On Sunday, the US Coast Guard received a call from the submersible’s command ship, saying it lost contact with the vessel about 900 miles (1,450 kilometers) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Since then, the US Navy has launched massive operations for the submersible.

According to the news report, the missing Titanic is carrying five people — a British adventurer, a French diver, a Pakistani father and son, and the founder of OceanGate Expeditions, the company that operated the tour to the Titanic wreckage.

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