Rescuers searching for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic concentrated efforts on a remote area of the North Atlantic where a series of undersea noises have been detected
With estimates suggesting the air supply on board could run out in a matter of hours, an international coalition of rescue teams was sweeping a vast expanse of the ocean for the Titan, which disappeared on Sunday while taking five people deep underwater to visit the century-old wreck as part of a tourist expedition.
"When you're in the middle of a search-and-rescue case, you always have hope," he said. "With respect to the noises specifically, we don't know what they are, to be frank with you." Sean Leet, who heads a company that jointly owns the support ship, told reporters on Wednesday that "all protocols were followed" but declined to give a detailed account of how communication ceased.
French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, and Stockton Rush, founder and chief executive of OceanGate, were also reported to be on board.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. OceanGate Expeditions/Handout via REUTERS, who has accompanied the British entrepreneur on other expeditions, told Reuters she was hoping for good news but was not optimistic.
Months prior to the lawsuit, a group of submersible industry leaders wrote to OceanGate warning that the "experimental" approach" to the sub's development could result in "minor to catastrophic" problems, the New York Times reported.
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