Rescuers were in a race against time to find a missing submersible on Tuesday, two days after it lost communication while taking wealthy tourists to see the wreckage of the Titanic in deep waters off Canada's coast.
OceanGate Expeditions' submersible Titan. Photo: OceanGate Expeditionsin deep waters off Canada's coast.
Those aboard the submersible, the highlight of a tourist expedition that costs $250,000 per person, included British billionaire Hamish Harding and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood with his son Suleman. US and Canadian ships and planes have been sweeping the area about 900 miles east of Cape Cod, some dropping sonar buoys that can monitor to a depth of 13,000 feet .
If the Titan is on the ocean floor, a rescue effort would be difficult due to the extreme conditions more than two miles below the surface. The Titanic lies 12,500 feet underwater, where light does not penetrate. Only specialized equipment can reach those depths without getting crushed by the massive water pressure.
"They know that site better than anybody else," Mauger said on NBC. "We're working very closely with them to prioritize our underwater search efforts and get equipment there." Pogue also documented a failed dive in which communications "somehow broke down" with the surface ship and the submersible never found the Titanic.
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