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Titan submersible

News Reports

‘Titanic wreckage contains remains of 1500 people’: US govt cites law and a treaty to oppose another expedition by private company down the Atlantic

OpIndia Staff - 30 August, 2023

The U.S. is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic.

News Reports

Titan sub CEO Stockton Rush ignored security warnings as “baseless cries”

OpIndia Staff - 24 June, 2023

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is claimed to have ignored warnings from prominent deep-sea exploration specialist Rob McCallum that he could endanger his clients.

News Reports

111 years after sinking, Titanic claims 5 more lives: OceanGate’s tourist sub ‘Titan’ implodes, debris found near the wreck of old ship

OpIndia Staff - 23 June, 2023

It is notable here that the Titanic wreckage sits at a depth of around 3800 meters. As per reports, the implosion at a depth like that causes immediate crushing of the vessel and everything inside it. The pilot and the passengers would have died within a few milliseconds.

World

Submersible taking tourists to see the Titanic wreck goes missing in the Atlantic Ocean, rescue operations expanded into deeper waters

OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2023

A search operation is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean as a tourist submersible, that is used to take people to see the Titanic wreck, has been reported missing.