"Tout va bien": the last words of the Titan, the submarine that imploded near the Titanic
The bodies of the men were never found.
A French submarine imploded on Friday in the Norwegian Sea during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic, and the bodies of its three crewmen have not been found, the Norwegian navy reported today.
The submarine, the Titan, was on a mission to the wreck of the Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912. The Titan was carrying three crew members, two Norwegians and one Russian.
The submarine imploded at a depth of about 3,500 feet, in the Norwegian Sea, about 2,500 nautical miles from the coast of Norway. The implosion occurred at about 1:45 p.m. local time.
The Norwegian navy said that it had not been able to locate the submarine or its crewmen's bodies. The navy said that it had searched the area where the submarine imploded, but had not found any sign of the crewmen or the submarine.
The Titan was a privately owned submarine, and it was not carrying any passengers at the time of the implosion.
The cause of the implosion is not known. The Norwegian navy is investigating the incident.
The Titan was built in 1989, and it was one of the most advanced submarines in the world. It was capable of diving to a depth of 3,500 feet.
The Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912, after it struck an iceberg. The ship was carrying more than 2,200 passengers and crew, and more than 1,500 people died in the sinking.
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