A private deep-sea submersible that was delivering a group of tourists to the remains of the sunken Titanic disappeared from radar in the Atlantic Ocean.
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This is reported by BBC News with reference to the US Coast Guard. A search and rescue operation has begun.
How many people were on board the missing boat is unknown.
According to CBS News, the submarine could belong to OceanGate Expedition, which recently announced another expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.
According to BBC News, private underwater excursions to the wreck of the Titanic cost tens of thousands of dollars. It takes about eight hours to dive into the Titanic and rise back to the surface of the water.
The site of the accident of the Titanic, which sank in 1912, is located at a depth of 3.8 km, about 600 km from the coast of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. The wreck was discovered by the Robert Ballard expedition in 1985.
The map shows the location of the wreck of the Titanic.
The passenger liner, which was the largest ship of its time, collided with an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912. Of the 2,200 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500 died.
The wrecked Titanic consists of two parts: about 800 m separate the bow and stern. A huge field of debris surrounds the wrecked ship.
Last month, the first full-size digital scan of a wreck was created using depth mapping. The scan shows both the scale of the ship and some of the smallest details, such as the serial number on one of the propellers.
Source: Racurs
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