The logo for OceanGate Expeditions is seen on a boat parked near the offices of the company at a marine industrial warehouse office door in Everett, Wash., Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Rescuers raced against time to find the missing submersible carrying five people, who were reported overdue Sunday night. (AP Photo/Ed Komenda)
Titanic Tourist Sub Passengers
(Boston, MA) – The US Coast Guard has confirmed that a robotic sub has located demolished parts of the mini-sub that had gone missing, after taking tourists down into the deep Atlantic Ocean, in order to see the wreckage of the Titanic. Oceangate, the company that operated the tour, has confirmed the five people on board have died. This ends a search that had been ongoing since Sunday, when the submersible went missing, 1 hour and 45 minutes into its descent.
Both US and Canadian officials had been involved in the rescue effort, which focused on an area about 900 miles east of Cape Cod. Earlier in the week banging sounds were heard, renewing hope of a rescue. But by this morning it was also clear the sub’s oxygen supply had run out, before a large debris field was later spotted. Then, by afternoon, officials had confirmed the sub’s destruction and the passenger’s deaths.
