lights, cameras, and manipulators and they can be controlled by a surface operator. they are connected to the surface vessel with an umbilical. and so they go down. they will reach the seabed. once they ve reached the seabed, they have to locate where they are. once that is done, they will begin a search pattern. now, the lights, it is pitch black down there. so the lights are going out in front of it. and the camera will be recording everything that happens in front of them. and the pilot of the vehicle, up on the ship, he will manage it and fly it in a grid pattern.
the us coastguard says a canadian aircraft picked up the sounds. according to one report, there was a banging noise at 30 minute intervals, but searches so far have produced no results. those on board three of them, british have only a day s supply of oxygen left. richard galpin reports. these are the last known pictures of the titan submersible before contact was lost an hour and 40 minutes after the crew began the descent. an american coastguard cutter and other boats have arrived in the area now to help with the search. experts say the crew have approximately until later tomorrow before the air in the submersible runs out. the us coast guard boss isjohn mauger. it s a target, it s a focus for us to look at, and so we ve deployed the remote operated vehicles and the surface vessel, the canadian
and a surface vessel doing the surface search. it and a surface vessel doing the surface search. surface search. it is standard ractice surface search. it is standard practice to surface search. it is standard practice to bang surface search. it is standard practice to bang on surface search. it is standard practice to bang on the - surface search. it is standard practice to bang on the top i surface search. it is standard | practice to bang on the top of surface search. it is standard - practice to bang on the top of the hull at the top of the hour. was any kind of pattern detected? we hull at the top of the hour. was any kind of pattern detected? kind of pattern detected? we are workin: kind of pattern detected? we are working closely kind of pattern detected? we are working closely with kind of pattern detected? we are working closely with leading - working closely with leading acoustic experts in the us navy and the canadian navy and i have integrated a uk submariner in
coast guard search surface vessel, that has capability in the vicinity of that to see if we can detect anything in the water in that area. but there is now a ray of hope. a canadian military plane flying over the area with a sonar has picked up sounds of banging. but for all those on board the submersible, there remains the concern about their air supply. the best thing they can do is just conserve their breathing. every breath that they take consumes oxygen, and that s their limiting factor. so they need to minimise the oxygen they breathe in, the carbon dioxide they breathe out. they could be sleeping, they could take some sleeping medicine, but the best thing to do is just to rest and. and continue to bang on the wall, and hopefully bang out sos in morse code or something like that, so we know that it s actually coming from humans and notjust maybe a submarine in the area or something like that. on top of this is concern why the team started this dive so early in the season. when yo
including the canadian armed forces and the coastguard, and then also with private sector entities including the oceangate expedition. we are focused on bringing all assets to bear on this search for the submersible. this has happened in a remote location of the coastline of cape cod by 900 miles. we have prioritised a surface search and then a subsurface search so we have two vessels remotely operated that are conducting a subsurface search and we have aircraft and a service that immigrate surface vessel during the surface search