international search involving officials from the us and canada as well. because it is of course from newfoundland that the ship that transported this sub to the wreckage site of the titanic left from and then the dive began, we understand, on sunday morning. and about an hour and 45 minutes into that dive, that is when contact was lost. in terms of the search going on, it is happening about 900 miles away from the north east coast of the us at the moment, in an extremely remote area which does bring enormous challenges, as the coastguard was saying. what do we know about the people on board and this expedition itself?- people on board and this expedition itself? yes, so we haven t had expedition itself? yes, so we haven t had official expedition itself? yes, so we haven t had official names . expedition itself? yes, so we haven t had official names of| haven t had official names of people on board by the coastguard or by authorities. they have confirmed five people were on board,
officials lost contact with the sub an hour and 45 minutes after it started itsjourney to the seabed. the sub itself is about seven metres, or 23 feet long, and can carry about five people. typically, crew and passengers. it s believed that the vessel has enough oxygen for four days. there is a major search and rescue operation under way to find this vessel, pictured here, before oxygen runs out. the titanic sank in 1912 and lies some 3,800 metres or 12,500 feet beneath the surface. five people were on board the mini sub. one of those is british businessman and explorer hamish harding, who wrote on facebook recently that he was due to join the latest expedition. i spoke with our correspondent jess parker, who gave us this update from boston. it s all being coordinated from here in boston. they are leading what has become an international search involving officials from the us and canada as well. because it s, of course, from newfoundland that the ship that transported this sub to t
company, they charge $250,000 per ticket to allow tourists to explore the wreckage. as we know, contact with the crew lost about an hour and 45 minutes into the dive on sunday. nothing has been heard since ominously. one thing that s interesting, the sub itself is actually guided to the wreckage site through text messages that come from the ship on the surface, and for some reason that communication link was lost, and that is one of the biggest mysteries here. we do know that those people on board include british pakistani businessman, shahzada dawood and his son sulaiman dawood, and a former french navy diver, known as mr. titanic, and then stockton rush, founder and chief
feared to be among the five people missing and a pakistani corporation focused on energy and agriculture. the company s vice chairman along with his son embarked on a journey to visit the remnants of the titanic in the atlantic ocean. the coast guard has reached out and confirmed the navy is on stand by. they have some deep water capabilities that the coast guard may not necessarily have, if this vessel can be found. neil? neil: we re also getting updates from canada dropping sonar buoys in the area and try to pinpoint the area for any sound from the wreck itself or the wreckage site, the titanic wreckage site where we suspect this began. also, france is sending deep sea
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