Titanic tourist sub goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, June 2023

[Gardenista]

I am watching CNN and there was a suggestion a strong current might have been a factor.

JMO

Interesting. That billionaire I posted upthread said something about weather issues make this expedition the only one that will be taken this year.

 

[cuffem]

Not trying to make a joke but they could get Bob Ballard to help with the search.

 

[gliving]

What was the name of the mother ship and where is it?

From OceanGate's instagram page, it looks like the mothership is the Polar Prince. Here's it's current location:

Ship POLAR PRINCE (Tender) Registered in Canada - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 5329566, MMSI 316006460, Call Sign CFK9552

Vessel POLAR PRINCE is a Tender, Registered in Canada. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. Get the details of the current Voyage of POLAR PRINCE including Position, Port Calls, Destination, ETA and Distance travelled - IMO 5329566, MMSI...

www.marinetraffic.com

Instagram

www.instagram.com

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I am watching CNN and there was a suggestion a strong current might have been a factor.

JMO

Currents in the sea, who knew? I’m honestly gobsmacked they’ve lost track of it in this day and age. Ridiculous.

 

[cuffem]

Currents in the sea, who knew? I’m honestly gobsmacked they’ve lost track of it in this day and age. Ridiculous.

They lost track of a jetliner in the Pacific Ocean with hundreds of satellites out there. The ocean is vast.

 

[gliving]

The vessel operates by pinging back a message every 15 minutes to signal to those ashore that it is safe, however Sky News understands that those pings have not been heard from this vessel for more than seven hours.

Sky News has located the Polar Prince tugboat that is on the water around 700m away from the Titanic wreck site, via the website MarineTraffic.

Submersible used to take tourists to see Titanic wreck goes missing in Atlantic Ocean

It is not clear how many people are in the tourist submersible, but it has a maximum capacity of five people on board - a pilot and four guests.

news.sky.com

 

[fred&edna]

From OceanGate's instagram page, it looks like the mothership is the Polar Prince. Here's it's current location:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ai...msi:316006460/imo:5329566/vessel:pOLAR_PRINCE

Instagram

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Thank you!! I deleted my previous post with incorrect info.

 

[Puzzles8]

They lost track of a jetliner in the Pacific Ocean with hundreds of satellites out there. The ocean is vast.

It never ceases to amaze me we send probes to Mars, yet we know so little about Earth's Oceans.

JMO

 

[Gardenista]

This is a local news outlet who interviewed the OceanGate CEO this past Feb. The interview is embedded on the page

https://vocm.com/2023/06/19/titanic-submarine-missing/

 

[Gardenista]

USCGNortheast
@USCGNortheast

The
@USCG
is searching for a 21-foot submersible from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince. The 5 person crew submerged Sunday morning, and the crew of the Polar Prince lost contact with them approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the vessel’s dive.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I’m afraid they were already gone by the time they released this information. They lost contact yesterday. I hate to be a downer but I think there will be no miracle for them. I’m sad to type that.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

USCGNortheast
@USCGNortheast
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1h

Rescue Coordination Center Halifax is assisting with a P8 Poseidon aircraft in the search. The P8 has underwater detection capabilities.

I live in NS on the North Atlantic. It’s more than 400 nautical miles away but the weather here by the ocean is 10°C (50°F), slight winds, sunny with partly cloudy periods. So, good conditions for the searchers above water, imo.

I’ll look up to see if I can find conditions for that area.

 

[chipwhitley]

USCGNortheast
@USCGNortheast

The
@USCG
is searching for a 21-foot submersible from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince. The 5 person crew submerged Sunday morning, and the crew of the Polar Prince lost contact with them approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the vessel’s dive.

This is so heartbreaking! Whatever happened, happened fast. I wonder how long it took for them to start looking for the sub.

 

[Herat]

USCGNortheast
@USCGNortheast

The
@USCG
is searching for a 21-foot submersible from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince. The 5 person crew submerged Sunday morning, and the crew of the Polar Prince lost contact with them approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the vessel’s dive.

It is reportedly a 6-8 hour round trip, and takes slightly longer to get down than for the return trip.

So perhaps they were down about 6,000 ft when they lost contact. Yipes.

 

[fred&edna]

Interesting. That billionaire I posted upthread said something about weather issues make this expedition the only one that will be taken this year.

And, I read that this trip was taken earlier in the year than usual.

 

[Herat]

Interesting article from a journalist who did the trip last year.

They had bad weather, and bad communications and lost contact with the ship for several hours. They never actually found the Titanic wreck on that trip.

Missing OceanGate Titanic sub vanished for HOURS last summer

CBS Sunday Morning reporter shared his experience onboard an OceanGate Expeditions vessel on Monday, telling how his submarine was 'lost' for two and a half hours.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[MassGuy]

It is reportedly a 6-8 hour round trip, and takes slightly longer to get down than for the return trip.

So perhaps they were down about 6,000 ft when they lost contact. Yipes.

People are paying a fortune to take this trip, and ironically, you couldn’t pay me a fortune to do the same.

 

[cuffem]

I live in NS on the North Atlantic. It’s more than 400 nautical miles away but the weather here by the ocean is 10°C (50°F), slight winds, sunny with partly cloudy periods. So, good conditions for the searchers above water, imo.

I recently watched on old Canadian series on disasters over the centuries and NewFoundland has numerous accidents and disasters. I actually was on an airliner that had to make an emergency landing on a NF small defunct military landing strip.

 

[MassGuy]

Oh hell no.

 

[drama_farmer]

Interesting article from a journalist who did the trip last year.

They had bad weather, and bad communications and lost contact with the ship for several hours. They never actually found the Titanic wreck on that trip.

Missing OceanGate Titanic sub vanished for HOURS last summer

CBS Sunday Morning reporter shared his experience onboard an OceanGate Expeditions vessel on Monday, telling how his submarine was 'lost' for two and a half hours.

www.dailymail.co.uk

So far, the problem has been described as a lack of communication with the submersible, so looking on the bright side, maybe a tourist acting as a crewmember pushed the wrong button, and they're all working to find a solution so they can "re-boot"