A U.S. Coast Guard official offered an update on the missing submarine that set off towards the wreckage site of the Titanic …
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00:00This is a search and rescue mission, 100 percent."
00:02That's what authorities had to say about the ongoing efforts to recover a submersible
00:06that went missing during a tourism-driven voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic.
00:11Rescue efforts intensified Tuesday evening after a Canadian aircraft detected underwater
00:15noises in the search area.
00:17The submersible first lost contact late Sunday evening with five people aboard, including
00:22the CEO of OceanGate, the company that owns and operates the vessel.
00:26According to the U.S. Coast Guard, more than 7,600 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean have
00:31already been searched.
00:32It is believed that the submersible has about one day's supply of oxygen left as of June
00:3721.
00:38It has since been revealed that in 2018, an OceanGate employee questioned potential passenger
00:43safety at extreme depths and warned of catastrophic safety problems.