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A search and rescue operation is currently underway to locate a submarine that went missing during an expedition to the Titanic.
The U.S. Coast Guard was looking for the submarine Monday morning after it disappeared during the expedition from St. John's, N.L. The infamous 1912 wreck is located more than 600 kilometres southeast of the province in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The trip to the Titanic was being run by OceanGate Expeditions, a U.S.-based company. It uses a five-person submersible named Titan to reach the wreckage 3,800 metres below the surface. OceanGate's website advertises a seven-night voyage to the Titanic for US$250,000 per person, or approximately CA$330,000.
"We are exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely," an OceanGate spokesperson said in an email to CTV News. "Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families."
Those tours are a series of five eight-day missions to the Titanic with the money raised by tourists going towards Titanic research. Posts on social media show the ship launched from the St. John's area last week.
Did they really have 5 people in this?? Or do they have a larger version??
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I may be missing a few, but in this thread we've developed theories of death by...
Crushed by ocean pressure
Asphyxiated in the deep sea
Asphyxiated on the surface
Bends
Murder
Hypothermia in the deep sea
Overheating on the surface
I'll throw in suicide if a person can sharpen a game controller into a blade.
What else do we have?
Taken out by a stealthy Russian sub patrolling the Atlantic. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I may be missing a few, but in this thread we've developed theories of death by...
Crushed by ocean pressure
Asphyxiated in the deep sea
Asphyxiated on the surface
Bends
Murder
Hypothermia in the deep sea
Overheating on the surface
I'll throw in suicide if a person can sharpen a game controller into a blade.
What else do we have? Was there a tiger in the sub? Does it having spinning mixer blades that periodically sweep through the passenger cabin?
I hope these guys get out somehow, but if they do, they should never ever take any kind of risk again. They will have used up all of their luck.
I still think they launched without the usb key. It's easy to miss.
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I may be missing a few, but in this thread we've developed theories of death by...
Crushed by ocean pressure
Asphyxiated in the deep sea
Asphyxiated on the surface
Bends
Murder
Hypothermia in the deep sea
Overheating on the surface
I'll throw in suicide if a person can sharpen a game controller into a blade.
What else do we have? Was there a tiger in the sub? Does it having spinning mixer blades that periodically sweep through the passenger cabin?
I hope these guys get out somehow, but if they do, they should never ever take any kind of risk again. They will have used up all of their luck.
�� The CEO of OceanGate, which is operating the missing Titanic tourist submarine, explains that the company didn’t want to hire any experienced “50 year old white guys” because they weren’t “inspirational.” pic.twitter.com/7XSYsU8mei
I have a tough time being on a plane, where I can stand up and walk to the lav and back, for 7 or 8 hours - due to the claustrophobia of being belted in a chair that long.
I would be absolute bonkers in that sub right now. There isn't enough Xanax. [Reply]
