Submarine carrying tourists to the wreckage of the Titanic disappeared

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From time to time, consultants and tourists take part in excursions organized to see the wreckage of the Titanic with small submarines.

Unhealthy information got here from one of these excursions…

misplaced in the ocean

The small submarine used to tour the wreck of the Titanic was misplaced in the Atlantic Ocean.

Operation began

Whereas it’s not but recognized how many individuals had been on the watercraft, a search-and-rescue operation was launched in the present day by the US-affiliated Boston Coast Guard to discover the submarine.

Diving and ascent to the wreck takes 8 hours

Simply earlier than the incident, a personal firm, OceanGate Expeditions, introduced that their tour to the Titanic wreck was underway.

It’s recognized that the price of the 8-day tour organized by the firm to see the wreckage is 250 thousand {dollars} per particular person.

It takes about 8 hours to dive and exit the wreckage of the Titanic.

The wreck of the Titanic is at a depth of 3,800 meters

The wreckage of the Titanic is situated at the backside of the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 3,800 meters, about 600 kilometers off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

The Titanic, the largest cruise ship of its time, sank after colliding with an iceberg throughout its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, USA, in 1912.

No less than 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers and crew on board died. The wreckage of the Titanic has been extensively researched since its discovery in 1985.