Two high tech robot (Remotely Operated Vehicles – ROVs) strip down to “race against time” to find it submarine Titan with five passengers of, who disappeared near the Titanic wreckdespite fears that the oxygen reserves are already sold out.

Although according to the calculations, the oxygen on Titan ran out, at 2:00 p.m according to previous calculations, experts argue that this estimate may be inaccurateand that there is a possibility the five trapped people have properly managed the breathing air and have stocks for a few more hours.

The search for Titan is proving difficult. The submarine is likely to be in extremely deep wateras it is capable of reaching a depth of 4,000 meters to reach the wreck of the Titanic that is at 3,800 meters under the surface.

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Audio signals and GPS cannot travel through waterso remote-controlled vehicles are used for the search.

The French robot Victor 6000 it is capable of reaching the bottom of the Atlantic and transmitting images to the surface as and perform highly sensitive maneuvers such as cutting or removing debris. The robot, from the French institute Ifremer, has it possibility of diving at 6,000 meters.

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The research vessel Atalante uses a sound system for the first time to map the seabedso that the robot’s research is more targeted, Ifremer explained.

The “enemy” of the five passengers in the submarine is the cold

Officials involved in the investigation believe that the five people on board they have “limited portions” food and water. Navy Capt. David Marquette, who commanded the submarine, told CNN that icy water at this depth makes the situation worse. “There is frost inside the submarine’s compartments. They are all huddled together trying to conserve their body heat. The oxygen runs out and they exhale carbon dioxide,” he said.

What the US Coast Guard values

The US Coast Guard announced on her part that continues the “rescue” operations of the submersible.

The head of the search operation for the Titan submarine said it was still “an active search and rescue mission.”

Reports of underwater sounds in the area are still being investigated, but it is believed much of it may be ocean noise, the rear admiral said. John Mauger on Sky News. This is despite US Coast Guard estimates that the vessel’s air supply would run out at 2.08pm (Greece time) on Thursday.

Mr Mauger told Sky News: “We continue to keep the crew members and their families in our thoughts.”

The 6.7 meter long submersible Titan began its descent towards the Titanic wreck at 08:00 on the morning of Sunday (local time, 15:00 Greek time). He lost contact with the support ship he detached from after about an hour and 45 minutes, that is, minutes before reaching the famous wreck.

A multinational search and rescue team is searching every inch of the sea for a fifth day today to the site of the wreck of the Titanic, in a race against time to locate the submarine.

With information from CNN, Guardian, BBC