Wealthy financier Jay Bloom has shared text messages he exchanged with the late CEO of OceanGate Exploration, Stockton Rush, who had offered Bloom and his son discounted tickets to ride on the submersible to tour the Titanic. Bloom declined the offer, but the submersible, named Titan, was piloted by Rush and was lost at sea on June 18th. The tragedy has sparked a debate about the safety of submersible tours, with some questioning the wisdom of taking such a risk.
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The U.S. Coast Guard has found a debris field in the search area for the missing Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate, which was carrying five people including its CEO when it went missing on Sunday. The news has been met with a mixture of hope and despair, with the families of those aboard the craft waiting for news. The co-founder and former CEO of OceanGate has urged people to remain hopeful about the chances of a successful rescue, and the U.S. Coast Guard is continuing its search and rescue operations.
A US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed into the Black Sea after a Russian Su-27 aircraft flew in front of it and dumped fuel, prompting a diplomatic spat between the US and Russia. The White House has condemned Moscow's actions while Russia has denied its aircraft came into contact with the drone. The US is trying to prevent the drone from getting into the wrong hands while Russia is working to retrieve the wreckage.
Russia is attempting to recover the fragments of a U.S. surveillance drone that was shot down in the Black Sea on Tuesday. Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said Russia will try to get the wreckage of the American MQ-9 drone to study it. The U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement that the drone was operating in accordance with international law and its flight path was in no way a threat to Russia. Tensions between the two countries have been raised and the U.S. has called for an investigation into the incident.