法国1968失踪潜艇被发现
French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly on Monday announced that a wreckage of a French submarine reported missing more than five decades ago was discovered off the southern French port of Toulon.
法国武装力量部长弗洛伦斯·帕尔丽周一宣布，一艘50多年前失踪的潜艇残骸在土伦港附近海域被发现。
"We have just found the Minerva. It's a success, a relief and a technical feat," Parly wrote on Twitter.
"I am thinking of the families who have waited for this moment for so long," she added.
According to BFMTV news channel, the Seabed Constructor, a boat belonging to private U.S. company Ocean Infinity, discovered the Minerve 45 kilometres from Toulon at a depth of 2,370 meters.
The Minerve submarine was lost off France's southern coast with 52 sailors on board on Jan. 17, 1968. Since then, several search operations have been launched, but the wreckage has not been found.
The reason of the incident remains unknown.