Officials have not said how much the extensive search operation for the Titan submersible would cost. Here's who will foot the bill.
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a crew member sits aboard a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane based at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., as it flies about 900 miles East of Cape Cod, Mass., during the search for the 21-foot submersible, Titan, Wednesday, June 21, 2023.When the U.S. Coast Guard decided to launch a search and rescue operation fornear the Titanic wreckage site, they did so without OceanGate footing the bill, according to officials.
"The Coast Guard, as a matter of both law and policy, does not seek to recover the costs associated with Search and Rescue from the recipients of those services," according to a U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson. "As a matter of law, 46 USC 2110 prohibits the Coast Guard from collecting fees for the conduct of SAR operations: The Secretary may not collect a fee or charge under this subsection for any search or rescue service.
As of Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it had searched an area twice the size of the state of Connecticut. Most of the assets used in the search were from the Canadian Coast Guard, but the U.S. Coast Guard resources included an HC-130 Hercules long-range search aircraft from Elizabeth City, North Carolina.The 21-foot deep-sea vessel Titan, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact about an hour and 45 minutes after submerging on Sunday morning with a 96-hour oxygen supply.
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