Missing Titanic submersible: Rescuers using sonar detect underwater noises during search operation
PTC Web Desk: As per data collected by teams, which are searching for Titanic submersible vessel, there are "signs of life". As per fresh reports, a search vessel is also picking up banging sounds at the interval of 30 minutes.
Rescuers who are using sonar claim that they have heard underwater "banging" sounds where submersible vessel vanished two days earlier. The noise comes every 30 minutes.
Since when this submarine is missing?
Notably, a tourist submarine, named ‘The Polar Prince’, had been missing since Sunday in North Atlantic when it had gone for a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic. It is owned by OceanGate Expeditions, and there are five persons on board. The submarine went missing an hour and 45 minutes into its dive, about 700 km off Newfoundland coast.
Who all are on board?
British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
Does this submarine has oxygen supply?
The vessel has just 30 hours worth of oxygen left, as per US Coast Guard. The Titan was designed to have oxygen supply of 96 hours in case of exigency.
Who is leading the search operation?
OceanGate Expeditions, operator of the mission, is leading underwater search efforts. As per the US Coast Guard, OceanGate Expeditions has been entrusted with the task as it has the knowledge of the site.A 6.7-meter-long craft is made of carbon fiber and titanium.
What do experts say?
"It's pitch black down there. It's freezing cold. The seabed is mud, and it's undulating. You can't see your hand in front of your face. It's really a bit like being an astronaut going into space," Titanic expert Tim Maltin told NBC News Now.
- With inputs from agencies
