Fresh hope has been raised in the bid to trace a missing Titanic submersible after banging noises were detected near the area where the vessel vanished.
The US Coast Guard revealed that they have relocated their search party after "underwater noises" were heard by sonar. Five people onboard the Titan tourist vessel have not been heard from after they went underwater on an expedition to the Titanic wreck site on Sunday morning.
They lost contact with the mothership MV Polar Prince around one hour and 45 minutes into their two-hour descent on the 22ft long single windowed sub.
It is believed there remains around 24 hours of oxygen left on board the sub, reports the Mirror.British billionaire Hamish Harding, British-based Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19; CEO of OceanGate Expeditions - the company which owns and operates the vessel - Stockton Rush and French submersible pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet were all aboard.However, a Canadian aircraft has now detected noises in the area near where the vessel was last known to be.
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