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Titanic sub: Rescuers intensify search as fears grow over Titan’s remaining oxygen supply

By Graham Russell and Sam Jones

22 Jun 2023 · 4 min read

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  1. The search for the missing Titan submersible, which disappeared during a dive to the Titanic wreck, has entered its fourth day, with concerns about the oxygen supply for its five passengers.

The search for a submersible that went missing during a dive to the wreck of Titanic has entered its fourth day, amid concerns the oxygen supply sustaining its five passengers is running dangerously low.

Equipment from the US, Canada, UK and France is heading to the scene of the search, about 640km (400 miles) south of St John’s, Newfoundland, joining an international coalition of rescue teams that is sweeping a vast expanse of the North Atlantic for the Titan after it went missing on Sunday, nearly two hours into its dive.

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