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UK Search Mission for Titanic Submersible Blocked by US

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US government has blocked the UK rescue mission from searching for a submersible that went missing on a dive to the wreck of the Titanic, media reported on Tuesday.
A team from deepwater specialists of UK company Magellan Limited, who was supposed to join the rescue mission, has reportedly been waiting for the approval to leave an airport in the Channel Islands since Monday evening.
This August 2019 photo courtesy of Atlantic Productions shows the latest image of the bow of RMS Titanic which rests 12,500 feet (3,810 meters) below the Atlantic Ocean, and 370 miles (595kms) south of Newfoundland, Canada. - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.09.2022
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Bretton Hunchak, former president of RMS Titanic, Inc, which collaborated with Magellan, said that the US government has allegedly yet to authorize the team's request to join rescuers 435 miles south of the Canadian city of St. John's, Newfoundland, the report said.
Magellan can reportedly get down to 5,000 meters (16404,2 feet). Hunchak said that US officials would prefer to use a New York-based vessel capable of operating at depth of 3,000 meters.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed support to the families involved in the accident.
"The families involved will be deeply concerned and his thoughts are with them and the Foreign Office is providing support," Sunak's spokesman was quoted as saying by media.
Screenshot from a 3D tour of the Titanic. - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.05.2023
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