In the press release issued by the Ocean Gate Twitter handler, the company has expressed concern over the survival expectation of the five passengers aboard the Titan Submersible. The company in its statement said: “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”. For more visit: https://twitter.com/oceangate
It has been over five days and the chances for them to return back to the mother ship has diminished as the breathable air inside the submersible can only last for 96 hours.
This was not the first expedition to TITANIC that TITAN has made. It has taken the many passengers down to 13,000 feet, deep down the sea to admire and saw the wreckage of the TITANIC ship.
Many explorers and adventurers around the world have taken the journey, but fear and risk was always hovering concerning the journey.
It was a two and a half hour journey to the TITANIC wreckage that started on June 18, 2023. After 1 hour 45 minutes the submersible TITAN lost its contact with the mother ship Polar Prince.
The search operations were conducted to trace the lost passengers but the authorities engaged in rescue operations could not get any success.
As per the report some debris and submersible tail cone were spotted by remotely operated vehicle some 1600 feet deep down in North Atlantic Ocean.
#TITAN submersible Vessel:
This submersible was capable of taking 5 people including the pilot on the voyage to see the wreckage of the TITANIC ship, deep down to several thousands of feet in the North Atlantic ocean. The TITAN vessel had only one toilet and was of a size of a minivan. It was not designed like a submarine that could last for several days but designed to accommodate limited number of people with limited power reserves, and on the above it needed a support ship for launching and recovering to the surface of the ocean.
The weight of the ship was 23,000 pounds and was made from one of the toughest and strongest material carbon fibre and titanium to withstand the huge pressure underneath.
As per the report the cost of per person for this expedition was $250,000.
According to one of the traveller who did this journey to the wreckage returned backed safely claimed that inside the vessel there is no radio, or any modern gadgets. Through the text message only one can be in contact with the mother ship. Through a port hole one can admire and see the wreckage of the TITANIC ship.
Though the vessel was designed in such a manner that in the case of any emergency or untoward incident during the voyage, it would return back to its mother ship.
But unfortunately this time the vessel was not able to return back to the surface of the ocean, and five pious souls paid back with their lives.
#Who all died in the TITAN submersible tragic accident
Total five people died including the Pilot who was steering the vessel.
1. Paul-Henri Nargeolet
2. Hamish Harding
3. Suleman Dawood
4. Stockton Rush
5. Shahzada Dawood
1. Paul-Henri Nargeolet
A well known author, retired French Naval commander, and an expert diver who had an ocean of experience of diving around the world especially to the Titanic wreckage. He was well known figure in France.
2. Hamish Harding
A business, founder of Action Aviation company , and an adventurer and explorer. He had a love deep-sea travel and has gone on many such voyage to explore the underneath world.
3. Suleman Dawood
The budding student, avid science fiction book reader, and a graduate ACS International School U.K. . He was aboard with his father. He was an adventurer.
4. Shahzada Dawood
A business man of Pakistan origin from Britain. He also funds and support SETI, an organization to search Extra Terrestrial intelligence based in California.
5. Stockton Rush
Founder and CEO of OCEAN GATE company, involved in tourism and taking people on voyage to TITANIC ship wreck. He was also the pilot of the vessel and had a huge experience of conducting such voyages in the past.
