Deep-sea robot reaches sea floor in hunt for missing Titanic sub
The U.S. Coast Guard said two new vessels had reached the area and deployed their ROVs to scan the ocean floor.
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The U.S. Coast Guard said two new vessels had reached the area and deployed their ROVs to scan the ocean floor.
The last time the couple was seen on the Titanic, Ida Straus told her husband "Where you go, I go," and they were holding hands on deck before a wave took them out to sea.
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Rescue teams are still hoping for a miracle as they search for the missing submersible that was exploring the wreck of the Titanic. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest from Boston.
Even if the monumental effort to find the sub is successful, that's only the first step. Rescuing the five people aboard would be another challenge entirely.
Search and rescue teams say they are using all available resources at their disposal to recover the missing submersible 900 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Five people are on board the vessel, which went missing during an expedition to the Titanic wreck. Heather Gillis from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has more.
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There is a glimmer of hope in the search for a sub that disappeared exploring the wreck of the Titanic. Rescue teams detected underwater noises in the search zone, but time is running out with less than an estimated 24 hours of oxygen left on the vessel. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi is following the latest from Boston and hears from a man who rode on the submersible almost a year ago.
Specialized planes and vessels are scouring the ocean for the sub, which had been on an expedition to visit the wreckage of the Titanic.
The noises were picked up by a Canadian aircraft, the U.S. Coast Guard says. The submersible went missing with five people on board.
The sub went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic.
Captain Jamie Frederick of the U.S. Coast Guard gave reporters an update on the search for the missing submersible that lost contact on a trip to explore the wreck of the Titanic. Frederick said the search effort is utilizing the most advanced assets possible, but the sub, with 5 people aboard, only has about 41 hours of oxygen supply left.
The search continues for a submersible that disappeared on a trip to view the wreckage of the Titanic. Five people are on board. The Coast Guard in Boston says the sub lost contact Sunday, about an hour and 45 minutes into its dive. Butch Hendrick is the president and founder of Lifeguard Systems, which conducts dive training for public safety officers. He joined CBS News to talk about the search.
A desperate search and rescue operation is underway following the disappearance of a submarine traveling to the wreckage site of the Titanic. Five people are on board. Roxana Saberi reports from Boston, Massachusetts.
OceanGate Expeditions' small Titan submersible set off with 5 people, including 3 paying passengers and, at most, about 96 hours' worth of oxygen on board.
U.S. Coast Guard officials said 5 people were aboard the submersible that lost contact about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, where the Titanic sank in 1912.
Rescuers are searching for a submersible that went missing while on an expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic. Five people were onboard the vessel when the ship that it launched from lost contact. Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
The U.S. Coast Guard is leading search and rescue efforts after a submersible vessel with 5 people aboard lost contact on a dive to the Titanic shipwreck site, about 900 miles east of Cape Cod. Rear Admiral John Mauger held a briefing Monday afternoon with the latest on the search.
The largest-ever Colombian "narco sub" was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean, with 3 tons of cocaine found on board, authorities say.
The Colombian navy has seized 228 such drug-laden semi-submersibles, which are used by traffickers to elude detection.
The well-known sub and was visited by Amelia Earhart in 1929.
The news came about a week after officials seized a cocaine-laden vessel with two dead bodies on board in the same region.
After two suspected "narco-subs" were found by law enforcement officials, new questions have been raised about how submarines are being used to transport drugs from country and country. Derek Maltz, former director of the Drug Enforcement Administration's special operations division, joins "CBS News Mornings" to discuss.
A "narco sub" carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine worth more than $165 million has been seized by the U.S. Coast Guard. The 40-foot-long vessel was heading toward the U.S. earlier this month when it was captured in the Pacific Ocean.
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