Submersible
Pieces of imploded Titanic sub are brought to shore

Pieces of imploded Titanic sub are brought to shore

Debris was loaded onto trucks by crane Pieces of the imploded Titanic submersible have been seen for the first time after they were brought to shore. Metal wreckage from the OceanGate-owned Titan sub was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St John’s, Canada, on Wednesday. Photographs and footage from the scene showed metal pieces […]

2 years ago

Titanic sub crew would have been aware that ‘hull was starting to crack’

Titanic sub crew would have been aware that ‘hull was starting to crack’

‘They probably had warning’ James Cameron has said the five passengers on board the doomed Titanic sub will have known the hull was “starting to crack.” Five people aboard the OceanGate vessel were killed instantly in a “catastrophic implosion” during its dive to the Titanic on Sunday. Communications were lost with the Titan one hour […]

2 years ago

Discovery Channel explorer turned down Titanic sub trip due to safety concerns

Discovery Channel explorer turned down Titanic sub trip due to safety concerns

By Steve Hopkins ‘There’s more to the history and design of Titan that has not been made public — much of it concerning’ Discovery Channel explorer, Joshua Gates, refused a reported seat on the Titan submersible due to “safety concerns”. Five people aboard the OceanGate vessel are believed to have been killed instantly in a […]

2 years ago

Stepson of billionaire missing on Titanic tourist sub goes to Blink-182 gig as search continues

Stepson of billionaire missing on Titanic tourist sub goes to Blink-182 gig as search continues

He has defended his decision. The stepson of the British billionaire missing aboard the Titanic tourist submarine that disappeared on an expedition to the shipwreck attended a Blink-182 concert just hours after the news broke. A massive search and rescue operation is underway in the mid-Atlantic after the OceanGate tourist vessel, the Titan, went missing during […]

3 years ago

Banging noises detected from search area of missing submersible

Banging noises detected from search area of missing submersible

‘There is cause for hope.’ Underwater noises have been detected from the search area of a submersible that went missing near the wreckage of the Titanic. A massive search and rescue operation is being carried out in the mid-Atlantic after the tourist vessel, the Titan, went missing during a dive to the shipwreck with five people aboard. […]

3 years ago

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