According to information from the “Guardian”, five people are on board. A rescue mission was launched to try to find them.
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A small tourist submarine used to travel to the shipwreck area of the titanic went missing in the Atlantic Ocean off North America on Monday (June 19th), authorities said.
“We are looking for him”, reported an official of the center of coordination of the rescue missions of the coast guard in Boston (United States), confirming press information. Canada is also involved, helping the search with a boat and plane, the Canadian Coast Guard said. The mobilized boat “was off eastern Newfoundland and departed for the search area”, they added.
“Bring the Crew Back Safely”
Without saying how many people were on board, the company organizing the trip, OceanGate Expeditions, said in a statement quoted by CBS News “explore and mobilize all options to bring the crew back safely”. THE Guardian says five people are on board.
Leaving Southampton (United Kingdom) on April 10, 1912 to reach New York (United States), the titanic, a gigantic ocean liner, the largest in the world at the time of its launch, was shipwrecked after hitting an iceberg five days later. Of the 2,224 passengers and crew, nearly 1,500 perished.
The wreck was discovered in 1985 650 kilometers off the Canadian coast, at a depth of 4,000 meters in the international waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Since then, treasure seekers and tourists have been visiting it.