Search teams detected underwater sounds while scanning the North Atlantic for a tourist submersible that vanished with five people aboard during a deep-sea voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said
The detection of the sounds by Canadian aircraft on Tuesday, day three of the search, was reported by the Coast Guard as the clock ticked down to the last 24 hours of the missing craft's presumed oxygen supply.
The mini-sub was designed to remain underwater for 96 hours, according to its specifications, giving its five occupants until Thursday morning before air supply would run out, if the craft was still intact. Those aboard Titan for a tourist expedition that costs $250,000 per person included British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, and Pakistani-born businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, with his 19-year-old son Suleman, who are both British citizens.
Canada's P-3 aircraft ended up detecting underwater noises in the search area on Tuesday, after which "ROV" searches were "relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises," according to the Coast Guard tweets. CNN cited a U.S. government memo as saying that additional sounds were heard about four hours after initial banging was detected, although the news channel said the second occurrence was not described as banging.Rescuers face major obstacles both in finding the Titan and in saving the people aboard, according to experts.
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