Posted on 06/20/2023 6:40:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
The desperate search for a missing submersible that vanished during a mission to explore the wreck of the Titanic continued on Tuesday as more information about those onboard came to light.
The submersible, which is part of an OceanGate Expeditions tour that offers passengers a once-in-a-lifetime experience to explore the Titanic wreckage, went missing on Sunday after losing contact with the research vessel Polar Prince.
British billionaire and owner of Action Aviation Hamish Harding was among the five people onboard the vessel, along with prominent Pakistani businessman, Shahzada Dawood, and his son, Suleman. The other two people onboard have yet to be identified.
Submersible was operated with a video game controller - Marlene Lenthang
Titan, the missing tourist submersible was operated by a video game controller and had parts that were described as “off-the-shelf components.”
During a tour of the vessel in a CBS News segment aired in November, OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush pointed out some of these unexpected features including a light fixture from CamperWorld and a makeshift toilet with a plastic bottle.
He brought out a Logitech game controller saying, “we run the whole thing with this.” It was not immediately clear whether the submersible was operated with such a controller during the latest mission.
OceanGate’s website describes the five-person submersible as a combination of “ground-breaking engineering and off-the-shelf technology,” the latter of which “helped to streamline the construction, and makes it simple to operate and replace parts in the field.”
Thoughts of crew and their families driving search efforts - Marlene Lenthang
In the desperate search for the missing vessel touring the shipwreck of the Titanic deep in the Atlantic, crews are thinking of the lives of the five people on board first and foremost.
“The thoughts of the crew members and their families really drive our crews forward and all of the partners that have been working this complex case to make sure we can continue to find them,” Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said Tuesday morning on NBC's "TODAY" show.
Factors such as oxygen levels, intense water pressure, and the remoteness of the area make the search difficult.
The ship went down Sunday with four days worth of oxygen. The wreckage of the Titanic is also at a depth of 13,000 feet — too deep for typical U.S. Navy subs, which typically go down to 2,000 or 3,000 feet, to descend to.
Canadian aircraft dropped a sonar buoy into the ocean listening for tapping or talking in an effort to pinpoint the submersible.
1h ago / 7:37 AM CDT OceanGate Expeditions leading underwater search - Marlene Lenthang
OceanGate Expeditions is leading the underwater search for the missing Titanic tourist submersible because the deep-water exploration company “know[s] that site better than anybody else,” Rear Adm. John Mauger with the Coast Guard said on NBC's “TODAY” show Tuesday morning.
As the search for the 21-foot submersible entered the third day, Mauger said search crews have an “understanding” of where the submersible was operating and searches are being prioritized in those areas.
The wreckage of the Titanic sits 900 nautical miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Searches are underway with equipment the Coast Guard has brought to the area. The agency's current focus is on getting more assets and technical experts to the scene as fast as possible.
2h ago / 6:58 AM CDT What did the Titanic expedition set out to achieve? - Chantal Da Silva
The submersible that disappeared Sunday was on only its third trip since OceanGate Expeditions began offering them in 2021.
On its website, the company said the expeditions are intended to "further document the Titanic and its rate of decay."
"Given the massive scale of the wreck and the debris field, multiple missions performed over several years will be required to fully document and model the wreck site," it says. "This longitudinal survey to collect images, videos, laser, and sonar data will allow objective assessment of the rate of decay and documentation of the process."
"Qualified explorers have the opportunity to join the expedition as Mission Specialist crewmembers whose Training and Mission Support Fees underwrite the mission, the participation of the science team, and their own training," the company states.
You pays your monies and you takes your chances
Oh, you personally... I agree, I'm not bungee jumping, skydiving, or taking rides on Virgin Galatic or to the Titanic.
Most people have no idea that exploring the ocean depths is literally more challenging and extreme than going into space, by an order of magnitude.
Man landed on the moon in 1969. Man, for the first time, dived to the ocean floor in 2019, take a moment to consider that!
I read that book over 35 years ago. It’s amazing the parallels and foresight the author had that was yet to come.
It probably suffered explosive compression and shattered into pieces like the Thresher. All they found left of it was small pieces.
The Sub was designed to surface unpowered if they just lost electricity. If it were intact, it would be bobbing somewhere along the surface.
This was only the sub’s third trip..........
Titanic sank on her first trip.
Had this submersible been to the Titanic before or was this its first attempt going to the wreck?
Exactly. The submersible lost communication almost immediately after descending. Most likely lost power. They’re dead. No power means everything.
They are required to have that capability. Upon catastrophic failure, those are too little too late. The bubbles don't reach the surface.
Get ready for tourists on the Moon and the planets beyond, and getting lost everywhere in between. Truly, in this life, if you have enough money, you can go anywhere.
I watched a video of a reporter that tied to ride this thing. He said it went down 35 ft and then broke down. He says the things has a spotty record as far as complete dives, said the things is broken more often then not. No chairs either, you squat on the floor. All for 250 K !
And the Scorpion...............
Submarines going to 13,000 feet are in a lot more peril than a moon landing.
This was trip #3..................
How many PSI at 13,000 ft below sea level?
It could be crushed into something the size of a football.
Just watched a ten minutes news story from a couple of months back about this trip. It’s not unusual for things to go wrong with communications so HOPEFULLY it’s just a communciations glitch.
The main submersible was rigoursly designed and tested...made out of carbon fiber and titanium.
So if that's what's really going on, why is the UK's Deep State putting up with what our Deep State is doing?
Unless what ours is doing serves the purposes of both...?
If that's the case, it's not just Trump who needs to worry, is it? It's every rich guy on the planet who might beg to differ with one or more Deep States who should have a care...
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