After the disappearance of the bathyscaphe, designed to deliver tourists to the site of the sinking of the Titanic, a search and rescue operation was launched in the Atlantic Ocean. Hamish Harding, the British billionaire owner of Action Aviation, an aircraft sales and operation company, is also on board the submersible.
This was reported by the Sky News channel, according to which the French captain Paul-Henri Nargeole and the executive director of the company-owner Stockton Rush are also in the bathyscaphe.
Taking to social media over the weekend, Mr Harding said he was “proud to finally announce” he would be on board a mission to the Titanic wreck, but added that “the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years made the mission impossible.” “. This will likely be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023.” He later wrote, “The weather window has just opened and we’re going to dive tomorrow.”
Ocean Gate Expeditions has confirmed the disappearance of its underwater vehicle, designed to deliver tourists to the site of the sinking of the Titanic passenger liner. However, the company did not specify how many people were on board the submersible. The company said in a statement:
“We are exploring and pursuing every opportunity to bring the crew home safe and sound. We are fully focused on the crew members and their families. We are deeply appreciative of the help we have received from government agencies and offshore companies in our efforts to reach out to the crew.” “.
The cost of the tour to the crash site of the liner is tens of thousands of dollars. The Daily Mail reports that one could get on board the Ocean Gate Expeditions submersible by paying $250,000 for an 8-day expedition.
The US Coast Guard said contact with the small submarine was lost after about an hour and 45 minutes of submersion. Travel firm OceanGate said all options were being explored to rescue the five people on board. writes Air Force. Government agencies, the US and Canadian navies, and commercial deep-sea firms are helping the rescue operation, officials said.
The truck-sized submarine can carry five people and typically submerge with four days’ worth of oxygen. On Monday afternoon, Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard said at a press conference, “We expect between 70 and a full 96 hours available at the moment.”
The wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, is located at a depth of about four kilometers southeast of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. They were discovered in 1985. More than 2,200 people were on board the liner, more than one and a half thousand of them died.
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