A submersible watercraft bearing five people on board has reportedly disappeared without a trace after it set out on Sunday to explore the site of the Titanic shipwreck in the North Atlantic.
At a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, Capt. Jamie Frederick of the U.S. Coast Guard estimated that there were only about 40 hours of breathable air left on the vessel.
The American and Canadian Coast Guards, commercial vessels, and aircraft have been involved in searching for the missing vessel.
The five people in the missing submersible are: Mr. Rush, the company founder; Hamish Harding, a British businessman and explorer; the British executive Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, from one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families; and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French maritime expert who has been on more than 35 dives to the Titanic wreck site.
Those on board report left paid about $250,000 each for the journey.
