Posted on 06/19/2023 8:37:11 AM PDT by mowowie
A tourist submersible taking groups to look at the Titanic wreckage has gone missing.
The Boston Coastguard is now looking for the missing vessel. The wreckage of the iconic ship sits 12,500ft- 2.5 miles - underwater around 370 miles from Newfoundland, Canada.
It's unclear how many people are on board and which company is responsible for it.
OceanGate Expeditions is one of the only companies that offers the tours. Tickets cost up to $250,000.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Hope the people are ok but i kinda doubt it.
Proving once again you do not need to be smart to make a lot of money
I am sorry that some people have more money than good sense
Would be kind of a cool trip if you have the scratch to spend. I’m sure that they had the people sign a release beforehand, like the Amazon space flights.
If there isnt a new crumpled can next to the wreckage then it may have been borrowed by another actor for use as a disposable asset.
Ocean gate website not available at this time.
The tourist submersible is now part of the Titanic exhibit.
Titanic still claiming lives.
How sad. Prayers for all of those on board and for the rescuers.
Titan can go 4,000 meters (13,123ft) Only sub that take a five crewmembers to those depths.Life Support 96 hours for crew of 5
Whoops...did a title search and saw nothing..
Here is your potential problem from the article. A software crash or bug, and you are immobile.
‘Everything else is done with touch screens and computers, and so you really become part of the vehicle and everybody gets to know everyone pretty well.’
One of my claims to fame is that i am one of the very few people in the last 100 years to have actually touched the hull of the Titanic.
Of course they’ve done a whole bunch of these without incident. I mean yeah, it’s a roll your dice take your chances situation. But so is driving. And eating French food. We all gotta go out sometime.
I touched it. In Las Vegas.
Do you mean the travelling exhibit where you got to touch the hull section? A lot of people did that, including yours truly.
A small submarine bringing tourists to the Titanic has gone missing 370 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland while diving to the legendary wreckage.
The company behind the mission — OceanGate Expedition — says it is "exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely."
There is no word on how many people are on board the submersible, but it has a limit of five people.
"Our entire focus is on the crew members in the submersible and their families," a statement from OceanGate reads.
The submersible was reported missing after it was overdue by a couple of hours on Sunday evening, according to Chief Mi'sel Joe — head of the Mi'kmaq band, which owns the ship from which it had launched.
Joe said he's getting constant updates on the situation. He said another submersible is being flown in from the United States to join the search.
"Your mind wanders to what could have happened, but we just don't know," Joe said. "We just pray that everyone is OK."
Overdue by a 'couple of hours'???... That's reassuring.
Boston here....around the year 2000ish
Made sure nobody was looking then i reached over..
yea
It was against the rules to touch it but i just had too.
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