The search for a submersible carrying five people took a grim turn
Thursday as the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that a “debris field” was discovered by a remotely operated vehicle near the wreck of the Titanic.
Since then, a massive international search effort has been assembling about 700 kilometres southeast of Newfoundland. The search reached a critical stage Thursday as the small vessel's air supply was believed to be running low, but that looming deadline assumed the submersible was still intact. The United States Coast Guard, which is leading the search for the privately owned Titan submersible, confirmed that an ROV from the Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic had reached the site, which has its own, huge debris field to contend with. As well, another ROV from the French vessel L'Atalante was also in the area, the coast guard said.
If anyone on board is still alive, there's no way to know how much oxygen they've used over the past four days, LeDez said in an interview. If someone has died, there may be more oxygen available for the others. And if they have no heat source, they may be very cold or hypothermic, which would mean they’re using less oxygen, he said.The search is being conducted near a renowned fishing area known as the Grand Banks.
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