared while heading to the Titanic wreck is being held up by US officials who have failed to approve paperwork, a tourism company has claimed.
Rescue attempts are said to be being hampered by US government bureaucracy, with a plane of equipment on the island of Guernsey being unable to take off for the scene until paperwork is signed.
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A desperate search mission involving a remotely operated vehicle is under way to rescue a Titanic tourist submersible which has vanished 12,500ft below the Atlantic Ocean with around 70 hours of air left.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, said the OceanGate Expeditions vessel carrying five passengers, including British billionaire Hamish Harding, went missing at around 9.13pm on Sunday, about 435 miles (700 kilometres) south of St. John’s, Newfoundland.
If they can be found, the operation would be 11,000ft deeper than the deepest successful undersea rescue in history – when British engineers Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman survived after their submersible Pisces III was trapped on the seabed at a depth of 1,575ft off the south-west coast of Ireland in 1973.
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A friend of the British billionaire missing on a trip to dive to the Titanic has said she fears his submersible is trapped on the sea bed.
Jannicke Mikkelsen, a Norwegian explorer, said she knew Hamish Harding, 58, would be ‘calm’ amid the crisis.
He is one of five people on board a submersible, which at 4am on Sunday, began its descent to the resting place of the Titanic, nearly 13,000 feet below the surface.
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No-one can forget the terrible fate of the 118 crew on board the Russian navy submarine Kursk, which sank between Russia and Norway 23 years ago.
They all were dead when divers finally arrived eight long days later. And the Kursk was a relatively modest 350ft down.
Yet there is cause for hope, too – thanks to the astonishing tale of the Pisces III in August 1973.
Read the full feature from Neil Sears on MailOnline here:
Depths ‘exceed those at which the NATO submarine rescue system can safely operate’
Sky News is reporting that the Ministry of Defence has released a statement, saying ‘they are monitoring the incident but the depths of water greatly exceed those at which the Nato submarine rescue system can safely operate’.
A friend of the British billionaire trapped inside a submarine missing on a voyage to the Titanic wreck has revealed the last text he was sent one day before heading out.
Retired Nasa astronaut Colonel Terry Virts, a friend of the missing Hamish Harding, said his fellow explorer had messaged him to say: ‘Hey, we’re headed out tomorrow, it looks good, the weather’s been bad so they’ve been waiting for this.’
As rescue teams continued the search for the submersible vessel with five people aboard, Colonel Virts added that he and Mr Harding ‘don’t really talk about risks’.
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The missing submersible that vanished with five people on board is controlled by a PlayStation controller and has one window for explorers to peer out of.
Authorities are currently searching for OceanGate’s 22ft carbon fiber and titanium vessel called the Titan after it vanished on Sunday, while taking a trip to view the Titanic wreckage
This is based on the Coastguard’s estimation that those on board have 72 hours of oxygen left on board – with the carrier having a ‘life support’ of 96 hours.
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Titanic expert is ‘very worried about the souls’ on board missing sub
An expert on the history of the Titanic has said he is ‘very worried about the souls’ on board the missing submersible.
Tim Maltin, an author, historian and TV presenter said the tourists were in a difficult situation.
Mr Maltin said on BBC Breakfast: ‘If it’s near the Titanic it would be easier to find, but the problem is of course you can’t do a ship-to-ship transfer even, the pressure is absolutely intense.
‘It’s nearly two miles miles down, it’s pitch black. So I also am very, very worried about the souls who are on board.’
He added: ‘I think they’re quite brave people who have been down there, but equally they know the risks but no one expects it to go wrong on your dive.’
Writer who took Titanic trip last year is ‘not optimistic’ for missing craft
A writer who took the Titanic submersible trip last year said he is ‘not optimistic’ over the search for the missing OceanGate craft.
Mike Reiss told BBC Breakfast communication was also lost during his dive down to the Titanic.
Mr Reiss said: ‘I’m not optimistic just because I know the logistics of it. And I know really again, how vast the ocean is, and how very tiny the craft is.
He added: ‘So the idea is, if it’s down at the bottom, I don’t know how anyone’s going to be able to access it, much less bring it back up. There is a hope that it’s at, or near, the surface.
‘I did three separate dives. I did one dive to the Titanic and two more off the coast of New York. Every time they lost communication and again, this is not a shoddy ship or anything.’
Daily Mail — UK billionaire trapped inside Titanic tourist submarine
Here is the Daily Mail’s front page today, which leads on the desperate search for British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding on the submarine:
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Let’s start with a look at MailOnline’s top story today, which is the news that one of Pakistan’s richest men and his teenage son are also among the five people missing in the submarine that set off to see the wreck of the Titanic.
Shahzada Dawood, 48, a UK-based board member of the Prince’s Trust charity, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, were on board the small underwater craft taking paying tourists to view the famous wreck.
Read the full story from MailOnline’s Martin Robinson and Rachael Bunyan here:
Welcome to MailOnline’s liveblog on the Titanic submarine search
Good morning and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage as rescue teams continue the search for a submersible tourist vessel which went missing during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck with a British billionaire among the five people aboard.
Hamish Harding is one of the mission specialists on the five-person OceanGate Expeditions vessel reported overdue on Sunday evening about 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland.
A major search and rescue operation, which is being led by the US Coast Guard and involving military aircraft 900 miles east of Cape Cod, was continuing this morning.
Stay with MailOnline throughout today as the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince and 106 Rescue wing continue to conduct surface searches along with two C-130 flights.