This photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions shows a submersible vessel named Titan used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic. There’s a faint glimmer of hope in the search for submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic south of Newfoundland after an underwater noise was detected overnight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-OceanGate Expeditions via AP
HALIFAX – There is a glimmer of hope in the search for a submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland after an underwater noise was detected overnight.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a Canadian military patrol plane picked up the sound, but adds that it’s unclear what that may indicate.
In a tweet, the coast guard says three vessels arrived at the scene today, including the Canadian Coast Guard Ship John Cabot, which has side-scanning sonar.
Time is running out for the five people on board the Titan, with less than a day’s worth of air supply estimated to be on the 6.4-metre vessel.
The coast guard says an underwater robot was moved to the area where the noise was heard but the initial searches yielded negative results.
The submersible lost contact with its surface launch ship Polar Prince during its descent Sunday in a remote area of ocean about 700 kilometres south of St. John’s.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 21, 2023.
