OceanGate Expeditions says a submersible craft used to take people to view the wreck of the Titanic is missing.
The submarine was exploring the Titanic wreckage when it went missing off the Canadian coast.A submarine on a tourism expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic has gone missing off the coast of southeastern Canada, according to the private company that operates the vessel and the US coast guard.
A search is currently underway for British billionaire Hamish Harding who was aboard the missing Ocean Expeditions submarine.The US coast guard said on Twitter that a boat on the surface, the Polar Prince, lost contact with the submersible about an hour and 45 minutes after it began diving toward the wreckage site on Sunday morning.
Titan is a Cyclops-class manned submersible designed to take five people to depths of 4,000 metres. Titan along with British billionaire Hamish Harding are missing. A search is underway.Harding's stepson wrote on Facebook that Harding had "gone missing on submarine" and asked for "thoughts and prayers".Harding himself had posted on Facebook a day earlier that he would be aboard the sub.
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