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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco

Relatives of Titanic victims criticise dark tourism of submersible tours: ‘Let them rest’

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Families of victims who perished in the 1912 sinking of the Titanic have questioned the moral aspect of an expedition tour to the wreckage that is now lost at sea.

The US Coast Guard, along with the Canadian Navy, continue the gruelling search for five passengers aboard the Titan submersible past the deadline for their supply of oxygen. OceanGate, the company that operates the submersible, projected that the crew had 96 hours of available oxygen after Titan went missing on Sunday, which has raised fears they ran out of oxygen around 5.30am EDT.

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