The Titan submersible had 96 hours of air when it went under. That leaves a little over 40 hours of air left for the five people aboard.
, “have not yielded any results” at a Boston press conference Tuesday afternoon. Capt. Jamie Frederick, response coordinator for the First Coast Guard District said that searchers have covered an area of 7,600 square miles so far, an area larger than the size of Connecticut. He added that, based off initial reports that the vessel carried 96 hours worth of breathable air when it submerged, the passengers on board have a little over 40 hours of air left.
Len Hickey, public affairs officer at the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is assisting with the search, toldon Tuesday that Canada is sending more ships to the search area, including the Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS Glace Bay, which will provide a specialized dive medicine team and a six-person hyperbaric recompression chamber.
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