Titanic tourist sub goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, June 2023

[lonetraveler]

Is this the only sub this company has? I thought that I had read, and I can't find it now, that company owned more than one sub. Couldn't they search the depth with another sub?

 

[lynchmob67]

Being serious...but there is toilet right?

Inside submersible that vanished on Titanic expedition

Authorities are currently searching for Ocean Gate's 22ft carbon fiber and titanium vessel called the Titan after it vanished on Sunday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

When Bob Ballard was recording and inspecting the wreckage of the Titanic there was concern that Alvin's (submersible) cables would become tangled in debris.

Alvin wasn't tethered to the surface, but had a small ROV (remote-operated vehicle) named Jason Jr. which was connected by a fiber-optic line. Anyone who has seen the movie Titanic will probably recall the Mir subs and their small ROVs.

Researchers were always terrified the fiber-optic lines would become entangled on the wreck, not only because of the danger to the submersibles and their crew, but also because nobody wanted to be responsible for damaging Titanic!

 

[lonetraveler]

Submersibles - OceanGate Expeditions

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Appears that they own two submersibles.

 

[cuffem]

*There are some really awesome photos here

According to experts' various theories, the decayed bow of the famous ship could collapse in a year or two, or hundreds of years.

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I am a big Bob Ballard fan and Ballard has found many missing ships including ships from WW2 and the Russian nuclear sub Thresher while looking for the Titanic. He found the battleship Bismarck.


I had hoped he could help find the missing plane MH370.

Robert Ballard - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[tarabull]

Cyclops 1​

good for
500 meters (1,640 feet)

 

[lonetraveler]

Inside submersible that vanished on Titanic expedition

Authorities are currently searching for Ocean Gate's 22ft carbon fiber and titanium vessel called the Titan after it vanished on Sunday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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I totally understand. That would have been the first question I would've asked before planning the trip.

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

Is this the only sub this company has? I thought that I had read, and I can't find it now, that company owned more than one sub. Couldn't they search the depth with another sub?

The big problem is that the ocean is so vast. Titanic is 2.5 miles below the surface, and without guidance from a support ship to pinpoint the precise coordinates, it''s nearly impossible for submersibles to find the wreck at all.

If the sub lost contact about 1-2 miles down, it could have drifted a really long way even if it is still intact. If that's the case, finding it might be really difficult.

 

[cuffem]

Alvin wasn't tethered to the surface, but had a small ROV (remote-operated vehicle) named Jason Jr. which was connected by a fiber-optic line. Anyone who has seen the movie Titanic will probably recall the Mir subs and their small ROVs.

Researchers were always terrified the fiber-optic lines would become entangled on the wreck, not only because of the danger to the submersibles and their crew, but also because nobody wanted to be responsible for damaging Titanic!

I did not ad that info, thanks. I assumed others understood what I meant.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Is this the only sub this company has? I thought that I had read, and I can't find it now, that company owned more than one sub. Couldn't they search the depth with another sub?

They have three, but the other two only go to a depth of 300-500 metres as opposed to Titan’s 4000m. Plus, they could be anywhere in the world right now.

OceanGate Home

oceangate.com

 

[cuffem]

I am a big Bob Ballard fan and Ballard has found many missing ships including ships from WW2 and the Russian nuclear sub Thresher while looking for the Titanic. He found the battleship Bismarck.


I had hoped he could help find the missing plane MH370.

Robert Ballard - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ballard regretted giving the location of the Titanic because the damage done to the ship during James Cameron's expedition and that it desecrated the ships victims.
Also that it had become a site seeing tour.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

Per CNN (TV), The company waited for two hours before reporting it to the Coast Guard.
Contact was lost 1:45 hours after it started the dive.
As of approx 2:00 CST today, the submersible has been missing for about 24 hours.

JMO

Contact was lost 1:45 hours after it started the dive. I wonder what the last transmissions were?

 

[cuffem]

How OceanGate built 'improvised' submersible from camping kit and a video game controller

It was the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to plumb the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, and view the haunting wreck of the Titanic.

www.yahoo.com

A good pic of inside Titan.
My apologies this was already posted.

 

[sds71]

Halifax JRCC CCCOS

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Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Boston has requested assistance from Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Halifax in the search of an overdue submarine. The submersible has lost communications with its surface vessel located 380NM south of St. John’s NL.

JRCC Halifax has tasked one Royal Canadian Air Force Aurora aircraft out of 14 Wing Greenwood in Nova Scotia for aerial search, and Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Kopit Hopson 1752 will also be assisting MRCC Boston with a surface search for the submersible.


MRCC Boston retains the lead for all search coordination, and can be reached at D1PUBLICAFFAIRS@uscg.mil for further information.

 

[Bostongirl]

Hoping for the best here but I don’t know what that miracle would look like… praying for these adventurers and their families.

As I’m sitting in my house, in a room that is 20 ft long, I can’t help but think how small this sub is against the vastness of the ocean.

All my opinions

 

[gliving]

Contact was lost 1:45 hours after it started the dive. I wonder what the last transmissions were?

This video of a previous Oceangate dive explains how the mothership guides the sub crew by sending them text messages about their location. If there's no communication, the sub won't know where to go.

Video should start at 7:30 where they show how this works:

 

[cuffem]

Ballard regretted giving the location of the Titanic because the damage done to the ship during James Cameron's expedition and that it desecrated the ships victims.
Also that it had become a site seeing tour.

Ballard believed with the advanced video technology that people did not need to put themselves in danger nor the cost of travel to see hard to reach places in our world and beyond.

We have cameras to go to Titanic there is no need to go there imo.
You can sit on your couch and see it.

(No link but I have read every one of his books.)

 

[Emi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1670913559465689091

 

[CrimeDawg123]

This video of a previous Oceangate dive explains how the mothership guides the sub crew by sending them text messages about their location. If there's no communication, the sub won't know where to go.

Video should start at 7:30 where they show how this works:

Oh my it is tiny. I can't imagine being trapped in there.

 

[Erutan]

How OceanGate built 'improvised' submersible from camping kit and a video game controller

It was the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to plumb the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, and view the haunting wreck of the Titanic.

www.yahoo.com

A good pic of inside Titan.
My apologies this was already posted.

Somehow "improvised from camping shop stock" , for a submersible that will descend farther than two miles under the ocean -- sounds scary.
This trip had been successfully done before though, so....