Titanic tourist sub goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, June 2023

[sds71]

Sky News understands two others on board the vessel are French submersible pilot, Paul-Henry Nargeolet, and chief executive and founder of OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush.

UK billionaire Hamish Harding on board missing Titanic submersible, family confirms

The vessel, which began its dive towards the Titanic wreck on Sunday morning, lost contact with the research vessel Polar Prince an hour and 45 minutes into the dive, according to the US Coast Guard.

news.sky.com

 

[KooshBall]

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

Same. Submarines and space ships are things I would never board, no matter what. I'm amazed at the adventurous spirit that many people have.

 

[Gardenista]

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

This video was mentioned in the article

 

[dotr]

 

[Puzzles8]

Per CBS News
OceanGate's submersible, The Titan, is the only five-person sub in the world capable of reaching the Titanic wreck, which sits 2.4 miles below the sea surface. CBS News "Sunday Mornings" correspondent David Pogue joined the crew of the vessel, along with a small group of intrepid tourists, for a journey to see the world's most famous shipwreck last year.
As he got situated in the vessel, which he said had about as much room inside as a minivan, Pogue said he "couldn't help noticing how many pieces of this sub seemed improvised, with off-the-shelf components," including a video game controller that was used to pilot the sub.

Submarine on expedition to Titanic wreckage missing with 5 aboard; "search and rescue operation" underway

U.S. Coast Guard officials said 5 people were aboard the submersible that lost contact about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, where the Titanic sank in 1912.

www.cbsnews.com

Are you kidding me? A video game controller was used to pilot the submersible. This is unbelievable.

JMO

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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

Yes, I think, if they are no longer alive, that it happened instantly to all of them at the same time. Can you imagine 2 miles deep of water on top of you? The pressure..

 

[JDG]

Titanic tourist submarine missing - recap

DailyMail.com will bring you all the latest updates as search crews scour the Atlantic Ocean for a missing tourist submarine on its way to see the wreck of the Titanic.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Live updates

 

[JDG]

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

Playstation controller?!?!

 

[JDG]

They have enough air for another 72 hrs.

Tourist sub taking groups to find Titanic wreckage goes missing

The Boston Coast Guard is now looking for the missing vessel. The wreckage of the iconic ship sits 12,500ft underwater around miles from Newfoundland, Canada.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Lexiintoronto]

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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

Here are the gps coordinates, fwiw:
41°43'57.0"N 49°56'48.8"W

Image from google maps

 

[CoverMeCagney]

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

Yep, you’d think it could never happen again! This sub is carefully monitored and it’s gone into the water from a floating platform in the ocean, on a directly programmed course to Titanic. It shouldn’t have gone astray.

I’m hoping the pilot and passengers (aka crew) are blissfully unaware they’re lost and it’s just the tracking that’s stopped working. Seems unlikely though.

 

[Hoss569]

Per CBS News
OceanGate's submersible, The Titan, is the only five-person sub in the world capable of reaching the Titanic wreck, which sits 2.4 miles below the sea surface. CBS News "Sunday Mornings" correspondent David Pogue joined the crew of the vessel, along with a small group of intrepid tourists, for a journey to see the world's most famous shipwreck last year.
As he got situated in the vessel, which he said had about as much room inside as a minivan, Pogue said he "couldn't help noticing how many pieces of this sub seemed improvised, with off-the-shelf components," including a video game controller that was used to pilot the sub.

Submarine on expedition to Titanic wreckage missing with 5 aboard; "search and rescue operation" underway

U.S. Coast Guard officials said 5 people were aboard the submersible that lost contact about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, where the Titanic sank in 1912.

www.cbsnews.com

Are you kidding me? A video game controller was used to pilot the submersible. This is unbelievable.

JMO

Well, I guess a button is in there also:

 

[Puzzles8]

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

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

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Per CBS News
OceanGate's submersible, The Titan, is the only five-person sub in the world capable of reaching the Titanic wreck, which sits 2.4 miles below the sea surface. CBS News "Sunday Mornings" correspondent David Pogue joined the crew of the vessel, along with a small group of intrepid tourists, for a journey to see the world's most famous shipwreck last year.
As he got situated in the vessel, which he said had about as much room inside as a minivan, Pogue said he "couldn't help noticing how many pieces of this sub seemed improvised, with off-the-shelf components," including a video game controller that was used to pilot the sub.

Submarine on expedition to Titanic wreckage missing with 5 aboard; "search and rescue operation" underway

U.S. Coast Guard officials said 5 people were aboard the submersible that lost contact about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, where the Titanic sank in 1912.

www.cbsnews.com

Are you kidding me? A video game controller was used to pilot the submersible. This is unbelievable.

JMO

And I’m not claustrophobic but I’d be claustrophobic! That space is tiny.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Interesting account here from someone who’s done the trip:

Titanic: Visiting the most famous shipwreck in the world

David Pogue joins Titanic enthusiasts who will happily pay a small fortune to ride in OceanGate's specially-designed submersible vehicle to visit the remains of the luxury liner 13,000 feet beneath the North Atlantic (weather conditions permitting).

www.cbsnews.com

The disclaimer “This experimental vessel has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, emotional trauma, or death”. Yeah I’ll pass, thanks. Crikey.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

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

There may be a small window between cold weather storms, iceberg traffic and hurricane & cyclone season, imo. (I live in NS by the ocean.)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ferryland-iceberg-traffic-1.4073428

 

[Erutan]

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

Emphasis mine.
THIS ^^^ !

Since I'm unfamiliar with subs and submersibles such as this tour craft --- so from a layman's pov : wouldn't there be a plan laid out such the the ones planes use, except showing the area they descended and the palce they planned to view ?
I realize an unexpected current could sweep them from the planned path.
So sorry for the worried families of the missing !!

 

[Gardenista]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1670876600152526848

 

[Teche]

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

I hope the underwater detection capabilities can reach the sea floor.

 

[crhedBngr]

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.

JMOThe

Praying for a miracle; let them be found alive.

JMVHO