Missing Titanic Submersibles: How do they communicate, and what may have gone wrong with the missing Titanic sub?
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A commercial submersible that vanished on a dive to the Titanic shipwreck is the target of a massive search and rescue operation.
Five personnel were on board when communication with the submersible was lost, according to the US Coast Guard, around one hour and forty-five minutes into the dive. Around 9.13 p.m. local time on Sunday (12.13 p.m. AEST on Monday), the vessel was reported to be late.
The US corporation OceanGate was leading the eight-day expedition, and each visitor paid US$250,000 to see the wreck site. Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard stated that as of Monday afternoon (Tuesday morning in Australia), the watercraft's oxygen supply was probably between 70 and the entire 96 hours available to the occupants.
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