The world is now praying for a miracle with the vital oxygen supply predicted to have run out at 12.08pm GMT (7.08am EST and 9.08pm Sydney). Banging has been heard at 30 minutes intervals.
Sydneysider Emily Jateff had just graduated in 2005 when she was chosen to take part in an expedition to the doomed ship s remains at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
The US Coast Guard today insisted they still hope to find the five adventurers trapped inside a missing submersible alive despite predicting oxygen had run out.
Officials said the field had been found by a remote operated vehicle (ROV) deployed by the Canadian vessel, the Horizon Arctic, near to the famous wreck.