Missing Titanic Tourist Submersible Runs Out of Oxygen, 'Debris Field' Found Near Search Area: Reports
etonline.comtourist submersible lost in the North Atlantic is believed to have run out of oxygen, and on Thursday, U.S. officials announced that it discovered a «debris field» near the search area.According to BBC News, the submersible's breathing air supply was expected to run out Thursday at around 6 a.m.
EST. Rear Admiral John Mauger, the commander of the U.S. Coast Guard leading the search, also told the BBC that «one of the factors that makes it hard to predict how much oxygen is left is that we do not know the rate of the consumption of oxygen per occupant on the sub.»Then, on Thursday morning, the U.S.
Coast Guard tweeted that «a debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic.» The agency went on to say that «experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.»According to CBS News, one of the robots deployed started searching for the sub on the sea floor, and another robot was added to the search effort on Thursday.
There's also search planes and ships in the northern Atlantic Ocean working in a frantic pace to find the 21-foot sub.The harrowing incident occurred after a submersible named Titan — owned by OceanGate Expeditions — took a five-person crew on a dive to explore the wreckage site of the Titanic on Sunday, but quickly went missing.
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