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Rescue teams involved in the hunt for a missing submersible that had planned to visit the wrecked Titanic said „noises“ had been detected early Wednesday close to where the sub ended contact with its control ship.
Experts involved in the search say that the sub, which is carrying five people, contains an oxygen supply that may run out early Thursday morning.
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The U.S. Coast Guard said that a maritime surveillance plane operated by Canada detected the noises, which experts from the U.S. Navy are now analyzing.
U.S. authorities said various underwater search efforts had been moved to the location of the noise to discover its source, but that so far, underwater drones operated remotely had „yielded negative results.“
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said the source of the noise was still unclear.
„You have to remember that it’s the wreck site of the Titanic, so there is a lot of metal and different objects in the water around the site,“ Mauger said in an interview with CBS News on Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Coast Guard tweeted early Wednesday that the data from the Canadian aircraft, known as a P-3 Orion, would nevertheless potentially form part of future search plans once it had been analyzed.
Experts involved in the search and with knowledge of the sub’s technology say that the oxygen on board is likely to last only until early Thursday morning.
The remoteness of the location and extent of the search area — larger than Connecticut on the surface and possibly extending 2.
