Beyond Harrowing Details About The Missing Titanic-Bound Sub

Titan the expedition's 23 000 pound carbon fiber and titanium submersible disappeared the Titan support ship the Canadian polar Prince lost contact with it one hour and 45 minutes into its two-hour descent the independent says five people are on board Ocean Gate Founders stocked in Rush French diver pH narjale action Aviation owner Hamish Harding and Pakistani businessman shazana dawood and his 19 year old son Suleiman the

craft is reported to be equipped with four days of emergency oxygen on Monday June 19th Coast Guard rear Admiral John mauger said he estimated 70 to 96 hours of oxygen remained search and rescue operations are underway with the Titan's depth and location making it hard to find weather conditions foggy air cloudy skies and choppy waves initially hindered attempts to reach the Titan's descent Point Ocean Gate

expedition's advisor David concannon alleged a news nation that the U.S government is slowing rescue efforts by responding late to his queries and acting slowly but another cause for concern is a reported quality of the craft itself a CBS Sunday Morning segment originally broadcast in November 2022 went viral as news spread of the missing craft that report featured an in-depth look at the now missing Titan and

some of the details are harrowing this correspondent David Pogue said in his report for CBS I couldn't help noticing how many pieces of this sub seemed improvised components of the Titan craft were described by ocean Gate's CEO is off the shelf with the vessel's interior lights allegedly being purchased from a camping supply store the ship ballasts have been described as being repurposed construction pipes with its

control system built around a modified wireless video game controller the controller seen in the CBS reports a Logitech gf710 can typically be purchased for less than fifty dollars and requires two double a batteries to work and it's meant for a 16 year old to throw it around and super durable we keep a couple of spares on board the Titan also is reported to have no GPS

system and navigates by following instructions sent from a support craft by a text message the system is apparently not foolproof with CBS capturing one instance of the submersible being lost for more than two hours the Comfort level of the Titan is debatable the interior said to be the size of a minivan occupants sit on the floor in close quarters locked in with deadbolts from the outside

it's also equipped with a toilet located near the front by the viewing window separated by a curtain the crew currently lost on their visit to the Titanic is said to be experienced concannon told the independent that the same group surveyed the Titanic last year concannon likely meant that 2022 Ocean Gate visit which ended safely concannon himself planned to join the current dive but withdrew at the

last minute Ocean Gate says its goal is to document the Titanic before it decays more in May 2023 BBC news showed footage of a mapped 3D model of the Titanic by Magellan limited the ship is a mess of debris and refuse Magellan's model a digital twin shows every encrusted door Twisted staircase Crag of metal and discarded glass bottle on the ship even the serial number on

its propellers but historian Park Stevenson on BBC News states that many questions persist about the Titanic's crash such as where it hit the iceberg that sank it that's why companies like Ocean Gate want to study the ship as much as possible before it disintegrates Coast Guard rear Admiral John mauger told USA Today about the difficulties in conducting a search for the Lost Titan before noting we

are deploying all available assets to make sure we can locate the craft and rescue the people on board the U.S Canada joint search started with two aircraft from each country and a commercial vessel more ships and aircraft will join the search later Ocean Gate said in a statement we are deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and deep sea companies

in our effort to re-establish contact with the submersible we are working toward the safe return of the crew members action Aviation managing director Mark Butler a company owned by billionaire Hamish Harding one of the five missing expeditioners expressed similar sentiments Butler told the associate press every attempt is being made for a rescue mission there's still plenty of time to facilitate a rescue mission there is equipment

on board for survival in this event we are all hoping and praying he comes back safe and sound despite this expertise the five people on the Titan are technically tourists having reportedly paid 250 000 each for the trip Ocean Gate began the Venture in 2021 with a goal of pioneering tourist visits to the Titanic it's a goal that remains in question amid the desperate search for

the company's loss submersible thank you