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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 suzzer99:
They had a million ways to drop ballast and shoot to the surface. This seems unlikely.
Just speculation and James Cameron alluded to them knowing and trying to go back up.
Those in that community believe (likely have information of communication between oceangate and platform) that oceangate tried to go back up due to an emergency. They (oceangate) may have heard the carbon fiber hull weakening, if you go on YouTube it makes a distinct sound. Like glass being broken and if they heard that. They probably pulled the plug on the dive but it was too late. We won’t know for sure until the investigation takes place and they recover the ballasts. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pogue:
Just speculation and James Cameron alluded to them knowing and trying to go back up.
Those in that community believe (likely have information of communication between oceangate and platform) that oceangate tried to go back up due to an emergency. They (oceangate) may have heard the carbon fiber hull weakening, if you go on YouTube it makes a distinct sound. Like glass being broken and if they heard that. They probably pulled the plug on the dive but it was too late. We won’t know for sure until the investigation takes place and they recover the ballasts.
While they are at it maybe look for violinists down there. [Reply]
