The OceanGate Expeditions submersible that went missing with five people aboard while trying to visit the site of the Titanic wreckage has only 41 hours or less of oxygen left, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Tuesday.
Rescuers are searching an area of ocean that is "larger than the state of Connecticut" for the Titan submersible, Coast Guard Captain Jamie Frederick said at a news briefing Tuesday.
The submersible went missing Sunday, less than two hours into its dive about 900 nautical miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, is on board the vessel.
OceanGate began offering trips on the submersible, whose passengers pay $250,000 apiece, in 2021.
Persons:
Jamie Frederick, Frederick, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, OceanGate
Organizations:
Expeditions, U.S . Coast Guard, Titan, Coast Guard, Stockton Rush, OceanGate Expeditions, Action Aviation
Locations:
U.S, Connecticut, Cape Cod , Massachusetts