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Wendy Rush is the wife of Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate. He is among the five people on board the missing Titanic tourist sub. Her great-great-grandparents died in the 1912 disaster.

The world is now praying for a miracle with the vital oxygen supply predicted to have run out at 12.08pm GMT (7.08am EST and 9.08pm Sydney). Banging has been heard at 30 minutes intervals.

The window of survival for the five passengers onboard the Titan sub is rapidly closing, with the oxygen supply due to run out at 7.08am ET (12.08pm UK time) today, the US Coastguard said.

The vessel, named Titan, lost communication with tour operators on Sunday while about 435 miles south of St Johns, Newfoundland, during a voyage to the Titanic off the coast of Canada.

Sydneysider Emily Jateff had just graduated in 2005 when she was chosen to take part in an expedition to the doomed ships remains at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

The US Coast Guard today insisted they still hope to find the five adventurers trapped inside a missing submersible alive despite predicting oxygen had run out.

Officials said the field had been found by a remote operated vehicle (ROV) deployed by the Canadian vessel, the Horizon Arctic, near to the famous wreck.

Marc Hagle, 74, and his wife Sharon, 73, sued OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush in February, alleging that he misled them about the Titanic trip which they paid for, and then refused to hand back their money.

Brian Szasz confirmed in Facebook post on Monday that he was the stepson of the explorer, before sharing a snap from the San Diego show, insisting his family would want him to be there.

As the hours slowly dwindle to rescue four Titanic explorers trapped in a freezing 22ft tube at the bottom of the Atlantic, experts said their chances seemed wretched tonight.