Search operations continue for five people trapped in the small Titan submarine that went missing to view the wreckage of the Titanic. The U.S. Coast Guard said the five trapped men had only 30 more hours of oxygen.
Even if the submarine is found, the Coast Guard points out that it is a problem to get close to it and save the trapped people. Last Sunday (18th) night, the group disappeared from the submarine ‘Titan’, while heading to the wreckage of the Titanic, 3,800 feet below. The US Coast Guard is leading the search for the submarine, while the French Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force have joined the operation. In addition, the French government has also added one of their naval vessels to the search operation.
It is also reported that search operations are underway in an area of 20,000 square kilometres of sea. It is reported that special aircraft equipped with radar and naval vessels exploring the seabed have joined the operation. American President Joe Biden has expressed concern about the people trapped in the submarine. Biden has told the media that the US government will do everything possible to save the group.
The company ‘Oceangate Expeditions‘ takes tourists to see the wreckage of the Titanic ship that sank on April 14, 1912. The ‘Oceangate Expeditions‘ company takes them to the place where the Titanic ship sank to see the wreckage and returns in 8 days. A person is charged US$250,000 to visit the wreck of the Titanic. ‘Oceangate Expeditions’ started its operations from the year 2021.
The pilot of the missing submarine was Paul Henri Nargiole. He is a retired French naval officer who visited the wreck of the Titanic on many occasions. Stockon Rush, vice president of Oceangate Expeditions, which organizes tourists to visit the wreck of the Titanic, is also on board the missing submarine.
British billionaire Hamish Harding joined the trip as a tourist. He is the head of the airline called ‘Action Aviation’. The other two are Shehzad Dawood, a British Pakistani, and his 19-year-old son Suleiman, the vice president of Engro. Shehzad Dawood is considered one of the richest people in Pakistan. (Reuters)
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