Breaking: LIVE UPDATES:Search for #Titanic Continues As UK Deploys #Remotely-Operated Vehicle

The missing crew may only have a few hours of oxygen left, based on estimates of the Titan submersible‘s initial supply.

CityNews Nigeria reports that the search is being expanded – aircraft and ships, as well as remotely operated vehicles, are combing around 10,000 sq miles of ocean.

More noises have been heard in the search but it remains unclear what they are, the US Coast Guard says.

Capt Jamie Frederick has vowed it remains a search and rescue operation, adding: “We have to remain optimistic and hopeful”.

Contact with the sub – which has five people on board – was lost on Sunday as it made a descent to the Titanic wreck.

Meanwhile, CityNews Nigeria learnt that a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from UK company Magellan is currently being loaded onto a C17 plane at Jersey Airport.

Their sub – called Juliet – recently scanned the Titanic wreck, producing a 3D view of the entire ship.

Once it leaves, it will take about 48 hours to get to the site – which is beyond the timeline given for air for the passengers.

It will be able to dive the full depth of the site, and the team has a detailed knowledge of the deep sea area having been there recently.

The sub has been ready to leave since earlier in the week but has been held up by permissions.