and checking out the truth behind them. let s turn to our main story. we start in the north atlantic where a canadian aircraft and a ship with remote controlled underwater vessels capable of searching deep underwater have joined the race to find the submersible that s gone missing. the sub was on a trip to see the wreck of the titanic. five people are on board. ships and planes are scouring the ocean around 640 kilometres off the coast of newfoundland in canada and dropping sonar buoys to detect any underwater activity. the titanic, which sank in 1912, lies nearly 4,000 metres beneath the surface. on sunday, all contact with it was lost with the vessel, about an hour and 45 minutes into its dive. there is only enough oxygen for up to 96 hours. 0ur correspondent carl nasman is live for us now in boston. carl, every time we speak each hour, the search in terms of hardware is just getting bigger and bigger. it just getting biggerand bigger. it just getting biggerand bigger.
the search in terms of hardware is just getting bigger and bigger. it just getting biggerand bigger. it just getting biggerand bigger. it just keeps expanding. we have multiple countries involved in this search effort now. time really is of the essence. many different commercial vessels being brought in as well. this is a search that s being done on land, sea and air. the magellan company, who was contacted, they re now involved. this is a deep sea mapping company. they were actually at the sight of the titanic wreckage last summer. they specialise in these kind of deep sea operations. they are on their way right now. we also know a french vesser right now. we also know a french vessel s on its way with a remote control craft. unfortunately, that won t arrive until about tomorrow afternoon local time. every second every minute counts because we do know that that vessel is equipped