![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The club, which was started in 1904, describes itself as " a multidisciplinary, professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration and resource conservation." I know he was looking forward to conducting research at the site." Harding helped found the club's board of trustees. Richard Garriott de Cayeux, president of The Explorers Club, said in a letter to the club's members that, "When I saw Hamish last week at the Global Exploration Summit, his excitement about this expedition was palpable. We're all hoping and praying he comes back safe and sound." There is equipment on board for survival in this event. Mark Butler, managing director of Harding's company, Action Aviation, told The Associated Press, "There is still plenty of time to facilitate a rescue mission. He said it was "likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023" due to weather conditions, and that the team planned to start dive operations at around 4 a.m. "The team on the sub has a couple of legendary explorers, some of which have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s," Harding wrote. On Saturday, British businessman Hamish Harding shared on Facebook that he was among the group on the OceanGate expedition that had departed from St. Inside the missing Titanic exploration sub 05:27 OceanGate recently said on its website and social media feeds that an expedition to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which lies about 400 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast, was "underway." A map shows the point where the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, on April 15, 1912, about 380 miles southeast of the Newfoundland, Canada coast and some 1,300 miles east of its destination in New York City.Ĭontacted by CBS News, the Canadian Coast Guard said the rescue operation was being managed by the Boston Regional Coordination Center, and a map showing jurisdictions for the various coastal search and rescue agencies off the North American coast shows the location of the Titanic wreck within the Boston center's area of responsibility. "VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE," the message said. The Coast Guard first alerted mariners Sunday night that a "21 foot submarine" with a white hull was overdue, giving its last known position. "We're making the best use of every moment of that time to locate the vessel," Mauger said.Īsked about the emergency oxygen supply, Mauger said, "We anticipate that there are somewhere between 70 to the full 96 hours available at this point." The sub is believed to have a 96-hour sustainment capability if there's an emergency on board. The Coast Guard is also working with military and civilian partners to develop a rescue plan if the vessel is located underwater, Mauger said.Ĭoast Guard "doing everything that we can do" to find missing sub near Titanic wreckage 16:48 "It is a remote area and it is a challenge to conduct a search in that remote area, but we are deploying all available assets to make sure that we can locate the craft and rescue the people on board," Mauger said. They're capable of listening to a depth of 13,000 feet. Sonar buoys have been deployed in the water in an attempt to listen for the missing sub. Aircraft are searching from above while vessels also search on the water, Mauger said at the briefing. Coast Guard said it had a C-130 crew searching for the sub approximately 900 miles off Cape Cod, and that the Rescue Coordination Center Halifax is assisting with a P8 Poseidon aircraft, which has underwater detection capabilities. "Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families," said OceanGate, adding that it was "deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and deep sea companies in our efforts to reestablish contact with the submersible." ![]()
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