A tourist submarine that was conducting expeditions to observe the remains of the Titanic disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean. The OceansGate Expeditions transport had 5 people on board.
The submarine is called ‘Titan’ and is a five-person submarine built by Ocean Gate Expeditions. This It can reach depths of 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) and is currently the only carbon fiber submarine in the world capable of taking five people to such levels. its effect It had the collaboration of experts from NASA, Boeing and the University of Washington.
OceanGate Expeditions has made further visits to the Titanic in 2021 and 2022. On June 14, the company said on Twitter that it was using the Starlink communications company to keep the line of communication open with the Titanic expedition, which is now missing.
The company assured that “we are working to ensure the safe return of crew members.”
The wreck of the Titanic is about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. With no cell towers in the middle of the ocean, we rely on it @starlink to provide the communications we need during this year’s Titanic Expedition in 2023.
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—OceanGate Expeditions (@OceanGateExped) June 14, 2023
The set price for this trip is $250,000 per person. The value includes private accommodation, the necessary training to carry out the activity with an expedition team, as well as all meals produced on board.
The expedition lasts eight days and seven nights and starts and ends in Newfoundland, Canada. The most recent one started on June 12 and was supposed to end on June 20, but no contact has been made with the crew.
The Titan
Titan is equipped with several sensors and cameras, including a high-definition video camera and a laser scanner, that allow the crew to collect data and images of the underwater environment.
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‘Titan’ production components include a lightweight and strong carbon fiber hull, making it ideal for deep sea diving. The dimensions are 670 cm x 280 cm x 250 cm and it reaches a speed of 5.5 km per hour. In addition, it has 96 hours of “life support” for a crew of five.
In addition to tourism, the Titan has been used for site surveys and surveys, research and data collection, film and media production, and deep-sea hardware and software testing.
In addition to protection, ‘Titan’ includes a real-time hull health monitoring system so the crew can monitor the submarine’s condition in real time, a high-definition video camera to record their dives in great detail, and a laser scanner which helps to create 3D models of the underwater environment.
The expedition includes a total of 18 dives to the Titanic wreck site, with an estimated duration of 6 hours, including the time it takes to descend and ascend. Dives are done in pairs, with two people on Titan at a time, while the rest of the crew supports divers from the ship on the surface.
The OceanGate Titan has been used for several missions in addition to the voyages to the Titanic, including the 2019 exploration of the wreck of the Lusitania, a British ocean liner sunk by a German submarine in 1915; and a travel in 2020 to the place where the mighty German battleship Bismarck disappeared which was sunk by British warships in 1941. (i)
Source: Eluniverso
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