https://www.foxnews.com/world/...oes-missing-atlantic

A rescue mission is underway after a vessel used to take tourists to see the underwater wreck of the Titanic went missing in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed to Fox News Digital that they were currently searching for a lost Titan submersible. Tourists can charter the small craft for visits to the infamous ship through OceanGate Expeditions, which recently announced new mission crews for a North Atlantic trip on social media.

The Coast Guard says there are five people on board, consisting of one crew member and 4 "mission specialists." They are currently conducting an air search for the vehicle, as it is designed to surface automatically if there are technical issues.

"We are exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely," OceanGate announced in a statement. "Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families. We are deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and deep sea companies in our efforts to reestablish contact with the submersible. We are working toward the safe return of the crewmembers."

U.K. Billionaire Hamish Harding is reportedly on board the submersible, according to a Facebook post from his stepson, Brian Szasz. OGE has not confirmed the identities of anyone on board, however.

Harding confirmed he was embarking on the OGE voyage in a post to his own Facebook account on Saturday.

The USCG Northeast has deployed a C-130 aircraft to search for the vehicle on the surface. Rescue Coordination Center Halifax has also deployed a P8-Orion aircraft, which can drop sonar buoys to search underwater. Other aircraft are en-route from both the U.S. and Canda.

The Titan submersible is advertised to have enough life support to keep five people alive for 96 hours, meaning rescuers still have 72 hours left to find the vehicle, unless it suffered catastrophic failure and failed to surface.

OceanGate announced on Twitter earlier in June that it was relying on Elon Musk's Starlink to provide internet and communications connection during the expedition. It is not clear whether communications played any role in the submersible going missing.

OceanGate charges tourists $250,000 for a spot on their expeditions to the Titanic wreckage. The company has yet to comment on the disappearance, and it could not immediately be contacted due to a surge of internet traffic crashing the company's website on Monday.

Monday's incident comes months after the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) released never-before-seen footage of the Titanic's wreckage in February. The haunting video was captured in 1986, when the WHOI made 11 dives nearly 12,500 feet below the ocean's surface to explore the wreckage.

Slight drift.
I wonder if anyone has thought about offering these sub trips to "visit" the Titanic but instead of an actual sub it's just one of those VR rides made to look real.
I assume at those depths there aren't actually any real windows in those subs so you're basically just watching a video anyway.

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Originally posted by Ryanp225:
Slight drift.
I wonder if anyone has thought about offering these sub trips to "visit" the Titanic but instead of an actual sub it's just one of those VR rides made to look real.
I assume at those depths there aren't actually any real windows in those subs so you're basically just watching a video anyway.

From OceanGates web page you can see many images of the Titan Submersible, here is the inside.

More images at Link

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It says it has the largest view port of all submersibles

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Originally posted by sdy:
OceanGate announced on Twitter earlier in June that it was relying on Elon Musk's Starlink to provide internet and communications connection during the expedition. It is not clear whether communications played any role in the submersible going missing.

Apparently Musk is on FNC's shit list as well.

A ridiculous statement that has no place in this article. If it is "not clear", then it needn't be mentioned at all...unless, of course, you want to sully Musk/Starlink.

There's a tiny window into a mostly dark and murky world. Heard an Unsung Science podcast where they got on this adventure. Sort of.

Interesting.

For the same reason why I don't take cruises, I wouldn't be on a "tourist submarine" either. Because when shit goes wrong in environments such as these, I don't want to be onboard with a bunch of amateurs. I want nothing but professionals with me who know what they are doing.

At over 12,000 feet deep is not where one desires to have a "Houston, we have a problem" moment when three out of five people on board are just along for the ride. Fuck that.

I've been on a tourist submarine in Big Island, Hawaii, but that was 110 feet of water and visible sight of shore. Over 12 million passengers for the Atlantis submarine fleet, and Google didn't find any incidents/accidents.

It's exponentially more risk to go on a tourist submarine in 12,500 feet of water and 400 miles from shore. That is way beyond my personal safety zone.

Not good. So many opportunities for disaster for a tourist thing. No thanks.
Chances for a positive recovery would seem slim. Prayers that it happens.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
For the same reason why I don't take cruises, I wouldn't be on a "tourist submarine" either. Because when shit goes wrong in environments such as these, I don't want to be onboard with a bunch of amateurs. I want nothing but professionals with me who know what they are doing.

At over 12,000 feet deep is not where one desires to have a "Houston, we have a problem" moment when three out of five people on board are just along for the ride. Fuck that.

Nope...Seriously, Fuck that! One of these days, 'Rocket/Space Tourism' is going to be affected by one of these incidents (probably the one that looks like a Giant Dildo!), and there's NO Chance I'll be a passenger on that journey either!

