Search and rescue teams racing against the clock Tuesday have still not been able to locate a submersible that vanished with five people aboard in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean on an expedition to explore the Titanic wreck.
The mission is a complex search effort requiring expertise and equipment that spans multiple agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard and the Navy, the Canadian armed forces and coast guard and OceanGate Expeditions, which owns and operates the missing sub, Capt. Jamie Frederick, a response coordinator with the First Coast Guard District, said at a news conference Tuesday.
Officials said the effort covers an area of about 7,600 square miles, or larger than the state of Connecticut, focusing both on surface and subsurface search.
