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6/20/23 1PM Missing Titanic submarine update from U.S. Coast Guard (Youtube) (www.youtube.com)

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U.S. and Canadian rescue teams were racing against time to locate a submersible carrying five people to the wreckage site of the Titanic after the submarine ...

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sub lost contact with ship 1 hr 45 min into the dive.
The Coast Guard and others have searched 7600 sq miles using sonar buoys and planes searching the surface
Today (6/20/2023) a vessel Deep Energy arrived that has ROV's. They will search the area where the sub was last heard from and the Titanic site.
Canada and the US are sending more assets and some private vessels with ROV capabilities will also be arriving.
Oxygen Estimate for the sub 40 hrs. left
Current focus to find the sub, would not elaborate on rescue
US Navy is working to get rescue equipment to St. Johns

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the update in text format!