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  • The pilot and 4 passengers of the Titan submersible are dead, US Coast Guard says

    PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER|Jun 23, 2023

    The U.S. Coast Guard says a missing submersible imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board. Coast Guard officials said during a news conference Thursday that they've notified the families of the crew of the Titan, which has been missing for several days. Debris found during the search for the vessel "is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel," said Rear Adm. John Mauger of the First Coast Guard District. "The outpouring of support in this highly complex search operation has been great...

  • In race against clock, expanding fleet of ships searches for submersible lost near Titanic wreck

    PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER|Jun 21, 2023

    In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday for a submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the search covered 10,000 square miles (26,000 square kilometers) but turned up no sign of the lost sub known as the Titan. Although they planned to continue looking, time was running out because the vessel had less than two days of oxygen left. "This is a very complex search, and the...

  • The US Coast Guard is bringing in more ships, vessels to search for lost Titanic tourist submersible

    PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER|Jun 21, 2023

    Rescuers on Wednesday rushed more ships and vessels to the area where a submersible disappeared on its way to the Titanic wreckage site, hoping underwater sounds they detected for a second straight day might help narrow their search in an increasingly urgent mission. Crews were scouring an area twice the size of Connecticut in waters 2 1/2 miles deep, said Captain Jamie Frederick of the First Coast Guard District, who noted that authorities are still holding out hope of saving the five passengers onboard the Titan. "This is a search and rescue...