A significant update has emerged amid the race to find the missing Titanic deep-sea vessel.
U.S. Coast Guard officials have shared that a Canadian aircraft was redirected to a particular part of the search area after it "detected underwater noises."
"As a result, ROV operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises," their June 21 statement shared to Twitter read. "Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue."
They continued, "Additionally, the data from the P-3 aircraft has been shared with our U.S. Navy experts for further analysis which will be considered in future search plans."
The update from officials comes just hours after they held a briefing amid the search, sharing that there's an estimated 40 hours of oxygen left in the submarine as of June 20, based on an initial report.
The development in the rescue efforts comes three days after the 21-foot submersible and its five passengers disappeared during a mission to explore the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912.
Among the crew confirmed onboard is British billionaire Hamish Harding, who shared details about the journey just one day before their mission.
"I am proud to finally announce that I joined @oceangateexped for their RMS TITANIC Mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the Titanic," he wrote on Instagram June 17. "Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023. A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow."
He continued, "We started steaming from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday and are planning to start dive operations around 4am tomorrow morning. Until then we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do."
Harding's stepson Brian Szasz has since spoken out on social media to defend his decision to attend a Blink-182 concert amid the search. In a since-deleted June 19 Facebook post, the 37-year-old shared that music has helped him get through "difficult times."
Szasz later removed the statement, noting that his mom "asked me to delete all related posts," adding, "Thanks for the support."
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