A submarine used to take tourists to a wreck of the Titanic has been reported missing in the Atlantic Ocean.
A search and rescue mission is currently underway to trace the vessel, the BBC reports. Whether anybody was on-board the submarine at the time of its disappearance is currently unknown.
Those wishing to visit the wreck of the Titanic, which sunk in 1912, can do so by paying for small trips in submarines. Last year, it was reported that one such excursion cost a group of guests $250,000 to take the submersible 2.4 miles down to where the wreckage lays on the seabed.
The Mirror reports that the mission was 10 days long, with eight of those days at sea. Each mission has just six people on board, known as "mission specalists".
The Titanic, which sits 12,500ft below the surface of the Atlantic, sits around 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. After its discovery in 1985, the wreck has been extensively explored by divers and submarine crews.
The “unsinkable” passenger liner struck an iceberg four days into her journey, opening up five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea. Designed to be the ultimate in luxury transport for its wealthier patrons – and help transform the lives of those emigrants looking to establish a better life in North America − 1,514 of the 2,224 passengers aboard perished in the freezing surroundings in history’s most notorious disasters at sea.
After its discovery in 1985, the sunken ship has been extensively explored by divers and submarine crews. The “unsinkable” passenger liner struck an iceberg four days into her journey, opening up five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea.
Designed to be the ultimate in luxury transport for its wealthier patrons – and help transform the lives of those emigrants looking to establish a better life in North America − 1,514 of the 2,224 passengers aboard perished in the freezing surroundings in history’s most notorious disasters at sea.
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