With estimates suggesting the air supply on board the missing submersible could run out by Thursday morning, an international coalition of rescue teams has swept a vast expanse of the ocean for the Titan, which disappeared on Sunday
US coast guard Captain Jamie Frederick said at a press conference in Boston on Wednesday that analysis of the noises has been “inconclusive.”
Even if the submersible is located, retrieving it presents huge logistical challenges, given the extreme conditions miles below the surface. Those aboard the Titan, the highlight of a tourist adventure that costs $250,000 per person, included British billionaire and adventurer Hamish Harding , and Pakistani-born businessman Shahzada Dawood , with his 19-year-old son Suleman, who are British citizens.
Months before the suit, 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. If the Titan is on the ocean floor, a rescue effort would be even more challenging because of the large pressure and total darkness at a depth of more than 3km.
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