Tourist Submarine Went Missing While Exploring Titanic Wreckage, Rescue Operation Underway

NEW DELHI: On Sunday, June 18, a tourist submersible travelling to the RMS Titanic wreckage site went missing. About 370 miles off the coast of Canada's Newfoundland, the British passenger ship Titanic, which is in two parts, sits at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 12,500 feet below the surface.

As crews from the US and Canadian coast guards continued searching the ocean's surface about 900 miles east of Cape Cod and used sonar to listen for sounds far below the water, which is up to 13,000 feet deep in the area, the leader of search and rescue efforts said that the 21-foot vessel has four days of emergency capability.

The five-person capacity submarine was made by OceanGate Expeditions. It is equipped with adequate life support systems to keep the crew alive for up to 96 hours and is capable of exceedingly deep dive excursions.

The five-person capacity submarine was made by OceanGate Expeditions. It is equipped with adequate life support systems to keep the crew alive for up to 96 hours and is capable of exceedingly deep dive excursions.

According to the corporate website, the OceanGate trip, which costs $250,000 per person, departs from St. John's, Newfoundland, before sailing to the wreckage location.

Visitors board Titan, a five-person submersible, and descend to the Titanic for roughly two hours to view the wreck.

The US Coast Guard announced in a tweet on Monday afternoon that it was looking for a 6-meter (21-foot) submersible that had taken off from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince.

Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard's First District, revealed during a news conference on Monday, June 19, that there are five personnel aboard the Titan: a pilot and four passengers who are also known as "mission specialists." He claimed that the five persons had not yet been identified and that officials were still attempting to get in touch with their relatives.

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