Social media exploded with news concerning the disappearance of a tourist submarine that was alleged to visit the wreck of the Titanic. An extensive search operation is currently underway. Here’s what we all know thus far:
- There are five people on board the Titan submarine. The ship left on Sunday morning at 9 am and has a supply of air for 4 days. The launch site is roughly 900 miles east of Cape Cod and at a depth of 13,000 feet.
- The ship was on account of return Sunday evening at 6:10 p.m.
- There is one operator aboard the submarine, and the opposite 4 passengers are known as “mission specialists” by OceanGate Expeditions, which owns the submarine. “Mission Specialists” pay $250,000 for a ticket to board the Titan.
In a CBS report, OceanGate’s missing CEO Stockton Rush spoke of buying submarine parts from Camping World. - The submarine was tracked by the research vessel Polar Prince but lost contact with it an hour and 45 minutes after launch. It takes about three hours to succeed in the wreck of the Titanic, and the submarine is alleged to check every quarter-hour.
- The submarine comprises enough oxygen to sustain five missing people for 96 hours (4 days). This implies that the submarine might be successfully salvaged by Thursday morning at the newest.
- Although the aim of the tour is to see the wreck of the Titanic as a tourist, the submarine has just one small window. The guests are watching Titanic wreck through computer screens.
OceanGate’s missing CEO Stockton Rush tells CBS reporter David Pogue that the submarine is controlled by this game distant. - Among the missing is British billionaire and tourist Hamish Harding. Other passengers include OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush, retired French Navy Commander Paul-Henry Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood.
- American reporter David Pogue had previously been on Titan’s eight-day voyage and said that “everyone who boards the Titan signs an acknowledgment that it’s an experimental vessel that has not been approved or certified by any regulatory authority.” and will end in physical injury, disability, emotional trauma or death.” Six months ago, David Pogue reported to CBS that the expedition seemed dangerous, saying “This sub appears to have some elements of MacGyvery-gorry-rigged-ness.”
- So far, two US Coast Guard crews have been dispatched to go looking for the missing submarine. A Royal Canadian Air Force plane can also be a part of the search.
- The United States Navy doesn’t have a submarine able to reaching the depths of Titan.