12,500 feet is about 4,500 psi. Would have been a quick death.

Titan submersible

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news...mersible/ar-AA1cLfXS

Hamish Harding, 58, a UK billionaire was confirmed as one of the passengers

Sky News also understands that French submersible pilot, Paul-Henry Nargeolet, and chief executive and founder of OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, were also on board.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
I've been on a tourist submarine in Big Island, Hawaii, but that was 110 feet of water and visible sight of shore.

Yeah, that looks like something I'd actually enjoy. Same as I wouldn't mind going on a river cruise.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
For the same reason why I don't take cruises, I wouldn't be on a "tourist submarine" either. Because when shit goes wrong in environments such as these, I don't want to be onboard with a bunch of amateurs. I want nothing but professionals with me who know what they are doing.

At over 12,000 feet deep is not where one desires to have a "Houston, we have a problem" moment when three out of five people on board are just along for the ride. Fuck that.

Yep, agreed, Fuck ALL that. I’m all good with the James Cameron or whoever the fuck director that did the little documentary on it with underwater footage etc. There are lots of things and places I’m happy to just watch video on it and be done with it. Unless it’s a ride in a F-18, F-15, etc, I’m all good, no interest.

Lol. Come on. Comparing that to getting on a cruise ship is way beyond apples to oranges. Realistically if you are going to die on a cruise ship it’s due to a food induced heart attack. Or shit yourself to death.

This on the other hand is akin to riding a “spaceship” to the edge of the atmosphere and calling yourself an astronaut. This is bat shit crazy territory.

I understand all the reasons you hate cruises. This ain’t that though. Cruises aren’t dangerous unless you consider air travel dangerous as well. The biggest danger on a cruise is probably food poisoning or some virus passed by touch at the buffet. As opposed to being crushed by over a mile of the oceans depth turning you into pate. A red smear among titanium and honeycomb. Yikes.

Put me squarely in the "hell no" camp. I do not enjoy deep water, and there isn't enough money in the world to stick me in what amounts to a cigar tube with a window on it with four strangers and go down to see an ocean-floor graveyard for 1,500 people. Probably five more now. At that depth, it would have been instantaneous.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/...sh-explorer-30272021

The crew on board the missing submersible made no contact with the support crew for more than eight hours. They would usually send signals to their mother ship every 15 minutes.

When signals were not received, expedition leaders made an SOS call.

Lt. Cmdr. Len Hickey said a Canadian Coast Guard vessel and military aircraft were assisting the search effort, which was being led by the US Coast Guard in Boston.

Former Royal Navy Rear Admiral Chris Parry said that the vessel could have fallen foul of a “catastrophic failure” or even have become tangled up in the debris of the famed shipwreck.


The 5 person crew submerged Sunday morning, and the crew of the Polar Prince lost contact with them approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the vessel’s dive.

I read that they claim they have life support for 4 days (96 hours), which seems like a surprisingly long time. That said, finding them, getting another submarine capable of going down that far, and getting a surface ship with a crane capable of getting down there and lifting it up seems like a big ask in only 4 days (less actually, since they’ve been down for a while). This is all assuming that the submarine is intact.

My sub didn't have a window and we were, for the most part, professionals. I do hope they're found safely but it doesn't look too good so far.

I wouldn't care to go down in that sub, and don't have much of an interest in seeing the Titanic even if it were perfectly safe.

I hope, of course, that the sub is recovered, but the chances can't be good, as I see it.

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Originally posted by pedropcola:
Lol. Come on. Comparing that to getting on a cruise ship is way beyond apples to oranges. Realistically if you are going to die on a cruise ship it’s due to a food induced heart attack. Or shit yourself to death.

This on the other hand is akin to riding a “spaceship” to the edge of the atmosphere and calling yourself an astronaut. This is bat shit crazy territory.

I understand all the reasons you hate cruises. This ain’t that though. Cruises aren’t dangerous unless you consider air travel dangerous as well. The biggest danger on a cruise is probably food poisoning or some virus passed by touch at the buffet.

Yeah, ok. The biggest danger is food poisoning? I'm just shaking my head. You have no idea, clearly, the shit that can go wrong on a ship, especially with thousands of people onboard not trained at all in what to do during those emergencies.

Imagine putting three thousand people--all partying, drinking, having a good time--and stick them all in one hotel in the middle of nowhere. Underneath this hotel is over 300,000 gallons of fuel. Now lock all exits and prohibit anyone from being able to leave for days. That's a cruise ship. Now imagine what would happen if there were a fire in the hotel.

You're right of course that it is greatly more hazardous traveling to the bottom of the ocean, but that doesn't change my overall point. Amateurs being where they ought not to be just for the sake of being there.