A submersible with five people on board, including a space tourist and a SETI trustee, is missing during a dive near the Titanic.
in 2022, and SETI trustee Shahzada Dawood are among the crew members. The submersible fell silent Sunday ; Blue Origin and the SETI Institute have not yet issued statements about the matter.
"The U.S. Coast Guard was racing against time on Tuesday and facing a host of extreme logistical challenges, including crushing pressure deep below the ocean," the"The submersible, the Titan, had been in the area to explore the wreck of the Titanic," the Times added, noting the vessel was roughly halfway through what should have been a 2.5-hour dive."The submersible is thought to be equipped with only a few days' worth of oxygen," the report added.
RMS Titanic, a British passenger ship operated by White Star Line, famously struck an iceberg on April 15, 1912 during its first voyage and sunk, killing about two-thirds of its more than 2,000 passengers on board. The events of its voyage have been covered many times in fiction, most notably in 1997's eponymous Hollywood movie"Titanic" starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio that won numerous Academy Awards.
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