For 96 hours, the oxygen was supposed to be on board the missing submersible titanium according to the operator Oceangate Expeditions are sufficient. According to estimates by the rescue teams, this time window could now have closed – however, experts pointed out that such information is only an inaccurate value. The time only serves as a guideline, it said. So there could still be air for the five occupants if they managed to save oxygen, for example by moving little or hardly at all.
“We don’t know how long they’re actually going to last in terms of oxygen levels,” marine researcher Simon Boxall of the University of Southampton told NBC News. All that is known is that the critical point in time is “imminent”.
Retired British Rear Admiral Chris Parry told Sky News: “I’m afraid it’s looking very grim.” Even if the titanium found, it would take a very long time to salvage the boat. The probability that the five inmates survive is “vanishingly small”.
It is not yet known where the titanium accurate, nor whether the submersible is intact. On board are five men between the ages of 19 and 77. Several ships are searching in the Atlantic for the missing boat that is on the way to the wreck of the titanic was at a depth of about 3800 meters. The contact has been broken since Sunday morning (local time).