With rescuers still searching the ocean depths for the Titan submersible, here's everything you need to know about the missing vessel and the five men on board
"The US Coast Guard in Boston assumed the responsibility of search-and-rescue mission co-ordinator and immediately launched search assets.
But he was non-committal when asked if there is any way to retrieve the submersible and save the five on board if it can be located."What I will tell you is we have a group of our nation's best experts in the unified command and if we get to that point, those experts will be looking at what the next course of action is."Rescuers are in a race against time to find British billionaireand four other passengers on board the 6.7 metres long OceanGate Expeditions vessel.
It is understood that Charles has asked to be kept fully up to date on the situation and that his thoughts and prayers are with the Dawood family and all those involved.On social media at the weekend, Mr Harding said he was "proud to finally announce" he would be aboard the mission to the wreck of the Titanic.
A Dawood family statement obtained by CNN said: "As of now, contact has been lost with their submersible craft and there is limited information available. It is understood the Dawood family, who live in Surbiton, south-west London, are in Canada for a month.The submersible, a Cyclops-2 model named Titan, is the second Cyclops model built by OceanGate, after the Cyclops-1.
Cut off from communication with the outside world, they have no idea whether they will ever be found. One possibility is that they are stranded at the bottom of the ocean near the site of the Titanic, about 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. He said: "It is a race against time - you are fighting oxygen levels, also fighting the cold if the sub is still at the bottom, because the deep ocean is just above freezing, so hypothermia is an issue.
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