The team looking for a submersible diving vessel with five people aboard that was en route to view the Titanic shipwreck is now focusing its search underwater as the missing crew’s oxygen supply dwindles, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
The Coast Guard and the Canadian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, have been conducting surface search missions overhead in the North Atlantic since Monday afternoon. OceanGate Expeditions, the operator of the mission, is leading search efforts because of its knowledge of the site, Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said.
“We’re working very closely with them to prioritize our underwater search efforts and get equipment there that can be helpful to the search,” Mauger said on NBC’s Today show.
