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The noises were picked up by a Canadian aircraft near where the vessel went missing.

NEW YORK: Search teams detected underwater sounds while scanning the North Atlantic for a tourist submersible that vanished with five people aboard during a deep-sea voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, the United States Coast Guard said early on Wednesday.

Banging sounds were heard during the search for the Titan submersible on Tuesday, CNN reported, citing an internal government memo. Other acoustic feedback was heard and "will assist in vectoring surface assets and also indicating continued hope of survivors", according to CNN.

As one of the world’s most extensive underwater search missions was being conducted, relatives of the three Brits on board ill-fated submersible clung to hope they were still alive

Even if the vessel is located under the surface of the ocean, concerns are mounting that huge multi-agency, international search and rescue operation will be helpless to actually retrieve it and save the five men inside

The US Coast Guard held a press conference as the search for the missing OceanGate Expeditions submersible continues after it lost contact off the coast of Newfoundland on a dive to the Titanic wreck

The US Coast Guard is bringing in specialist equipment as the search for the missing OceanGate Expeditions submersible continues after it lost contact with the mother ship off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

OceanGate Expeditions says one of its submersibles has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean and a search is ongoing.

Teen baseball star Cameron Robbins, 18, had days earlier graduated high school and was on a trip with classmates and other students in the Bahamas when he was apparently dared to jump overboard off the sunset cruise they were on