(NewsNation) — A rescue mission is underway after a vacationer submarine carrying folks to see the wreckage web site of the Titanic went lacking within the Atlantic Ocean on Monday.
That is what we all know concerning the submarine vessel and its crew.
The Titanic expedition
In 2021, OceanGate Expeditions started what it anticipated to be an annual voyage to trace the speed of decay of the Titanic, in keeping with the tour group’s web site.
The aim of the Titanic expedition is to chronicle the decay of the long-lasting ocean liner that sunk in 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing all however about 700 of the two,200 passengers and crew onboard. The ship’s wreckage was found in 1985 and has been slowly deteriorating to metal-eating micro organism.
The OceanGate Expedition’s tour departs from St. Johns, Newfoundland, in Canada, and travels about 380 nautical miles south. The journey was scheduled to depart in early Could and end up by the top of June.
Tickets for the five-person submarine price $250,000 a seat, with the vessel being the one certainly one of its measurement able to reaching the Titanic wreck.
Submarine Specs
The five-person vessel, known as the Titan, weighs about 23,000 kilos on land, however is neutrally buoyant as soon as it reaches the seafloor, OceanGate Expedition stated.
The Titan is manufactured from carbon fiber and titanium and may attain depths of greater than 13,000 ft.
The vessel is supplied with refined expertise together with a “proprietary real-time hull well being monitoring system (RTM)” that analyzes the stress on the vessel and the integrity of its construction.
Oxygen Provide
In accordance with the OceanGate Expedition web site, the vessel is supplied with 96 hours of life assist for a five-person crew.
It’s presently unclear how a lot of that provide is remaining for the crew onboard.
