1 of 4 Notice on the website of OceanGate, the company that built the Titan submarine that imploded on the ocean floor en route to the Titanic, informs about canceled activities in December 2023. Photo: Reproduction notice on the OceanGate website , the company that built the Titan submarine that imploded on the ocean floor en route to the Titanic, reports canceled activities in December 2023. Photo: Reproduction
A Main inspection The case, conducted by the US Coast Guard, is ongoing The year will end without a conclusion. OceanGate, which is dedicated to scientific and tourist expeditions to the ocean floor, has suspended all of its activities.
By December of this year, U.S. and Canadian naval engineers were examining evidence found in the Titan's wreckage. The submarine was only 7 meters long, 2.5 meters high and 2.5 meters wide which caught the world's attention in June this year.
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2 of 4 Undated image of Titan, the submarine that disappeared in the ocean Photo: OceanGate Expeditions/Portal Undated image of Titan, the submarine that disappeared in the ocean Photo: OceanGate Expeditions/Portal
OceanGate's tourist and scientific expeditions on the Titan aimed to visit the wreckage area of the Titanic, the famous ship that sank in the Atlantic in 1912.
The company has filed charges US$250,000 (approximately R$1.19 million) from each passenger. There were five in total, and one of them was responsible for propelling the submarine Controlled only by a joystick, similar to a video game controller.
The Titan moved at a speed of 5.5 km/h and was powered by four engines. The journey would take about four hours, starting with the submarine's launch into the sea from a ship that carried passengers to the height of the Titanic more than 600 km from the coast of Canada.
On board Titan's last expedition were:
- OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, submarine pilot;
- Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood;
- Suleman Dawood, son of Shahzada;
- British billionaire and explorer Hamish Harding;
- and former French Navy commander PaulHenry Nargeolet, leading expert on the sinking of the Titanic.
3 of 4 Part of the structure of the Titan submarine, which imploded during an expedition to the remains of the Titanic, arrives in Canadian port on June 28, 2023. Photo: Paul Daly/The Canadian Press via AP Part of this The structure of the Titan submarine that imploded during an expedition to the remains of the Titanic arrives in Canadian port on June 28, 2023. Photo: Paul Daly/The Canadian Press via AP
The submarine disappeared on June 18, just over an hour after submerging in the Atlantic. The Titan is not autonomous like a large submarine and was therefore in constant communication with the base ship.
Immediately after the loss of communication, the base ship reported the disappearance to the passengers' relatives and they contacted the authorities.
Hours later, the United States and Canada mobilized their teams and began the search, which was later joined by France researcher PaulHenry Nargeolet, one of the passengers, was French.
The next day, dozens of ships, planes and probes from the three countries arrived from the United States, Canada and France and began a race against time they estimated that it would take a few more hours for the oxygen inside the ship to run out would be.
After two mysterious days, a Canadian Forces aircraft recorded sounds reminiscent of crashes in the same search region. It was the first indication that the submarine's passengers might still be alive.
The entire operation was then moved to the noise area. The next day, a French research vessel with a deepsea diving robot on board slowed as it searched the area.
Check out the first images of the remains of the Titan submarine arriving in port
Hours after the discovery, the US Coast Guard said it was the remains of the OceanGate submarine, confirming the Titan's tragic outcome.
The wreckage was brought to a port on the West Coast of the United States.
According to the Coast Guard, the main hypothesis is that the ship imploded due to a technical failure resulting from error or negligence that caused the submarine to give in to the enormous pressure on the seabed, triggering an immediate and complete implosion.
One of the main complications in continuing the investigation is that OceanGate's CEO, American Stockton Rush, was on board the ship along with four other passengers, including millionaires and a researcher. According to the main investigation, the five died immediately.
“I broke some rules,” the OceanGate founder reported in 2021
Since confirming that the Titan was wrecked at the bottom of the ocean, OceanGate officials have spoken a few times.
An initial statement said it regretted the deaths and said an investigation would be carried out.
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