North Atlantic ( CBS NEWS ) A massive search ramped up Tuesday as authorities probed the North Atlantic for a tourist submarine that went missing over the weekend on an expedition to explore the famous Titanic shipwreck. Here’s what we know so far about the submersible craft and what may have happened to it
What happened?
A five-person crew on a submersible named Titan, owned by OceanGate Expeditions, submerged on a dive to the Titanic wreckage site Sunday morning, and the crew of the Polar Prince research ship lost contact with the sub about an hour and 45 minutes later, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday afternoon.
The sub was lost in an area about 900 miles east of Cape Cod, in the North Atlantic, in water with a depth of about 13,000 feet. It had about 40 hours of breathable air left as of Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
A Coast Guard official said the people aboard included an operator and four mission specialists — a term the company uses for its passengers. Hamish Harding, a British billionaire and adventure traveler, is reportedly among the group, but the Coast Guard has not released the identities of those missing.
