Tourist boat that carries visitors to see Titanic disaster vanishes in the Atlantic

A search and rescue operation has been launched in the wake of the disappearance of a submarine that was used to transport visitors to the Titanic wreck in the Atlantic Ocean.

On Monday, the Boston Coastguard informed the BBC that a search operation was being conducted for the submersible.

It is unclear how many, if any, passengers were on board when it vanished.

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