The Coast Guard said there was one pilot and four people on board who paid to come along the expedition.īritish businessman Hamish Harding, who holds three Guinness World Records, was one of the people on board, according to Action Aviation, a company for which Harding serves as chairman. This was OceanGate Expeditions' third annual voyage to the wreckage site. The Titanic lies about 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean. Wendy Rush: Wife of missing OceanGate CEO and pilot related to Titanic victims: Report Where is the Titanic wreck location on a map?

It usually takes two-hours to visit the ship. John's on June 16 and lost contact with the ship that was monitoring it about an hour and 45 minutes later. The 21-foot submersible was traveling to the wreckage site of the Titanic, which is about 2.4 miles below the surface. View Gallery: Stunning new photos of Titanic show first full-size scan of shipwreck On April 15, at about 2:20 a.m., the ship sank. 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. Here's what to know about the Titanic's location.Ĭatastrophic implosion: All five passengers on missing Titanic submersible dead Where did the Titanic sink? The operation's location − about 900 miles east of Cape Cod and up to 13,000 feet deep − complicates the task. The Coast Guard used tools ranging from sonar technology to aircraft to search below the water and on the ocean's surface. John’s, Newfoundland, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, said.

Coast Guard in Boston partook in the search for the missing submersible, which was reported overdue Sunday night about 435 miles south of St. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, said at a Thursday press conference, adding that it was too early to tell when the Titan imploded. The Titan's debris was found on the sea floor about 1,600 feet from the Titanic's bow, Rear Adm. The search for a missing Titanic tourist submersible, carrying five people, concluded Thursday when officials discovered debris from the watercraft near the Titanic wreckage site and determined it suffered a 'catastrophic implosion.'' Watch Video: Search for five in missing Titanic submersible comes to an end

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