New ships join the search for the Titan, where oxygen would have run out

MADRID, 22 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Two new ships from Canada and France have arrived this Thursday in the Atlantic area where they are looking for the Titan submersible, which disappeared during an expedition to the remains of the Titanic, and the US Coast Guard is not throwing in the towel despite the fact that the deadline has already been met. term given by the agency itself to estimate the end of oxygen on board.

The experts had established 7:08 a.m. local time (1:08 p.m. peninsular time in Spain) this Thursday as the approximate threshold at which the five people traveling aboard the Titan would run out of oxygen. The submarine disappeared on Sunday and, without any opening, the margin of survival on board is estimated at 96 hours.

The search continues from the sea and from the air. The French ship 'L'Atalante' and the Canadian 'Horizon Arctic' have already deployed their own robots, which in the case of the latter ship has reached the seabed, according to the US Coast Guard.

A Coast Guard spokesman, John Mauger, confirmed this Thursday in an interview with NBC News that "search and rescue work continues" and has said that, apart from the scientific data that can be collected, there is also the factor of the "will to live". For now, the only clue has been some underwater noises of which the origin has not been determined.

On board the Titan are the founder of the company that organizes these expeditions, Stockton Rush, the British businessman and adventurer Hamish Harding, the French explorer Paul Henry Nargeolet, the Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman.