The frantic international search for the missing tourist submersible entered a more desperate phase today as rescuers feared the oxygen supply on the vessel may be running out.

The search for the Titan, which went missing Sunday after embarking on a mission to survey the wreckage of the Titanic, has been focused on an area where Canadian aircraft detected "underwater noises" Tuesday and again yesterday.

U.S. Coast Guard officials estimated the five passengers could run out of air just before 7:10 a.m. ET, but the location of the missing vessel and the exact situation onboard remained a mystery even as the search intensified with new ships joining the race against time.

What to know about the search for the Titan
The submersible disappeared Sunday during a mission to survey the wreckage of the Titanic, which is 900 nautical miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
It is estimated to have a 96-hour supply of oxygen, meaning the vessel could run out of air this morning. The Coast Guard says it is continuing its search.
The search expanded "exponentially" yesterday as crews canvassed a surface area twice the size of Connecticut and 2½ miles deep after hearing "underwater noises."
Those onboard have been identified as Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, the company behind the mission; British billionaire Hamish Harding, the owner of Action Aviation; French dive expert Paul Henry Nargeolet; and prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman.
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As the oxygen level dwindles, experts say there are minor ways to conserve it
The Associated Press and Julianne McShane

Although the Titan was estimated to have enough oxygen onboard to last 96 hours, there are small ways the five passengers could conserve oxygen if they're still alive, said professor Hugh Montgomery, director of the Centre for Human Health and Performance at University College London.

As temperatures drop to near freezing, the human body makes every effort to maintain a core body temperature, so shivering may increase oxygen demands, he said.

“The only effective way to limit O2 demand in this circumstance is not to burn excess energy,” Montgomery said.

That means staying immobile or sleeping. Meditation can also slightly reduce oxygen demand by producing less stress hormones, less movement and more relaxed muscles, but such effects will be marginal, he said.

Other experts have said the chance of finding survivors is "close to zero" at this point given the likelihood the trapped passengers have already run out of oxygen.
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Chance of finding survivors 'close to zero,' retired Navy captain says
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With the trapped Titan passengers likely out of oxygen, David Marquet, a retired Navy captain, said today "the probability is perilously close to zero that we will be able to recover them alive."

The Titan had 96 hours worth of oxygen, he told NBC News' Tom Costello.

"Things generally work up to the design spec, but they don’t somehow magically last beyond the design spec," Marquet said, referring to the oxygen estimates.
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Dawood's friend says his death would be 'a tremendous loss for the world'
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Ammad Adam met Shahzada Dawood at a United Nations conference in February 2020. Dawood gave a speech about empowering women and girls in Pakistan, and Adam was impressed by his remarks. The two kept in touch over the last three years, striking up a friendship via Facebook.

Adam, 34, is now "praying for a miracle" and hoping that Dawood and the four other passengers aboard the Titan will be found alive.

"I can tell you that Shahzada was a real great gentleman, a fine gentleman," he said. "I know everyone says, 'Oh, such and such is a good person,' but he's actually a genuinely kind-hearted person and you could see that in his actions."

Adam said Dawood dedicated much of his adult life to charitable activity, including donating to Covid relief funds in the early days of the pandemic.

"I hope for a miracle from God," Adam said, "because his death would be a tremendous loss for the world. He tries to help people who need help, and we need more people like that."
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Teen trapped in missing sub is U.K. business school student
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The youngest of the five people aboard the missing submersible had just completed his first year at the Strathclyde Business School in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

The University of Strathclyde said in a statement that it was “deeply concerned” about Suleman Dawood, 19, “his father and the others involved in this incident.”

“Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones and we continue to hope for a positive outcome,” the statement added.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/missing-titanic-submersible-live-updates-rcna90538
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Senior British submariner helps with search
The British government said today it has dispatched one of its senior submariners, Lt. Cmdr. Richard Kantharia, to assist with the rescue mission.

Kantharia was already embedded in the U.S. Atlantic submarine fleet and joined the rescue effort Tuesday, a spokesperson for No. 10 Downing St. said by email.

Britain is also providing a Boeing C-17 Globemaster aircraft to transport equipment involved with the search.
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Searchers will need to 'get very, very lucky' to find sub, expert says
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Simon Boxall, who teaches oceanography at England's University of Southampton, laid out in stark terms the daunting task facing those trying to find the cylindrical vessel. "The only way they are going to succeed is to get very, very lucky," he told NBC News by telephone early today.

On land, he explained, officials would have an array of tools at their disposal, from GPS and infrared tech to old-fashioned binoculars. "Underwater, that all goes out of the window," said Boxall, who believes given the extensive search by air that it's unlikely the craft is still bobbing around on the surface.

One way to scour the seabed is to send a robotic submersible down there with a light and a camera. That would be like going to an area twice the size of Connecticut "with a flashlight and just having a look around for something this small — it’s a big, big task,” he said.

Officials are also relying on sonar: bouncing sound off the seabed to create an image of what's down there, a painstaking task that Boxall likened to painting the Golden Gate Bridge "with a child's paintbrush."

If it lost power, the submersible likely drifted down to the seabed, traveling up to 15 miles on strong, deep-ocean currents that take water all the way to Antarctica, he said. Compounding that, this area is "very bumpy" and there is "this great big thing called the Titanic, which sank in the area, scattering all kinds of things far and wide."
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Image: Satellite imagery of marine traffic at the search area
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nlfpmod

It's gone, no traces just debris

Mistery disappearance

Their village people 😀

kestolove95:
It's gone, no traces just debris

Hope bro...

Is there something they are not telling us here? So so mysterious....

Too bad

Chai

Honestly, I believe they are gone. I wish their deaths were painless.

God abeg ooo

I pray they find them hale and hearty

eepeepook:
Honestly, I believe they are gone. I wish their deaths were painless.

the submarine exploded and death was instant. No pains felt

ednut1:
the submarine exploded and death was instant. No pains felt

Exploded, how?

ednut1:
the submarine exploded and death was instant. No pains felt

These men just carry their money go buy death😭😭


My momma would say,iyanga dey sleep trouble go wake am

Mammy water don take em


Heartfelt condolences to the families.

eepeepook:
Exploded, how?

submarine could have hit an obstacle, then the hull was depressurised, water got in, and they all died instantly...

But in all cases, it is a terrible death trap.

Did you know,

The Titanic is another mystery of the world, after the Bermuda triangle.

ednut1:
the submarine exploded and death was instant. No pains felt

Wasn’t exactly an explosion though. Explosion means internal pressure exceeded the design of the container. It imploded, external pressure from the weight of the ocean overwhelmed the sub. Think about stamping on a can of coke

Sanguine:
Did you know,

The Titanic is another mystery of the world, after the Bermuda triangle.

Nothing mysterious there. People have been going to see the titanic long before now without incident.

airsaylongcome:


Wasn’t exactly an explosion though. Explosion means internal pressure exceeded the design of the container. It imploded, external pressure from the weight of the ocean overwhelmed the sub. Think about stamping on a can of coke



Nothing mysterious there. People have been going to see the titanic long before now without incident.

correct. It was an implosion, which in my opinion was a merciful option. The craft wasn't designed to handle that much pressure for up to that length of time. It was built for quick in, quick out. It was far better than if the craft could handle the water pressure and they ran out of air in an enclosed space...now that is a truly horrible way to die, kinda like being buried alive. Well, the ocean is their final resting place like the maiden voyagers on the RMS Titanic. White people sha! Wetin concern black man with these kin adventure. When there is bling, cars, pussy, private jets to spend on. Mayweather with his crazy spending habit sef no fit ever reason to spend him own 250k this way lailai. Lol