Underwater noises have been detected in the area of the search for a sub that went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard says.
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In a tweet Wednesday, just after midnight EDT, the Coast Guard said the noises were picked up by Canadian P-3 aircraft, and as a result, underwater operations were relocated to try to locate the origin of the noises.
Those operations haven’t turned up any findings yet but the underwater operations are continuing, the Coast Guard said, adding, “The data from the P-3 aircraft has been shared with our U.S. Navy experts for further analysis which will be considered in future search plans.”
In an interview with “CBS Mornings” Wednesday, Rear Admiral John Mauger of the Coast Guard said the site is “incredibly complex,” and that there are metal objects in the water and around the site. He said naval experts are being used to help classify or provide better information about the source of the noise.
Mauger said officials will hold onto hope for the sub passengers “as long as there are opportunities for survival.”
“Over the course of the next 24 hours, we are going to bring additional vessels, additional remote operated vehicles, and we are going to continue to fly in the air. So, we’ll continue to look,” he said.
Richard Garriott de Cayeux, the president of the Explorers Club, said in a letter to club members, “There is cause for hope, based on data from the field — we understand that likely signs of life have been detected at the site.”
One of the passengers on the sub, British businessman Hamish Harding, helped found the club’s board of trustees. The club, which was started in 1904, describes itself as “a multidisciplinary, professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration and resource conservation.”
The submersible had less than 40 hours of breathable air left as of Tuesday afternoon, the Coast Guard said. It had about 96 hours of oxygen at most onboard when its dive began, officials said.
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