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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 loochy:
What's wrong with wanting a nice face sit once in a while? :-)
Again, if the OF gal didn't hover and sat on the bottom like the boat, it's his way of feeling what his dad is going through.
I do understand this is a tragic situation and I feel bad for the families, but you have to accept that if you're going to climb into a hospital urinal and sink to the bottom of the Atlantic....to a place where 1200 other people sank in a much stronger container...some shit could go wrong. This is like feeling bad for the guy who holds a firecracker in his fist on purpose and loses a thumb. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TribalElder:
I dont understand the appeal of visiting the titanic in the first place
Agreed. You would almost think that no other ship in the history of the world has sunk. Perhaps it's a product of media from before it sank, when it sank, and the story of it as it has grown over time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
Man all these billionaires are great with libertarian principles until their submarine dies 13k feet down then they expect all those services they don't wanna pay for to save them.
In what world, besides your mind, does evidence exist they wouldn't be willing to pay for any service that would rescue them?
Originally Posted by Frazod:
It's a silly movie, but as a sailor I have a bit of a soft spot for it.
I saw this quoted on the next page and immediately knew you had to be talking about The Final Countdown.
How can you not love that schlocky POS of a movie? And ultimately the premise is so great. The cinematography is really good as well; like the first 15 minutes are just naval aviator porn.
But the story is real real real real bad. And Kirk Douglas put a stamp on that sucker.
But yeah, that's some high quality cheese right there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I saw this quoted on the next page and immediately knew you had to be talking about The Final Countdown.
How can you not love that schlocky POS of a movie? And ultimately the premise is so great. The cinematography is really good as well; like the first 15 minutes are just naval aviator porn.
But the story is real real real real bad. And Kirk Douglas put a stamp on that sucker.
But yeah, that's some high quality cheese right there.
Address the correlation of "sailor" and being isolated on/in a vessel and "soft spot" or get the hell off the stage.
This is ChiefPlanet and we have standards! [Reply]
