The search for a missing Titanic tourist submarine, carrying five people, continued Tuesday after the watercraft vanished deep in the Atlantic Ocean with about three days worth of survival capability left.
The U.S. Coast Guard in Boston is leading the search for the missing submersible, which was reported overdue Sunday night about 435 miles south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, said.
The Coast Guard is using tools ranging from sonar technology to aircraft to search below the water and on the ocean’s surface. The operation’s location − about 900 miles east of Cape Cod and up to 13,000 feet deep − complicates the task.
Here’s what to know about the Titanic’s location.
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Where did the Titanic sink?
On April 14, 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. On April 15, at about 2:20 a.m., the ship sank.
How deep is the Titanic?
The 21-foot submersible was traveling to the wreckage site of the Titanic, which is about 2.4 miles below the surface.
The watercraft left from St. John’s on June 16 and lost contact with the ship that was monitoring it about an hour and 45 minutes later. It usually takes two-hours to visit the ship.
This was OceanGate Expeditions’ third annual voyage to the wreckage site. The Coast Guard said there was one pilot and four people who paid to come along the expedition.
A group of tourists in 2021 paid $100,000 to $150,000 apiece to go on the trip. OceanGate’s website said the “mission support fee” for the 2023 expedition was $250,000 a person. OceanGate Expeditions is a Washington-based deep-sea exploration company.
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Where is the Titanic wreck location on a map?
The Titanic lies about 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Contributing: Jorge L. Ortiz, Donovan Slack and Claire Thornton, USA TODAY and The Associated Press
