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The Coast Guard said on Twitter that a boat on the surface, the Polar Prince, lost contact with the submersible about an hour and 45 minutes after it began diving toward the wreckage site on Sunday morning.
U.S. and Canadian authorities have launched a search-and-rescue operation, including aerial and surface searches, according to statements from the Coast Guard and Canada's defense ministry.
The expeditions, which cost $250,000 per person, start in St. John's, Newfoundland, before heading out approximately 400 miles (640 km) into the Atlantic to the wreckage site, according to OceanGate's website.
In order to visit the wreck, passengers climb inside Titan, the five-person submersible, which takes two hours to descend approximately 12,500 feet (3,800 m) to the Titanic. The expedition company said that the craft has life support for its standard load of five people for 96 hours.
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1. The missing submersible.
The Coast Guard said on Twitter that a boat on the surface, the Polar Prince, lost contact with the submersible about an hour and 45 minutes after it began diving toward the wreckage site on Sunday morning.
U.S. and Canadian authorities have launched a search-and-rescue operation, including aerial and surface searches, according to statements from the Coast Guard and Canada's defense ministry.
The expeditions, which cost $250,000 per person, start in St. John's, Newfoundland, before heading out approximately 400 miles (640 km) into the Atlantic to the wreckage site, according to OceanGate's website.
In order to visit the wreck, passengers climb inside Titan, the five-person submersible, which takes two hours to descend approximately 12,500 feet (3,800 m) to the Titanic. The expedition company said that the craft has life support for its standard load of five people for 96 hours.
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1. The missing submersible.
wiggins
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13000' complicates the search apparently. Got me stuffed as to why...
OceanGate Expeditions offers submarine visits of the Titanic wreck. Picture: OceanGate
The Boston coastguard is coordinating an air, sea and underwater search off the coast of Canada for the submersible, which has five people, including the pilot, on board.
The submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, which charges as much as US$250,000 (A$365,000) for a seat, has 96 hours of air on board. It lost contact with “mother ship”, the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince about one hour and 45 minutes into the vessel’s dive, according to the US Coast Guard.
He said the Coast Guard is “reaching out to different partners within the US Navy, within the Canadian Armed Forces and within private industry to understand what underwater rescue capability might be available.”
Currently there are 2 C-130 US coast guard air craft deployed doing aerial surveillance as well as a Canadians C-130 and a P8 aircraft, which has been dropping sonar listening bouys on the ocean.
It is understood that a commercial subsea support vessel with a subsea crane on board is enroute.
One of the patrons is believed to be British explorer, Hamish Harding, who had posted on social media he was due to join the expedition to the Titanic.
Mr Harding said a dive to the Titanic, alongside “a couple of legendary explorers, some of which have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s” was being attempted on Sunday at 4am after leaving St John’s, Newfoundland on Saturday.
He explained he was to be the expert on the ship and this particular trip was likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic this year because of harsh weather conditions.
In a post on Facebook on Saturday night, Mr Harding said: “A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow.
“We started steaming from St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday and are planning to start dive operations around 4am tomorrow morning. Until then, we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do.”
The submersible hovers over the Titanic in a previous expedition. Picture: OceanGate
The Titanic was mapped by Magellan, deep sea mapping company. Picture: Magellan.
Brian Szasz confirmed that Mr Harding, who is his stepfather and the chairman of Action Aviation, was on board the submersible, posting a family photo with “thoughts and prayers for my family”.
When it lost contact, the submersible was around 15 minutes shy of reaching the bottom of the ocean where the Titanic wreck lies under a normal descent.
The Coast Guard tweeted that it was “searching for a 21-foot submersible from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince.”
The coast guard said it has deployed a C-130 aircraft as well as a P8 Poisedon aircraft, which has underwater capabilities; Canadian officials had also deployed a C-130 and commercial vessels with the capability of underwater searches had been contacted.
Rear Admiral Mauger said the submersible could be at a depth of 13,000 feet, which complicated the search.
“If we find it we will have to effect some sort of rescue at that depth,” he told reporters.
Earlier, he told Fox News a comprehensive search was underway but warned “it is a large area of water and it’s complicated by local weather conditions as well.’’
He added: “We don’t have equipment on site yet that can do a comprehensive sonar survey of the bottom, but we’re working very closely with our partners both within the federal government and in the Canadian armed forces and with private resources that are there to provide that capability”.
Mr Harding holds the Guinness record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth via the North and South Poles by an aircraft – 46 hours, 40 minutes and 22 seconds.
In the early hours of Sunday, Canada time, maritime traffic shows that three tugs- the Polar Prince, Kopit Hobson 1752, Horizon Arctic left St Johns to head to the site of the Titanic wreck.
