Rescuers race against time to find missing Titanic submarine | First Thing
Race against time to find craft that went missing on Sunday with five people onboard. Plus, does the world really need a $4,650 Indiana Jones bag?
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US and Canadian rescue teams are scrambling to search for a tourist submarine that went missing during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck with a British billionaire and Pakistani businessman among the five people onboard.
What went wrong? It is too early to say what has happened but experts have offered several of the most likely scenarios, from becoming tangled in wreckage of the Titanic, to a power failure or an issue with the sub's communications system. The wreckage of the Titanic, which lies 3,800 metres (12,500ft) down on the ocean floor is surrounded by debris from the disaster more than a century ago.
What's the latest on the rescue mission? US and Canadian aircraft are searching the area, as well as large ships, but the hunt was complex" because crews do not know if the vessel has surfaced, meaning they must scour both the surface and the ocean depths, said Rear Admiral John Mauger, first district commander of the US Coast Guard, overseeing the search-and-rescue operation.
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