DEVELOPING: Authorities are desperately trying to locate a vessel which went missing while exploring the shipwreck of the Titanic. apiotrowski9 9News READ MORE:
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Canada, said the vessel was reported overdue at 9.13pm on Sunday , about 700 kilometres south of St John's, Newfoundland.
"We are exploring and mobilising all options to bring the crew back safely," the company said in a statement to BBC News.David Concannon, an adviser to the company, said Oceangate lost contact with the sub on Sunday morning."Now 32 hours since sub left surface," said Concannon, who said he was supposed to be on the dive but could not go due to another client matter.
He said the search for the missing submersible was complex as authorities were searching both underwater and on the surface of the ocean in a very remote location. Action Aviation confirmed that its company chairman, UK billionaire businessman Hamish Harding, was one of the tourists on board.Concannon said officials were working to get a remotely operated vehicle that could reach a depth of 6000 metres to the site as soon as possible."Every attempt is being made for a rescue mission. There is still plenty of time to facilitate a rescue mission, there is equipment on board for survival in this event," Butler said.
It weighs 9072 kilograms in the air, but is ballasted to be neutrally buoyant once it reaches the seafloor, the company said.OceanGate Expeditions confirmed the search for its five-person submersible, which had been on the way to the wreck of the Titanic on Monday, June 19, 2023.
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