The US Coast Guard has launched an urgent search for the vessel. Picture: AFP.
The Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sunk in 1912 on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, lies 12,500ft underwater about 600 km from Newfoundland, Canada.
The submersible is about the size of a small truck, and is usually crewed by a pilot and a content expert as well as three paying guests on an eight hour dive to the wreck. The dive takes about two hours to descend to the wreck and two hours to ascend.
A diver with experience in of the Titanic wreck, lawyer David Concannon, said he was supposed to be on this particular dive but cancelled to attend to another urgent client matter. He wrote on the Titanic Book Club page: ”Last night, I was called and asked to provide whatever assistance I could to ensure the safe return of everyone in the sub. Of course, I immediately agreed.”
The Titanic ies 12,500ft underwater about 600 km from Newfoundland, Canada. Picture: OceanGate
Rory Golden, one of the company’s “content experts” posted a message saying that he was okay, and called for people to stop speculating about who was on board the submersible.
He urged people to “think positive”, adding that “we are”.
Mr Golden said: “We have a situation that is now the part of a major search and rescue effort, being undertaken by major agencies. That is where our focus is right now.
“The reaction and offers of help globally is truly astonishing, and only goes to show the real goodness in people at a time like this. Our online and internet options are being restricted in order to keep bandwidth available for the co-ordinated effort that is taking place, so please bear that in mind too. Information and updates will be released as and when relevant”.
David Pogue, a reporter for US television network CBS went on an identical voyage on the same submersible last year, reading the waiver in his report that the vessel “has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, disability, emotional trauma or death”.
Mr Pogue then turns to the camera and says “Where do I sign?”
In the report the submersible is shown with one button, with OceanGate chief executive Stockton Rush saying it is run using a video game controller.
Mr Rush says the most important aspect of safety is the pressure of the vessel, and that the company has worked with NASA and Boeing to make it as safe as possible.
He says on the broadcast: “Everything else can fail. Your thrusters can go, your lights can go – you’re still going to be safe.” It took the company three attempts on Mr Pogue’s expedition to reach the Titanic wreck after a problem with the associate platform which launches the submersible.
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Urgent search to find missing Titanic sightseeing submarine with 5 on board
OceanGate Expeditions offers submarine visits of the Titanic wreck. Picture: OceanGateBy JACQUELIN MAGNAY
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The Boston coastguard is coordinating an air, sea and underwater search off the coast of Canada for the submersible, which has five people, including the pilot, on board.
The submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, which charges as much as US$250,000 (A$365,000) for a seat, has 96 hours of air on board. It lost contact with “mother ship”, the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince about one hour and 45 minutes into the vessel’s dive, according to the US Coast Guard.
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He said the Coast Guard is “reaching out to different partners within the US Navy, within the Canadian Armed Forces and within private industry to understand what underwater rescue capability might be available.”
Currently there are 2 C-130 US coast guard air craft deployed doing aerial surveillance as well as a Canadians C-130 and a P8 aircraft, which has been dropping sonar listening bouys on the ocean.
It is understood that a commercial subsea support vessel with a subsea crane on board is enroute.
One of the patrons is believed to be British explorer, Hamish Harding, who had posted on social media he was due to join the expedition to the Titanic.
Mr Harding said a dive to the Titanic, alongside “a couple of legendary explorers, some of which have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s” was being attempted on Sunday at 4am after leaving St John’s, Newfoundland on Saturday.
He explained he was to be the expert on the ship and this particular trip was likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic this year because of harsh weather conditions.
In a post on Facebook on Saturday night, Mr Harding said: “A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow.
“We started steaming from St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday and are planning to start dive operations around 4am tomorrow morning. Until then, we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do.”
The submersible hovers over the Titanic in a previous expedition. Picture: OceanGateThe Titanic was mapped by Magellan, deep sea mapping company. Picture: Magellan.Brian Szasz confirmed that Mr Harding, who is his stepfather and the chairman of Action Aviation, was on board the submersible, posting a family photo with “thoughts and prayers for my family”.
When it lost contact, the submersible was around 15 minutes shy of reaching the bottom of the ocean where the Titanic wreck lies under a normal descent.
The Coast Guard tweeted that it was “searching for a 21-foot submersible from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince.”
The coast guard said it has deployed a C-130 aircraft as well as a P8 Poisedon aircraft, which has underwater capabilities; Canadian officials had also deployed a C-130 and commercial vessels with the capability of underwater searches had been contacted.
Rear Admiral Mauger said the submersible could be at a depth of 13,000 feet, which complicated the search.
