Tourist Submarine Goes Missing Near Titanic Wreckage

The Guardian reports:

A tourist submarine has gone missing in the North Atlantic while on a dive to view the wreck of RMS Titanic. A search and rescue mission was under way on Monday morning, according to the Boston coastguard. A spokesman for the coastguard confirmed to the Guardian that “a small submarine with five persons onboard had gone missing in the vicinity of the Titanic wreck”.

The submersible is operated by OceanGate Expeditions, a company that offers visits to the wreck, which lies on the ocean floor in 12,500 feet of water about 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.

According to the company’s website, Oceangate had a planned eight-day, seven-night expedition to the wreck planned for 12-20 June. A maximum of six visitors were scheduled to depart and return to St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

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BREAKING: A search and rescue mission is underway for a submarine that went missing off the coast of southeast Canada on an expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic. https://t.co/UACXZibDx0

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 19, 2023