Jun 21, 2023 - Sports

N.C. crew assisting in search for missing submersible

Zachery Eanes

A photo of a submersible that went missing during an expedition to the shipwreck of the Titanic. Photo: OceanGate/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

A U.S. Coast Guard crew from North Carolina is part of the wide-scale search operation for a missing submersible carrying five people on an excursion to the Titanic shipwreck, WNCT reports.

Driving the news: Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City sent a C-130 Hercules fixed-winged aircraft to the search area, about 900 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, this week.

The C-130s are used in long-range search-and-rescue operations across the Atlantic and five of the planes are housed in Elizabeth City.

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N.C. crew assisting in search for missing submersible

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