The Titanic submarine's remains were found "almost immediately" by a rescue robot, according to the head of the search operation.
20.06.2023 - 18:15 / justjared.com
The five passengers aboard the submersible that went missing en route to the Titanic wreckage site have all been identified.
If you did not see the news, the submarine left on Sunday (June 18) and, as of now, has lost contact with the outside world. Searches are underway for the vessel. It is said that tickets for the expedition were $250,000 each. Communications were lost about an hour and 45 minutes into the journey towards the wreckage site, which is in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Those on board have been identified as British billionaire Hamish Harding, British businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, former French Navy diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet, and chief executive of OceanGate (the company running the voyage) Stockton Rush.
The Dawood family told the BBC in a statement that the father-son duo were interested in “exploring different natural habitats.” The family has urged “everyone to pray for their safety.”
Paul-Henry is considered a Titanic expert and has reportedly been to the wreckage site more times than anyone else in history.
If you didn’t see, Hamish‘s good friend revealed the last text he sent him just before the expedition was underway.
Our continued thoughts are with the passengers, crew, and their loved ones.
The Titanic submarine's remains were found "almost immediately" by a rescue robot, according to the head of the search operation.
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Since the news of the Titan tragedy, we’ve heard several stories about people who were invited at one point to make the dangerous voyage to see the Titanic wreckage – whether it be on the doomed vessel or not – but pulled out at the last minute. And now, another person who almost went on a submersible trip to the shipwreck has come forward: YouTube star MrBeast.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor MrBeast, the hugely popular YouTube creator known for his over-the-top stunts and challenges, said he had been invited on OceanGate’s submersible earlier in June but ultimately declined the offer. “I was invited earlier this month to ride the titanic submarine, I said no. Kind of scary that I could have been on it,” MrBeast tweeted Sunday morning. On Sunday, June 18, the Titan submersible operated by OceanGate that was diving to the wreckage of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean lost contact with its surface support ship. On Thursday, the company issued a statement that all five members on board were presumed to have died after the sub had a “catastrophic implosion.”
Ross Kemp was set to join the Oceangate submersible expedition to film a documentary series - but pulled out over safety fears.
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.
https://t.co/iEsIPIfXBVpic.twitter.com/zIHlkcJTf1«The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel so we'll continue to work and continue to search the area down there, but I don't have an answer for prospects at this time,» Mauger said.As for the banging noises heard just days ago — offering a glimmer of hope that the passengers may still be alive — Mauger said «there doesn't appear to be any connection between the noises and the location on the sea floor» where the debris field was discovered.OceanGate Expeditions said in a statement that «we now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost.»«This is an extremely sad time for our dedicated employees who are exhausted and grieving deeply over this loss. The entire OceanGate family is deeply grateful for the countless men and women from multiple organizations of the international community who expedited wide-ranging resources and have worked so very hard on this mission,» the statement continued.
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.
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.
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.
The stepson of one of the men missing in the North Atlantic Ocean in that OceanGate Expeditions submersible has deleted his Twitter account amid major backlash online.
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.
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.
The story of the missing Titanic submersible has engrossed people around the world, but on land, one passenger’s stepson has been causing a stir for different reasons.