“If we find it we will have to effect some sort of rescue at that depth,” he told reporters.
Earlier, he told Fox News a comprehensive search was underway but warned “it is a large area of water and it’s complicated by local weather conditions as well.’’
He added: “We don’t have equipment on site yet that can do a comprehensive sonar survey of the bottom, but we’re working very closely with our partners both within the federal government and in the Canadian armed forces and with private resources that are there to provide that capability”.
Mr Harding holds the Guinness record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth via the North and South Poles by an aircraft – 46 hours, 40 minutes and 22 seconds.
In the early hours of Sunday, Canada time, maritime traffic shows that three tugs- the Polar Prince, Kopit Hobson 1752, Horizon Arctic left St Johns to head to the site of the Titanic wreck.
The US Coast Guard has launched an urgent search for the vessel. Picture: AFP.The Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sunk in 1912 on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, lies 12,500ft underwater about 600 km from Newfoundland, Canada.
The submersible is about the size of a small truck, and is usually crewed by a pilot and a content expert as well as three paying guests on an eight hour dive to the wreck. The dive takes about two hours to descend to the wreck and two hours to ascend.
A diver with experience in of the Titanic wreck, lawyer David Concannon, said he was supposed to be on this particular dive but cancelled to attend to another urgent client matter. He wrote on the Titanic Book Club page: ”Last night, I was called and asked to provide whatever assistance I could to ensure the safe return of everyone in the sub. Of course, I immediately agreed.”
The Titanic ies 12,500ft underwater about 600 km from Newfoundland, Canada. Picture: OceanGateRory Golden, one of the company’s “content experts” posted a message saying that he was okay, and called for people to stop speculating about who was on board the submersible.
He urged people to “think positive”, adding that “we are”.
Mr Golden said: “We have a situation that is now the part of a major search and rescue effort, being undertaken by major agencies. That is where our focus is right now.
“The reaction and offers of help globally is truly astonishing, and only goes to show the real goodness in people at a time like this. Our online and internet options are being restricted in order to keep bandwidth available for the co-ordinated effort that is taking place, so please bear that in mind too. Information and updates will be released as and when relevant”.
David Pogue, a reporter for US television network CBS went on an identical voyage on the same submersible last year, reading the waiver in his report that the vessel “has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, disability, emotional trauma or death”.
Mr Pogue then turns to the camera and says “Where do I sign?”
In the report the submersible is shown with one button, with OceanGate chief executive Stockton Rush saying it is run using a video game controller.
Mr Rush says the most important aspect of safety is the pressure of the vessel, and that the company has worked with NASA and Boeing to make it as safe as possible.
He says on the broadcast: “Everything else can fail. Your thrusters can go, your lights can go – you’re still going to be safe.” It took the company three attempts on Mr Pogue’s expedition to reach the Titanic wreck after a problem with the associate platform which launches the submersible.
JACQUELIN MAGNAY
EUROPE CORRESPONDENT
it could be staged... maybe people wanna dissapear because of their deeds or because of whats coming or because they wanna win a law suit for money;; or maybe they are chilling in a whale"s belly.... just dont believe this crap because gues what ladies and gentlements and animals;; liers will believe the lies ... something you losties dont realise
GoreExorcist
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$250,000 for a seat in the Submersible. These people have more money than sense. People are starving, have no money to even buy a loaf of bread and there are these fuckers spending a quarter of a million to go see Titanic.
Well I have a message: "YOUR TIMES UP MOTHER FUCKERS" ENJOY BEING BURIED AT SEA"
Well I have a message: "YOUR TIMES UP MOTHER FUCKERS" ENJOY BEING BURIED AT SEA"
Did anyone else think of a severed penis, with metallic attachments, when they looked at this?
Mark328
Eggs are Eggs
I see a banana you pervert
Captain Cockwash
Penile Hygiene Enthusiast.
Bravo sir, you win the internet today.
Possumgirl
Fresh Meat
It will be add-on for Titanic lol
MysteryTraveler
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YES, a free-floating penis with landing gear!
If I had to guess it was a catastrophic failure meaning the sub imploded, this is why they cannot find anything on the surface They were beyond crush depth or 5823.6 psi it takes about 40 ish to kill a person. Short of a electrical failure they are screwed simply no one is saying a rescue sub is on the way. They can fly C-130s over the area all day which does nothing.
Ya all subs are tubes because that is the best design to deal with the pressures. However, your cock is not perfectly round
Ya all subs are tubes because that is the best design to deal with the pressures. However, your cock is not perfectly round
Leadspitter105
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They are all currently red goo floating around near the ocean floor. Ope, there goes a crustacean!
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