UPDATE: Time Is Running Out For Missing Sub…Here’s How Much Oxygen The Vessel Has Left

Our hearts and prayers go out to those trapped inside the submarine and their loved ones. …

The most recent updates from experts in oceanic rescue and undersea expeditions aren’t looking good for the missing OceanGate Expeditions submarine.

BNO News explained that the submarine has until roughly 2:30 PM Eastern Time until its oxygen reserves run out.

Titanic tourist sub has oxygen until 2:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, if it's still intact, according to the U.S. Coast Guard

— BNO News (@BNONews) June 20, 2023

The First Coast Guard rescue provided these updates to the public:

Rescue Coordination Center Halifax is assisting with a P8 Poseidon aircraft in the search. The P8 has underwater detection capabilities.

— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) June 19, 2023

The @uscg will be holding a press briefing for the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince missing submersible at 1pm EST.

View the press briefing below: https://t.co/Z4Ar73rxZY

The full press briefing will be posted to https://t.co/aZWnN3U74D once it concludes.

— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) June 20, 2023

According to The New York Post:

The operation to rescue the five people trapped inside a Titanic tourist submersible may involve lowering a cable and hooking it to the vessel if it is deep underwater — a challenge that one former Navy submarine commander compared to winning a toy at an arcade claw machine.

Retired Capt. David Marquet described what would be an exceptionally difficult rescue operation, replete with troubling complications including over 13,000 feet of pitch-black ocean water.

“The odds are against them,” Marquet told ABC News. “There’s a ship in Boston that has this ability to either lower cable and connect to it or have a claw. It’s still a thousand miles away.”

Other sources and concerned individuals explained that the outlook is not good for the missing submarine.

One expedition leader of underwater tours told Fox News that the Navy is essentially powerless to conduct search and rescue operations at that depth.

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Washington Examiner reports:

“The founder of RMS Titanic Inc presented a bleak picture of the search for a missing submersible, saying there was almost no chance that anyone was still alive on the craft. He also said that there was no way to remedy the oxygen situation on board.”

The founder of RMS Titanic Inc presented a bleak picture of the search for a missing submersible, saying there was almost no chance that anyone was still alive on the craft.

He also said that there was no way to remedy the oxygen situation on board.https://t.co/r7HcB4FsX7

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 20, 2023

The Independent explained:

The Titan is equipped with a four-day emergency oxygen supply.

On Monday (19 June) afternoon, Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard told reporters that there was believed to be between 70 and the full 96 hours left at that point.