A search was underway Monday off the coast of Newfoundland for a small submersible reported missing near the wreck of the Titanic.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax confirmed in an email that a research submarine was reported overdue around 9:13 p.m. Sunday, about 700 kilometres south of St. John’s, N.L.
Lt.-Cmdr. Len Hickey said an Aurora military aircraft and the Canadian Coast Guard vessel Kopit Hopson were assisting the search effort, which was being led by the U.S.
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