Thursday a 'critical day' as crews continue search for missing Titanic submersible
CTV
The race against the clock continues Thursday for search crews that have still not found the missing submersible off Canada's east coast.
Crews searching for a missing submersible headed for the Titanic offered no updates overnight into Thursday morning as the timeline for the remaining oxygen on board ticked down.
Wednesday began early with reports of undersea noise detected in the search are, though that yielded no further leads on the location of the missing vessel.
But Thursday marked the day the estimated oxygen supply on board is likely to reaching its maximum 96-hour mark.
The U.S. Coast Guard, which is leading the effort, did not provide updates on the search for the submersible, called the Titan, which went missing off the coast of St. John's early Sunday morning during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic.
The Associated Press reported the air supply is expected to end between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. EDT today, based on the information given by the U.S. Coast Guard and OceanGate Expeditions, the submersible's owner and operator.
The Titan is carrying five passengers: Hamish Harding, a billionaire and explorer; Paul-Henry (PH) Nargeolet, a French explorer; Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, members of a prominent Pakistani family; and OceanGate CEO and Titan pilot Stockton Rush.
On Thursday, co-founder of OceanGate Guillermo Sohnlein wrote on Facebook, "today will be a critical day."
