The crew of five men aboard a missing submersible vessel on an expedition to explore the Titanic wreckage is projected to exhaust their oxygen supply by 7 a.m. EDT Thursday morning, according to U.S. Coast Guard projections.
The vessel, named Titan and measuring 21 feet in length, vanished in the waters of Newfoundland on Sunday morning during an OceanGate Expeditions mission.
Officials confirmed on Monday that the submersible had a 96-hour supply of “emergency” oxygen. This means that the crew will run out of breathable air by roughly 7 a.m. on Thursday.
“Our previous estimates were based on the approximate oxygen capacity of the vessel at the time of deployment (about 96 hours),” a Coast Guard spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email early Thursday morning. “As our only information was based on that initial 96 hours, any further estimates are too uncertain for us to confirm.”…