The search is intensifying for the submersible vessel carrying five people that vanished while heading to tour the Titanic wreckage site off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Officials confirmed Wednesday that ‘banging’ noises were picked up, and they are currently searching that area offering a glimmer of hope.
“We have to remain optimistic and hopeful when we’re in a search and rescue mission,” Capt. Jamie Frederick, the First Coast Guard District response coordinator, said at a news conference Wednesday.
When asked about the search becoming a recovery mission, Frederick said Wednesday, “We’re not there yet.”
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“This is a search and rescue mission, 100%,” Frederick said. “When you’re in the middle of a search and rescue case, you always have hope.”
The Coast Guard did not elaborate on what rescuers believed the noises could be.
Questions remain about how teams could reach the lost submersible, which could be as deep as about 12,500 feet below the surface near the watery tomb of the historic ocean liner Titanic.
On the vessel is Stockton Rush, the CEO of the company leading the expedition with passengers British pilot Hamish Harding, two members of a Pakistani business family Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
We will update this story as more details in the search for the missing vessel are released.
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