AGI – There are many ways to challenge the sea: there are those who do it out of necessity and in desperation seek a better life aboard unsafe small boats; and those who do it for pleasure, another toy in a successful life and not afraid to spend exorbitant amounts just to satisfy their ambitions. But at sea there are no differences. On board the small submarine Titan are five people who disappeared while being transported in the Atlantic See the wreck of the Titanic. The shipment is organized by OceanGate, which has no hesitation in asking $250,000 for the company.
The small submarine disappeared near the site of Titanic’s sinking and the ship’s search and rescue mission has already begun. The wreck of the Titanic discovered in 1985 It lies at a depth of 3,800 meters and about 400 miles from the Canadian island of Newfoundland.
According to family members, the English millionaire was also on board Hamish HardingFounder of Action Group and Chairman of Action Aviation, an international airline brokerage company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Titanic, from Tragedy to Myth
The Titanic, believed to be unsinkable, sank on the night of April 14-15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg on her maiden voyage en route from Southampton (UK) to New York. The tragedy, which claimed the lives of nearly 1,500 of the more than 2,200 people on board, has always intrigued and captured the imagination, so much so that there’s a small submarine that ferry tourists to tour the wreck.
Ocean Gate Expeditions, The company organizing these transports confirmed in a statement that it owned the missing submarine and said it was doing everything in its power to rescue the five people on board.
The company added that it had received “extensive assistance” from various government agencies and other companies in trying to reestablish contact with the submarine. baptized Titan, the little submarine, The only company running this type of business manages to accommodate no more than five people. In the past few days, the company had announced the imminent launch of an expedition on its website and social media; and on June 14, he tweeted that he was using satellite communications company Starlink to keep the line of communication open with the delivery.
The company’s website advertises seven-day trips to see the wreck lying on the seabed, priced at around 100 euros $250,000. To get on board, one has to sign a press release, according to one journalist, David Pogue, who hosted himself for Cbs News last summer at the company’s invitation.
“If everything had gone well, I would have spent about 12 hours locked in the ship. I’m not going to lie: I was a little nervous, especially about the paperwork I had to sign: ‘This experimental vessel – so it was written – was not approved or certified by any regulatory body and could result in bodily harm, emotional trauma or death .”
“I’m trying to make a dream come true. Someone dreams of buying a Ferrari, others – a house, I wanted to look at the Titanic. And dreams are priceless,” said Renata Rocas, a Hispanic woman and wealthy banker, on the occasion. to the journalists. “They call me the wild monk and indeed I look like a monk. I’m a very quiet guy, but I have these extreme passions that I like to cultivate,” was how an Indian industrial tycoon justified his choice.
The profile of OceanGate’s customers is instead explained by the company’s CEO, Stockton Russ: “We have customers who are passionate about the Titanic, we call them Titaniacs: there are people who have mortgaged their homes to make the voyage . And people who.” Don’t you think twice about such an expensive trip? One even won the lottery.