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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 Frazod:
Like I said earlier in the thread, there's is absolutely nothing about serving on a submarine that I would have found appealing.
Meh, we saw what people on ships had to put up with an it wasn't hard to realize that we had it pretty OK. Some things sucked, sure, but none of the crews I operated with, even on my main boat, had people who would trade their life with what we saw happening on skimmers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
Meh, we saw what people on ships had to put up with an it wasn't hard to realize that we had it pretty OK. Some things sucked, sure, but none of the crews I operated with, even on my main boat, had people who would trade their life with what we saw happening on skimmers.
Like what? Enjoying fresh air and sunshine? Visiting foreign ports? Drinking beer and banging hookers? Yeah, all those things were awful. :-) [Reply]
I have no interest in going to the bottom of the ocean or to the moon. Are these guys just bored? Ran out of things to do/ Been there Done that, whats next?
I honestly don't get it. [Reply]
