The US Coast Guard (USCG) says an underwater vessel has
located a debris field near the Titanic in the search for a missing submersible
with five people aboard.
Experts within the unified command are evaluating the
information, USCG added.
Three vessels, including the one that has technology that
can detect and map out objects on the seafloor, had earlier arrived to join the
search for the missing submersible named Titan.
The search exceeded the critical 96-hour mark on Thursday
morning when oxygen was estimated to have run out.
The estimate is based on the number of hours of oxygen the
craft had for the five people on board and the time it submerged (1 pm UK time
on Sunday).
However, experts say the projected supply of breathable air
could be longer if the passengers have taken measures to conserve oxygen.
It is unclear if there are still survivors.
On Wednesday, a Canadian P-3 aircraft, part of the rescue
team, detected banging sounds underwater in the search area but efforts to
trace the source have been unsuccessful.
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