| A critical stage in the search for a submersible |
| A submersible that disappeared over the weekend during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic may have just a few hours of oxygen remaining, as rescue teams continue a desperate search of the North Atlantic for the missing vessel. The area is roughly twice the size of Connecticut and more than two miles deep. |
| The submersible, called the Titan, contains a finite amount of oxygen, with no way of generating more. Once it is consumed, the five passengers on board would be left without breathable air. The craft is estimated to have started out on Sunday with about a 96-hour supply of breathable air for what should have been a two-and-a-half-hour journey. |
| Banging noises heard from beneath the waves of the North Atlantic yesterday and on Tuesday have become the focus of the search: Remotely operated vehicles were seeking the source of the sounds, and a team of experts is examining the noises to determine if they might be from the missing vessel, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. |
| Sunless depths: A Times reporter explores why people go on submersible dives. |
| The inequality of the seas: |
| At least two migrants died and 35 more were feared dead yesterday after an inflatable boat sank en route to the Canary Islands. The toll was expected to rise, since the boat carried 61 people.Dozens of Pakistani, Syrian, Palestinian and Egyptian migrants aboard a fishing boat that foundered last week were saved after a superyacht carrying billionaires received its distress call. |
