How modern search and rescue would respond to Titanic

What happens if Titanic appears today immediately after striking the iceberg?

Nearby ships would converge and aircraft could drop survival equipment, with helicopters assisting if within reach; distance would still govern how many people could be rescued.

A modern distress call would bring nearby merchant ships toward Titanic's position. Long-range American and Canadian maritime-patrol aircraft could drop life rafts and other survival equipment, while suitable search-and-rescue helicopters would launch if within reach. The historical interval of roughly two hours and forty minutes between collision and sinking gives responders time to act. Their distance from the casualty still determines how much they can do. More available equipment and faster communications improve the rescue prospects, but the exchange does not establish that everyone would survive.