Race against time – up to 20 hours of oxygen left on the “Titan” These 5 people are aboard the missing submarine – and they have one thing in common

The US Coast Guard estimates that the oxygen on board the missing Titan submarine is only enough for up to 20 hours. It is difficult to calculate the exact time remaining, Coast Guard Chief John Mauger told the BBC on Wednesday. He pointed out that according to operator Oceangate Expeditions, the “Titan” had enough oxygen on board to supply five people for more than 96 hours. Contact with the vehicle was lost on Sunday morning (US East Coast local time).

“One of the factors that makes it difficult to predict how much oxygen is left is that we don’t know what the oxygen consumption per occupant of the submarine is,” Mauger said. The search team estimates there are about 20 hours left to find and rescue the submarine. That would be Thursday morning (local time).

The search was “complex” and “difficult,” said the rear admiral, referring to the remote location nearly 700 kilometers south of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. It will be searched both on and below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, working closely with experts in acoustic signals.

The noise that the Coast Guard spoke of earlier could be coming from the occupants. However, there is no confirmation from the source. One is analyzing the “noise signatures”, of which there were several. (sda/dpa)