The Latest Breaking News from Oceangate Expeditions

NEW YORK: Search teams detected underwater sounds while scanning the North Atlantic for a tourist submersible that vanished with five people aboard during a deep-sea voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, the United States Coast Guard said early on Wednesday.

One woman tells Sheila Flynn how she finally ended up visiting the famed Titanic wreck at its underwater grave after a near lifelong obsession – and what the surreal journey is actually like

The wreck’s location is approximately 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean

Rescue team says every noise being tracked and analysed; ‘every possible effort’ being made to bring missing crew home, says Polar Prince co-owner

Canadian maritime surveillance aircraft reported to have detected ‘banging sounds in the area every 30 minutes’.

Princeton graduate and Titan submarine entrepreneur insisted Atlantic dives were not dangerous and once said: ‘At some point, safety just is pure waste. If you just want to be safe, don’t get out of bed’

The sub disappeared on Monday, sparking a search for the vessel before it runs out of oxygen

Banging sounds were heard during the search for the Titan submersible on Tuesday, CNN reported, citing an internal government memo. Other acoustic feedback was heard and "will assist in vectoring surface assets and also indicating continued hope of survivors", according to CNN.

Hamish Harding’s stepson confirmed that his stepfather is missing on board the OceanGate Expeditions submersible