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On 18 June 2023, the [[submersible]] {{Ship||Titan|submersible|2}} operated by [[OceanGate]] went missing in [[international waters]] in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], Canada.<ref name="Kelly NPR">{{cite news |title=A former passenger details what it's like inside the missing Titan submersible |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/06/20/1183273102/titan-missing-sub-titanic-rescue-oceangate |publisher=NPR |date=20 June 2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621065713/https://www.npr.org/2023/06/20/1183273102/titan-missing-sub-titanic-rescue-oceangate |url-status=live }}</ref> The submersible was on a tourist expedition to view the [[wreck of the Titanic|wreck of the ''Titanic'']], with five people on board. Communication was lost with the submersible one hour and 45 minutes into its dive to the wreck site, and authorities were notified when it did not resurface at its scheduled time later that day.<ref name="BBC1">{{Cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Gareth | last2= Gozzi | first2= Laura|date=19 June 2023 |title=Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872 |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619134256/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872 |archive-date=19 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="CNN-June20">{{Cite web |last1=Regan |first1=Helen |last2=Yeung |first2=Jessie |last3=Renton |first3=Adam |last4=Said-Moorhouse |first4=Lauren |last5=Upright |first5=Ed |last6=Hayes |first6=Mike |last7=Hammond |first7=Elise |last8=Powell |first8=Tori B. |last9=Vera |first9=Amir |date=20 June 2023 |title=June 20, 2023 Missing Titanic sub search news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/americas/live-news/titanic-submersible-missing-search-06-20-23/h_f4c131b43fc359a67e3c2a5abc39e3ae |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> The craft's estimated four-day breathable air supply {{show by date|2023|6|22|is|was|hour=9}} expected to be exhausted on the morning of 22 June 2023.<ref name="APNews">{{Cite web |date=2022 June 2023 |title=The Titan submersible: What it is, what might have gone wrong and what's being done to find it. |url=https://apnewswww.insider.com/article/titanictitan-shipwrecksub-titanlikely-submersibleused-search96-deepseahours-atlanticoxygen-a89dbd2f6d3edd7e4a52566e451a5e6d |accessprospects-datebleak-2023-6?utm_source=21 June 2023twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=insider-headline-graphic |websiteurl-status=[[AP News]]live |languagearchive-url=en |archive-date=2022 June 2023 |archiveaccess-urldate=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620140350/https://apnews.com/article/titanic-shipwreck-titan-submersible-search-deepsea-atlantic-a89dbd2f6d3edd7e4a52566e451a5e6d22 June 2023 |url-statuswebsite=liveInsider |language=en}}</ref>
 
Concerns about the safety of the vehicle had previously been raised.<ref name=":6" /> Search and rescue efforts are being carried out by an international team led by the [[United States Coast Guard]], [[United States Navy]], [[Canadian Coast Guard]] and [[Canadian Armed Forces]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name="CBC">{{Cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Ryan |date=20 June 2023 |title=U.S. air force aircraft land in St. John's with gear to aid in search for missing submersible |language=en-GB |work=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/titanic-submersible-titan-missing-day-3-1.6881595 |url-status=live |access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref>