A submarine that offers to transport tourists to see the remains of the Titanic is missing off the east coast of the United States, who has launched an urgent rescue operation. the submarine tightly closed with whom disappeared five people on board, last Sunday, June 18 it is controlled by a PlayStation controller and has only one window through which explorers can look out.

Authorities are currently looking for the OceanGate’s 22-foot titanium and carbon fiber ship named Titan after she went missing while on a trip to view the Titanic wreckage. It has been found that people on board can breathe oxygen for a limited number of hours, approximately 96 hours, a limit that has now been lowered, since the ship was launched in the North Sea at 08:00 on Sunday.

The ‘Titan’ was built by OceanGate Expeditions And it can reach depths of 4,000 meters (13,123 ft). Currently, it is 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.

How big is the Titan submarine?

The dimensions of the boat They are 670 cm x 280 cm x 250 cm. It features a Sub C Imaging 4k Rayfin camera, a Teledyne 2D probe and a 2G Robotics laser scanner. On average, a space of no more than one meter per person.

Control pods for electronics and thrusters are located outside the pressurized hull to increase the available space for crew and equipment on board. It also has a bathroom, which it offers guests little privacy as it is right next to the window.

Video recording from CBS.

The submarine is controlled by a reinforced Playstation controller. The use of this kind of peripherals is not surprising: the nuclear submarines of the United States also use Xbox game controllers for certain scenarios.

Although it does not have a GPS system, it is guided by text messages sent from the water by a team. The Titan communicates with its mothership, the Polar Prince, via Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet system. That connection was lost on Sunday and since then there has been no communication from the submarine. These messages come in through a USBL (Ultra Short Baseline Line) acoustic system.

It also features a real-time Hull Health Monitoring (RTM) system, meaning it is possible to analyze the effects of pressure changes on the vessel as the unit is submerged deeper and to accurately assess the integrity of the vessel.

According to the company, OceanGate is “the only carbon fiber submarine in the world capable of submerging five people up to 4,000 meters deep.”

The Titan has not only been used for tourism, but has also been used for site surveys and inspections, research and data collection, film and media production, and deep sea hardware and software testing.