said to be less explored than outer space. the ship carrying the sub left stjohn s on friday and travelled to the wreckage site, arriving on sunday for a dive that was meant to last eight hours. but an hour and 45 minutes later, all contact was lost. questions are being asked about the potential safety problems of the submersible. court documents from 2018 reveal a former worker at 0ceangate raise concerns. in the meantime, teams are working out the logistics of what could now become the deepest search and rescue mission ever attempted. nomia iqbal, bbc news, newfoundland, canada. let s get more on this. from where the rescue is being co ordinated. shall we start with the noises
this is the worst spring in decades and it s made visibility really low. they are scouring an area in the atlantic ocean that is 70 miles wide and so deep that it s said to be less explored than outer space. the ship carrying the sub left stjohn s on friday and travelled to the wreckage site, arriving on sunday for a dive that was meant to last eight hours. but an hour and 45 minutes later, all contact was lost. this is the third expedition by 0ceangate. passengers pay nearly £200,000 to arrive at the province and see the titanic s remains which are more than a century old. from a leader s perspective, it certainly feels helpless right now, but we are not hopeless, we do hope that this rescue mission is fruitful. questions are being asked about the potential safety problems of the submersible. court documents from 2018 reveal a former worker of 0ceangate raised concerns.