Just '70 to 96 hours' left to find missing Titanic sub before air runs out, Coast Guard chief warns If the vessel is found on the sea bed, an underwater rescue could prove highly complex
“Our thoughts are with crew members and the families of those on board the submersible at this time,” he added.
Mr Harding, the founder of Dubai-based aircraft sales firm Action Aviation, had said in a Facebook post on Saturday that he was due to serve “as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the Titanic”. OceanGate has pioneered adventure packages to allow tourists to become “one of the few to see the Titanic with your own eyes”, first completing dives to the wreck in 2021 and returning for six weeks of expeditions in 2022.
Submersibles differ from submarines as they are not self-sufficient or capable of propelling themselves on long journeys, and are commonly used for deep-sea diving. While military nuclear submarines can stay underwater for months at a time, OceanGate says its 10,432 kg Cyclops-class Titan vessel can provide “96 hours of life support”.
It said: “The ability to construct Titan’s pressure hull with aerospace grade carbon fibre and manufacturing protocols results in a submersible which weighs a fraction of what other deep diving crewed submersibles weigh.
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