Search for missing Titanic submersible faces race against time as oxygen supply dwindles
Rescue teams face a race against time in the search for a submersible which went missing during a dive to the Titanic wreck. British billionaire Hamish Harding is chairman OceanGate Expeditions is one of five people onboard the vessel which lost contact 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 on Tuesday. The US Coast Guard said the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince and 106 Rescue wing will continue to conduct surface searches while the US Coast Guard sent two C-130 flights to search for the missing submersible.
He said additional resources would arrive in the coming days. Mark Butler, managing director of Action Aviation, said: "There is still plenty of time to facilitate a rescue mission, there is equipment on board for survival in this event. We're all hoping and praying he comes back safe and sound." The Explorer's Club, of which Mr Harding is a founding member of, shared the news of his disappearance on Instagram with club president Richard Garriot saying: "When I saw Hamish last week… his excitement about this expedition was palpable," he said.
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