missing sub near the titanic. the u.s. coast guard is redirecting its search this morning after a canadian military plane picked up underwater noises. there are five people onboard running out of oxygen, running out of time. a new round of ships left newfoundland this morning to join the search efforts. now noises are not uncommon in the open ocean, but rescuers said they heard banging sounds in 30-minute intervals, regular spaces. an expert and friend told us that fact could be significant. the banging sounds are interesting because knowing nargeolet and his experience with submersibles and his background with submarines this is exactly how he would try to indicate that they were still alive and try to communicate with the surface. you would do some banging and do it on a regular schedule so it
coast guard said, underwater noises were heard at some point yesterday. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, tom costello is live at the coast guard command center in boston. tom, what is the latest? good morning. this was a canadian p3 surveillance plane, flying over the area and dropped a sonar buoy, and it picked up some banging in the water, they don t know precisely what it was weird we don t know if it was a ship or people inside the sub. that canadians are rushing assets to the zone more ships, more helicopters, planes, i should say, as well as underwater drones. they have got a big challenge, though, if they can locate this missing so, how will they locate it up and out of the water? the hatch can also only be opened from the outside, not the inside. they only have about a days
which is co ordinating the search has confirmed that a canadian rescue team has heard underwater noises in the area. they ve deployed remotely operated search vehicles and they re intensifying the search in that area, but haven t yet found anything. we will bring you any news as soon as we get it. the disappearance has raised questions about the safety of the vessel. cbsjournalist, david pogue, was one of the first people invited to board the sub, but his dive to the ocean floor was abandoned half way through, due to mechanical issues. he shared his experience with us. i was invited as a journalist to go on the sub to the titanic. so, it s a nine day adventure. you re out in the middle of north atlantic for most of that entire time. i was, first, terrified. i didn t sleep at all
weather in the forecast. there could be some showers around tomorrow, and again potentially on friday. they could be thundery, but not so many of them around, especially into the weekend. it does turn especially warm at the weekend, into the high 20s on sunday. that s it for now i ll have your next update on news, travel and weather in around half an hour. in the meantime it s back tojon and sally. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. a glimmer of hope in the search for the missing titanic sub the us coast guard says rescuers have heard underwater noises near where the vessel was lost. but with time and oxygen running out the rescue effort is intensifying. it s a unique operation, it s a challenging operation, but right now, we are focused