The Titanic submarine's remains were found "almost immediately" by a rescue robot, according to the head of the search operation.
22.06.2023 - 19:17 / variety.com
Titanic wreck. The submersible went missing on Sunday off the coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland, after its communication systems began failing an hour and 30 minutes after its descent.
At a press conference Thursday afternoon, a Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed that debris discovered near the Titanic wreckage was from the Titan. “The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. Upon this determination, we immediately notified the family,” the spokesperson said. “On behalf of the United States Coast Guard, I offer my deepest condolences to the families.” The members of the submarine included OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush; British businessman Hamish Harding; British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman; and former French Navy diver Paul-Henry Nargeole. They all embarked on the Sunday voyage aboard the submersible. The U.S. Coast Guard led a 10,000-square-mile search to identify the submersible but were met with no findings. Search teams scoured the surface of the ocean and the seabed in hopes of finding the vessel. An underwater search was led by a remote-operated vehicle. Its mother vessel, the Polar Prince tugboat, was also utilized throughout search and rescue efforts. At a cost of $250,000 per ticket, OceanGate debuted the Titan in 2019. Per the company’s website, its lucrative Titanic Expedition aims to “conduct scientific and technological survey of the wreck.”
The Titanic submarine's remains were found "almost immediately" by a rescue robot, according to the head of the search operation.
Medical professionals will formally analyse presumed human remains recovered from the wreckage of the Titan submersible.
“All The President’s Men” and “All My Children” actor Nicolas Coster died on Monday at a Florida hospital.He was 89.His daughter Dinneen Coster shared the tragic news on Facebook, penning: “There is great sadness in my heart this evening, my father actor Nicolas Coster has passed on in Florida at 9:01 pm in the hospital.”“Please be inspired by his artistic achievements and know he was a real actor’s actor,” she went on. “I will always be inspired by him and know how lucky I am to have such a great father,” she wrote.The British-American screen star’s cause of death has yet to be released.Coster was born in London to a British mother and a father from New Zealand.
Former EastEnders actor turned adventure documentary maker Ross Kemp just revealed that he almost made a TV show diving down to the Titanic wreckage in a submersible owned by OceanGate.This revelation follows the tragic news announced on Thursday that the five passengers aboard the Titan sub - which was owned by diving company OceanGate - had perished during their recent expedition. In terms of daredevil Ross, who has made plenty of other nail-biting diving documentaries, the decision to go ahead with the Titanic exploration was called off by the production company behind his other shows.
The five passengers who were aboard the Titan submersible have reportedly been killed after a “catastrophic implosion,” officials have confirmed, as per the Independent.
The wife of OceanGate CEO and pilot of the submarine, Stockton Rush, is said to be a descendant of two Titanic passengers who died when the ship sank more than 100 years ago.
With the world’s eyes turned toward the missing submersible touring the Titanic wreck, an unlikely drama has unfolded on social media.
The five people on board the Titan sub are believed to have died, the operating company behind the submersible has announced.
A "debris field" has been identified within the search area for the lost Titan submersible, according to the US Coast Guard (USCG). The discovery was made by a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) near the Titanic wreckage on Thursday.
In another wild turn of events, one of the passengers aboard the missing Titanic submarine has a close connection to the famous shipwreck the vessel set out to visit.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Josh Gates, an explorer and the host of “Expedition Unknown” and more shows on the Discovery Channel, revealed on Twitter that he turned down a chance to visit the wreckage of the Titanic using OceanGate’s now-missing Titan submersible. Gates was supposed to film on the submersible but decided against it after discovering “safety concerns.” “I had the unique opportunity to dive in the OceanGate Titan sub with [company CEO] Stockton at the helm in preparation for its maiden mission to Titanic,” Gates wrote. “I pray for a positive outcome to the rescue efforts of those aboard, including fellow ‘Explorers Club’ member Hamish Harding.”
A teenager trapped on the missing Titanic submarine is a student at Strathclyde University in Glasgow.
Cardi B and others criticized his choice to attend Monday's Blink-182 concert.Brian Szasz, who is the stepson of British billionaire Hamish Harding, attended the Blink-182 concert in San Diego, California, the same day that it was reported that the sub carrying Harding and four other passengers lost signal. One critic of Szasz's concert outing is Cardi B, who took to her Instagram Stories to share her unfiltered thoughts.«People is like, 'Well what is he supposed to do? Be sad at the house? Is he supposed to go look for himself?' Yes,» she said. «You supposed to be at the house sad. You supposed to be crying for me.
The search for the OceanGate submarine is nearing a critical stage with the submersible’s oxygen supply due to expire this morning.
A Scottish ship has joined the rescue mission for the Titan submersible as time runs out to save the lives of the five people on board.
many red flags” that came up during his chat with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush. “Yes, I was pretty terrified.
The search continues for the Titan submarine. The tourist submarine disappeared on an expedition to the bottom of the ocean to explore the wreckage of the Titanic. With the help of the Canadian Armed Forces, the US Navy, and other search-and-rescue crews, there have been few indicators as to where the sub is and what exactly happened — leaving the loved ones of the five passengers with more questions than answers.
A friend of the billionaire on the missing OceanGate Expeditions submarine in the North Atlantic Ocean canceled his previously booked trip on the vessel due to safety concerns.
One of the men on the missing Titanic tourist sub clearly understood the risks of such a trip.
The stepson of one of the men missing on the OceanGate Expeditions submarine that went down to see the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic Ocean is drawing attention online for all the wrong reasons.