Posted on 06/19/2023 8:37:11 AM PDT by mowowie
A tourist submersible taking groups to look at the Titanic wreckage has gone missing.
The Boston Coastguard is now looking for the missing vessel. The wreckage of the iconic ship sits 12,500ft- 2.5 miles - underwater around 370 miles from Newfoundland, Canada.
It's unclear how many people are on board and which company is responsible for it.
OceanGate Expeditions is one of the only companies that offers the tours. Tickets cost up to $250,000.
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You pays yo money and takes yo chances.
Either the trip of a lifetime or give the next tour 2 wreck sites to view.
When you take risks, you occasionally have a life-ending experience. It goes with the territory.
How do you know that? Or are you just passing along another uninformed opinion?
Maybe they went past crush depth which would render any device inoperable.
Mr. Inspectorette and I visited the graves of some of the many who perished on the Titanic, some known and some unknown in Halifax, N.S. Very somber at the realization of so many souls lost in the icy waters.
When you take risks, you occasionally have a life-ending experience.
That’s just “common sense”, to me. I can weigh the risks vs advantages, and make an informed decision.
Agreed.
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