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Monday, June 19, 2023
Search underway for missing submersible that takes people to see Titanic
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA search is underway for a missing submersible that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic, according to media reports.
The US Coast Guard tells BBC News that a search is underway off the coast of Newfoundland. OceanGate Expeditions confirmed it owned the missing vessel.
“We are exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely,” the company says in a statement to BBC News. “Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families.”
In 2021, OceanGate Expeditions began what it expected to become an annual voyage to chronicle the deterioration of the iconic ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank in 1912.
A search is reportedly underway for a submarine that vanished while possibly transporting tourists to the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic Oceanhttps://t.co/uQFo7ZLRQw
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 19, 2023
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