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A submersible has gone missing successful the North Atlantic adjacent the tract of the Titanic wreckage.
The disappearance has prompted the U.S. Coast Guard to commencement a hunt for the missing submersible, arsenic good arsenic its five-person crew.
"The @USCG is searching for a 21-foot submersible from the Canadian probe vas Polar Prince," the Coast Guard tweeted June 19. "The 5 idiosyncratic unit submerged Sunday morning, and the unit of the Polar Prince mislaid interaction with them astir 1 hr and 45 minutes into the vessel's dive."
According to NBC News, the submersible was a portion of an OceanGate Expeditions tour—which explores the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, the vessel that infamously sank successful 1912—and is located approximately 900 nautical miles eastbound of Cape Cod, Mass.
"Our full absorption is connected the unit members successful the submersible and their families," OceanGate said successful a statement, obtained by the outlet, "we are profoundly thankful for the extended assistance we person received from respective authorities agencies and heavy oversea companies successful our efforts to reestablish interaction with the submersible."
The Coast Guard is acceptable to clasp a property league aboriginal successful the time to stock the latest updates connected the search.
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Over the years, involvement successful the sinking of the Titanic has accrued since the 1997 merchandise of James Cameron's movie of the aforesaid name, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The vessel acceptable sail connected April 10, 1912, with more than 2,000 passengers onboard. Four days later, aft striking an iceberg, the Titanic sunk to the bottommost of the ocean, sidesplitting implicit 1500 people.
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