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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 PunkinDrublic:
The same lack of regulations that made them rich also built them a watery grave lol.
Really idiot?...They're RICH DAMMIT!!! The ONLY way they could have become so is because they CHEATED!!!..And they are able to do REALLY COOL stuff that Ill never be able to afford to do, SO THEY MUST DIE! And its FUNNY! Cant get much more pathetic than you. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by ReynardMuldrake:
Apparently they have redundant systems to bring the craft to the surface, but no beacon, no radio, no dye pack, no flares, no buoys, no seat belts, and no way to open the hatch from the inside. The craft is white so it blends right into the sea. If they are on the surface, they are pretty much relying on a rescuer making visual contact. Meanwhile the occupants get tossed around like shoes in a dryer, covered in puke and shit while waiting days to slowly suffocate in the darkness.
Originally Posted by TEX:
Really idiot?...They're RICH DAMMIT!!! The ONLY way they could have become so is because they CHEATED!!!..And they are able to do REALLY COOL stuff that Ill never be able to afford to do, SO THEY MUST DIE! And its FUNNY! Cant get much more pathetic than you. :-)
Why don’t they just pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Hook point or no - what's gonna manipulate the hook into place? Again - there are maybe a couple of crafts in the world that can get that deep AND have anything that can actually clutch/grab an object.
If it's not on the surface or maybe mid-water, there's just nothing that can be done.
This sounds like a challenge for the "Adventures with Purpose" guys. Looking forward to the upcoming YouTube episodes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ChiTown:
"I can't say that we hired the best and the brightest here at OceanGate, but we absolutely hired the coolest and most inspirational people (aka: not qualified). Give us $250K for a ride, and we'll show you what we mean..."
