Submersible lost contact during dive on Sunday off coast of Newfoundland
An international search effort was continuing on Tuesday for a missing submersible near the wreck of thein a race against time as oxygen levels run out. Authorities from Canada and the United States have deployed specialised aircraft and ships to search for the five people aboard a 6.4-metre vessel, called Titan, that lost contact about one hour and 45 minutes into a planned dive Sunday, nearly 640km off the coast of Newfoundland.It costs €250,000 to dive to the wreck of the Titanic.
Unusually though, it includes a private toilet for customers at the front of the sub. A small curtain is pulled across when it is in use and the pilot turns up some onboard music. The Titan has been lost since Sunday afternoon since it set out to dive to the wreck of the Titanic. The alert had been raised by the submersible’s transport ship the Polar Prince which lost contact with it an hour and 45 minutes into the dive.
The US Navy is working the US Transportation command to bring more “capable assets” to the area and will be based out of St John, Newfoundland. The ship, called the Atalante, is managed by the Ifremer research institute which acts under the ministry’s authority.The family of missing British billionaire Hamish Harding have said they have “great faith and trust” in the rescue teams.
“The R/V Polar Prince and R/V Deep Energy are continuing their surface searches. Total search area completed as of this morning is 10,000 square miles,” the coast guard said in a post on Twitter.James Cleverly, the UK’s Foreign Secretary, has addressed the search for missing Titan, stating the government’s thoughts were with the passengers on board the vessel.
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