OceanGate Expeditions has confirmed that one of its vessels has gone missing with people on board
OceanGate Expeditions, which is a private company that organises deep sea expeditions, has confirmed in a statement that one of their submersibles has gone missing with people on board.“Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families.A search and rescue mission has been launched by the US Coast Guard. It is unclear how many people were on board when it vanished but up to five people could be missing, as its submersible Titan carries a maximum of five passengers.
OceanGate Expeditions can charge up to £195,000 for an eight-day trip, and it had recently run a mission to the wreck.Getty One of the largest ships in the world at the time it launched, it sank in April 1912, killing more than 1,500 people out of the more than 2,000 on board. The wreck was discovered in 1985.
The disaster was chronicled by James Cameron in the 1997 film Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet which has taken over $2bn at box offices around the world.
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