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Titan imploded during the fifth mission of 2023; it was the first mission of the year in which a dive came close to Titanic, due to poor weather during previous attempts. [34] Passengers would sail to and from the wreckage site aboard a support ship and spend approximately five days in the ocean above the Titanic wreckage site. Two dives were ...
Paul-Henri Nargeolet (French pronunciation: [pɔl ɑ̃ʁi naʁʒɔlɛ]; 2 March 1946 – 18 June 2023) [3]: 1 [1] [4] was a French deep sea explorer and Titanic expert. Known as "Mr. Titanic", [2] Nargeolet was one of five people who died aboard the submersible Titan when it imploded on 18 June 2023 near the wreck of the Titanic.
Titan, previously named Cyclops 2, was a submersible created and operated by the American underwater-tourism company OceanGate.It was the first privately-owned submersible with a claimed maximum depth of 4,000 metres (13,000 ft), [2] and the first completed crewed submersible with a hull constructed of titanium and carbon fiber composite materials.
The crushing pressure of the ocean at that extreme depth means that an unmanned vehicle such as a US Navy’s Curv-21 would realistically be the only vessel that could reach the missing submersible.
Tourist submarine used to explore the Titanic shipwreck has not been heard from since one hour and 45 minutes into its dive, which began on Sunday morning. Ariana Baio writes.
Missing Titanic submarine: Crew confirmed to be on board $250,000-a-trip vessel lost in Atlantic. 06:00, Ariana Baio. A search is under way for a submersible which has gone missing in the Atlantic ...
Five crew members are presumed to be dead after the Titan submarine suffered a ‘catastrophic explosion’ - this is how it all unfolded Missing Titanic submarine: Timeline of how the deep-sea ...
Missing Titanic submarine: Timeline of how the deep-sea tragedy unfolded. 06:03, Graeme Massie. Five crew members are presumed to be dead after the Titan submarine suffered a ‘catastrophic ...