Rescuers estimated that the passengers could run out of oxygen in the early hours of Thursday, but said they are 'fully committed' in their rescue efforts. | via philstarlife
A multinational mission to find a missing submersible near the Titanic wreck is still focused on rescuing the five-member crew alive, the US coast guard insisted Thursday, despite fears that the vessel's oxygen may already have run out.
"People's will to live really needs to be accounted for as well. And so we're continuing to search and proceed with rescue efforts," he told NBC's Today show. The Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic has also deployed a robot that has already reached the ocean floor and begun its search, the Coast Guard also said in a tweet.
Titan was carrying British billionaire Hamish Harding and Pakistani tycoon Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, who also have British citizenship. The five people on board who paid P13.9 million for a seat on the missing sub near TitanicAlso on board is the company's CEO, Stockton Rush, and a French submarine operator Paul-Henri Nargeolet, nicknamed"Mr. Titanic" for his frequent dives at the site.
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