British adventurer, Hamish Harding, among crew missing on Titanic sub
Over the weekend, Mr Harding said on social media a ship had set off from the city of St John's, in Newfoundland, Canada, for the destination of the Titanic wreck.
Due to the "worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years," he said "this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023".Action Aviation said on Sunday that the sub had had a successful launch and Mr Harding was "Boston's coastguard said an operation to find five people on the submersible was under way after contact was lost with it on Sunday morning.
The eight-day trip to the wreck of the Titanic - run by OceanGate Expeditions - costs $250,000 per person and starts in St John's. The Titan is designed to carry five people and has "life support" for 96 hours for the crew, according to the firm's website.
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