British explorer is feared to be on lacking submersible used to take tourists to view the wreck of the Titanic.

The agency that runs the journeys has confirmed there are crew members on board the craft.

It stated it was “exploring and mobilising all options” to deliver them again safely.

“Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families,” says OceanGate in an announcement.

It says it has obtained “extensive assistance” from “several government agencies and deep sea companies” in its efforts to re-establish contact with the submersible.

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“We are working toward the safe return of the crewmembers.”

Writing on Facebook yesterday, Hamish Harding stated he was as a consequence of be part of the most recent OceanGate expedition.

He stated a dive was being tried on Sunday, after a crew had set off from town of St John’s, Newfoundland on Saturday.

He added the crew on the vessel consists of “a couple of legendary explorers, some of which have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s”.

He added that this journey was “likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic” this 12 months because of the harsh climate situations.

The craft take paying passengers to see the well-known wreck which sits 3,800m (12,500ft) down on the backside of the Atlantic about 600km (370 miles) off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

It can seat 5 folks which often features a pilot, three paying friends, and what the corporate calls an “content expert”.

The firm costs friends $250,000 (£195,270) for its eight-day expedition to see the wreck.

A full dive from the floor to to the wreck reportedly takes eight hours in complete.

The passenger liner, which was the most important ship of its time, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912. Of the two,200 passengers and crew onboard, greater than 1,500 died.

Its tragic destiny continues to have a grip on the favored creativeness inspiring performs, movies and books down the years.

Memorabilia related to the ship fetches excessive costs and just some months in the past a plan of the Titanic used through the inquiry into the sinking of the ship bought at public sale for nearly £200,000.

The 32ft (9.7m) cross-section plan made £195,000 from a UK purchaser when it went beneath the hammer.

The extraordinary plan was utilized by witnesses and consultants to determine the reason for the tragedy, and even comprises authentic chalk marks displaying what occurred.

The monumental drawing, which was mounted on linen, was so pivotal to the inquiry that it was put up within the official listening to room so witnesses might discuss with it continually.

The hand-drawn plan of the Titanic was ready by White Star Line architects for the 1912 British inquiry into the sinking of the ship, simply weeks after the catastrophe.

It allowed the 96 witnesses referred to as to testify to point numerous components of the ship utilizing a pointer.