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Jun 22, 2023 · Five people died when the OceanGate sub lost contact with the surface while diving to view the Titanic. The Coast Guard confirmed the debris found on the sea floor was from the sub, which experienced a "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber."
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Search and rescue crews remotely operating an underwater vehicle had discovered debris near the Titanic earlier Thursday, the day the submersible was expected to run out of oxygen. The debris was found by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) associated with the Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic that reached the sea floor and began searching for the subme...
The wife of OceanGate's CEO is descended from victims of the Titanic wreckof 1912, genealogical records suggest. Wendy Rush, the wife of Stockton Rush, is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, The New York Times first reported. USA TODAY confirmed the tie through genealogical records online. The couple was last seen together on th...
Suleman Dawood, the Pakistani 19-year-old aboard the vessel, was a student at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, the university confirmed Thursday. He just completed his first year in the business school there. "We are deeply concerned about Suleman, his father and the others involved in this incident. Our thoughts are with their f...
Rescue crews on Thursday had faced wind gusts up to 19 mph and ocean swells up to 5 feet, with an air temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Coast Guard. The U.S. Navy said Wednesday afternoon that a special deep-water salvage system capable of hoisting up to 60,000 pounds had reached St. John’s, Canada, and could be used to lift th...
At least 46 people successfully traveled on OceanGate’s submersible to the Titanic wreck site in 2021 and 2022, according to letters the company filed with a U.S. District Court in Virginia. "On the first dive to the Titanic, the submersible encountered a battery issue and had to be manually attached to its lifting platform," one filing says. "In t...
Aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area on Tuesday and Wednesday, prompting officials to redirect rescue efforts, said Capt. Jamie Frederick, the First Coast Guard District response coordinator, in a news conference Wednesday. Navy acoustic analysts were studying the sounds, he said. "We don't know what they are," Frederick said. "Th...
These are the passengers who were on the submersible: ◾ Stockton Rush, 61, CEO of OceanGate, who co-founded the company in 2009. ◾ Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 73, a French maritime explorer and director of the Underwater Research Program at Premier Exhibitions, RMS Titanic Inc., the only company with exclusive rights to recover the artifacts from the Tit...
The cost of the search and rescue mission is likely in the millions of dollars– and will fall to taxpayers, said Chris Boyer, the executive director of the National Association for Search and Rescue, a nonprofit education, training and advocacy group. He said the Coast Guard doesn’t charge people for search and rescue. "That’s their job," he said, ...
The Titan submersiblewas about 8 feet high, 9 feet wide and 22 feet long, according to the OceanGate website. It was designed to reach about 13,000 feet deep and travel at 3 knots, the company says. The vessel had a five-inch-thick carbon fiber and titanium hull and four 10-horsepower electric thrusters, according to court filings. Several exterior...
The Coast Guard confirmed a "catastrophic implosion" of the submersible that carried five people to the Titanic wreck site, killing them all. A debris field was discovered near the Titanic, consistent with the vessel's explosion, and a deep-water salvage system arrived to lift the submersible.
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Jun 22, 2023 · The US Coast Guard earlier said a "debris field" had been found. It is now being analysed. The debris was located by a remote-controlled underwater search vehicle (ROV) near the wreck of the Titanic.
Jun 22, 2023 · The United States Coast Guard said on Twitter that a debris field was found in the search area by a remote-operated vehicle. Experts are evaluating the information, the Coast Guard said.
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Jun 23, 2023 · The debris found at the seafloor was "consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel," the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard said today that a "debris field" had been found in the search area.
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Jun 22, 2023 · A remotely operated vehicle discovered the wreckage of the missing Titanic submersible, which imploded with five passengers on board. The debris was located near the Titanic wreck, about a third of a mile from the bow of the ship.
Jun 26, 2023 · US authorities say a debris field located in the North Atlantic leads to a conclusion that OceanGate's Titan submersible suffered a "catastrophic implosion" (a violent collapse inwards), instantly ...
