(Halifax) A search is underway Monday off the island of Newfoundland to locate a research submarine that has been missing since Sunday evening near the wreck site of the titanic.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax says a search submarine was reported missing at 9:13 p.m. Sunday evening, about 700 km south of St. John’s.
Lieutenant Commander Len Hickey added that an Air Force Aurora aircraft and the Canadian Coast Guard ship Kopit–Hopson were taking part in search operations, led by the US Coast Guard in Boston.
Chief Mi’sel Joe, who is the head of the Mi’kmaq community in Newfoundland and Labrador who own the vessel the small submarine is launched from, confirms that the submersible is operated by the company OceanGate Expeditions.
Mr Joe could not say how many people were on board the submarine, which can theoretically accommodate up to five occupants.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey tweeted that he was thinking of those affected and hoped the U.S. Coast Guard would find the submarine and those in it “very soon.” find “.