A US Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft flies over the French ship l'Atalante during the search.
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In a tweet on June 22, the US Coast Guard Northeast Region also said that experts at the search and rescue command center were assessing the information. The discovery of the "debris area" came after the Titan exploration submersible, carrying five people on board, was believed to have run out of spare oxygen after four days missing.
Earlier, AFP reported that a French research vessel, equipped with an ROV called Victor 6000, arrived near the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic on June 22 to assist in the search. This device can search at depths of up to 6,000 meters below the sea surface. According to Rob Larter, a marine expert at the British Antarctic Survey, the Victor 6000 is the "main hope" in an underwater search.
The US Coast Guard also said that the Canadian ship Horizon Arctic has also deployed one of its ROVs. The agency plans to hold a press conference on June 22 to provide information about the latest discovery.
Details are yet to be confirmed but Sky News ' James Mathews said the situation did not look optimistic. "Honestly, using the word 'debris' doesn't sound good. In a situation and at a depth where the water pressure is so high, that could cause significant damage to a vessel," he said.
The US Coast Guard said on June 22 that they still “hope” to locate the Titan submersible and find all those inside alive, but the challenges facing rescuers are growing, according to AFP.
According to the US Coast Guard, the Titan submersible - operated by the exploration company OceanGate Expeditions - began descending to the seabed off the east coast of the US and Canada, with five people on board, at 8 a.m. on June 18 to visit the wreck of the Titanic. The ship was expected to surface seven hours later, but less than two hours after departure, it lost contact with its mother ship.
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