U.S. Coast Guard Joins Search for Missing Titanic Tourist Submarine Off of Cape Cod

U.S. Coast Guard Joins Search for Missing Titanic Tourist Submarine Off of Cape Cod

The United States Coast Guard for the Northeast region has joined a rescue mission for a submersible that was reported missing in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic on Monday. 

OceanGate, a company that takes paying tourists in submersibles to shipwrecks and underwater canyons, said on its website on Monday that an expedition was “currently underway.”

In a statement after the submersible went missing, the company said that it was exploring all options to bring the crew back safely, according to the New York Times. 

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“Our entire focus is on the crew members in the submersible and their families, the company said.  “We are deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and deep sea companies in our efforts to reestablish contact with the submersible.”

“Rescue Coordination Center Halifax is assisting with a P8 Poseidon aircraft in the search. The P8 has underwater detection capabilities,” Tweeted USCG Northeast shortly after 1 PM on Monday. 

“A @USCG C-130 crew is searching for an overdue Canadian research submarine approximately 900 miles off #CapeCod,” they continued.

 

About Tour Company 

According to the Times — the company has offered tours of the Titanic in which guests paid $250,000 to travel to the wreckage on the seabed, more than two miles below the ocean’s surface.

The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, on its maiden voyage from England to New York after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people.

The wreckage was found in 1985, broken into two main sections, about 400 miles off Newfoundland, in eastern Canada, and has since attracted the attention of experts and amateurs alike.