A Titanic expert, an adventurer, and a father and son are among the passengers on missing sub
A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer and two members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families are facing critical danger aboard a small submersible that went missing Sunday while descending to the world’s most famous shipwreck
BOSTON (AP) — A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer and two members of one of Pakistan's wealthiest families are facing critical danger aboard a small submersible that went missing while descending to the world's most famous shipwreck.
The submersible Titan was reported overdue Sunday night about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, according to Canada’s Joint Rescue Coordination Center, spurring a desperate international rescue effort. As of Tuesday morning about 10,000 square miles (25,900 square kilometers) of the Atlantic Ocean had been searched, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Rescuers were racing against the clock because the oxygen supply could run out by approximately 6 a.m. Thursday.
The expedition was led by OceanGate, making its third voyage to the Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank in 1912, killing all but about 700 of the roughly 2,200 passengers and crew.
