Rescuers confirm only 40 hours of oxygen left in missing submersible Titanic tourist submarine
A massive search and rescue operation is still under way to find the Titanic tourist submersible which has been missing for nearly three days in the Atlantic Ocean with five people aboard.
CEO and founder of OceanGate Expeditions Stockton Rush, British billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, renowned French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood are on the OceanGate Expeditions’ submersible, Titan.
The watercraft submerged on Sunday (18 June) morning with its support vessel, the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince. About an hour and 45 minutes later, the Titan lost contact with Polar Prince, authorities said.
The Titan is equipped with a four-day emergency oxygen supply.
On Monday (19 June) afternoon, Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard told reporters that there was believed to be between 70 and the full 96 hours left at that point.
OceanGate offers eight-day missions to see the Titanic debris at a cost of $250,000 per person. It said it is “exploring and mobilising all options to bring the crew back safely.”
The US Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard are involved in rescue efforts.
