Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search
Submersible used to take tourists to view wreck of Titanic goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, sparking search and rescue mission.
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Titanic Sub Missing
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Arun Vajpey
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The report says that it was not clear how many people "if any" were in it t the time. But if it went missing while at sea - or under it - the operating crew must have been there at the very least?
It sounds serious and anyone finding updates, please post here.
It sounds serious and anyone finding updates, please post here.
Thomas Krom
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Presently there are not much details on if there were people on-board, how many people there were on-board and how it happened. The ship the submarine was on was likely bound for the Titanic, it's last given position was 9 hours ago 396 miles from the wreck.
Arun Vajpey
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That means it was under operational control and so there would have been crew on board. If it was headed for the site of the wreck, the possibilities are other people were also there. Could it be just a complete communication failure? Of course, it would have some sort of emergency beacon to help searchers, I imagine.
Mike Bull2019
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Worth saying that until some details are known, some respect should be shown and speculation kept to a minimum.
Thomas Krom
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Tourist submarine goes missing on dive to wreck of Titanic
Boston coastguard confirms submersible with five people onboard missing in North Atlantic where liner lies in 12,500 feet of water
Thomas Krom
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To my pain and regret it has been confirmed officially that there were people on-board:
legoking5522
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wait there are now tourist subs that take people to Titanic's wreck?? this is the first I've heard of it.
This is very worrisome. Many of us have friends on this expedition. One of my friends was supposed to be a part of it and on this dive, but he had to cancel at the last minute. P.H. Nargeolet who is another friend is a part of the expedition, but it is unclear if he is aboard the submersible.
I am hoping and praying for the safe return of the sub and it's occupants.
I am hoping and praying for the safe return of the sub and it's occupants.
Yes Oceangate Inc has been conducting tourist dives to the wrecksite, since 2019.
Arun Vajpey
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I believe there are. This particular one was called Titan and cost $250,000 a head per trip, according to the BBC. It can hold a maximum of 5 people and has enough breathable air for up to 4 days.
They said that the crew were definitely on board but made no mention of passengers.
Asianyiah Solomon
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• https://fox8.com/news/visit-the-titanic-this-is-how-much-the-deep-dive-costs/
• No ordinary tourist dive, it's "Titanic'
If you had the money, would you tour Titanic?
George Jacub
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Hamish Harding
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I am proud to finally announce that I joined OceanGate Expeditions for their RMS TITANIC Mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the Titanic.
Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023. A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow. We started steaming from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday and are planning to start dive operations around 4am tomorrow morning. Until then we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do.
The team on the sub has a couple of legendary explorers, some of which have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s including PH Nargeolet.
More expedition updates to follow IF the weather holds!
Some very worrying news indeed, oceangate have been at the front of anything titanic for something like 4 years now, for something like this to happen, especially in the modern day with telemetry and all sorts and possibly passengers on board is some pure pure bad luck and i hope for the sub to be safely recovered, i might try and find a WebSDR later in NA or Canada covering the SAR frequencies, but i think we should avoid speculation, it goes without saying that as much as i love boats and ships, i hate submersibles and it's for this reason, when i learned about kursk it sent chills down my spine, and again when i read this news, the crew must have some guts, but civillians? that's another thing entirely, i would happily sail through storms and icefields and all sorts, i would never go near a sub, i get claustrophobic in lifts as it is, i really hope it's just a comms failure and that the sub itself is ok.
George Jacub
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