A submarine that vanished on Sunday while travelling to the Titanic wreckage is the subject of a frantic search and rescue operation. According to the retired Royal Navy Rear Admiral Chris Parry, a marine specialist, said in an interview on Monday afternoon, “What is quite alarming is theres no distress beacon or any form of communication with the surface that would indicate what has happened to this submersible.”He emphasised that the submersible may have had a variety of problems, such as a flaw in its design, an issue with its oxygen supply, or being entangled in debris. Remember, Parry noted, “Were working at really extreme depths here, over 2.5 miles.” “Therefore, if the integrity of the vehicle is disrupted in any manner, it will collapse,” he added.“I have to say, given the amount of time that weve had between the original sort of alert being raised and now,” he said, “you have to, Im afraid, feel very gloomy about the prospects for the people that were in it,” Parry stated that there should be inquiries on the rules regulating this kind of expedition.According to a tweet by USCG on Monday, “One of its C-130 aircraft was assisting Canadian crews searching for “an overdue Canadian research submarine approximately 900 miles off CapeCod.”It further reads, “The USCG is searching for a 21-foot submersible from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince. The 5-person crew submerged Sunday morning, and the crew of the Polar Prince lost contact with them approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the vessels dive.”On Saturday, Hamish Harding, a manager with the Dubai-based Action Aviation, wrote on social media that he had joined the OceanGate mission following weather delays.RMS TITANIC EXPEDITION 20234am start this morning on the RMS Titanic Expedition Mission 5 with @oceangateexped. The sub had a successful launch and Hamish is currently diving. Stay tuned for further updates! @the_explorers_club @ActionAviation0 #titanic #titansub #discovery pic.twitter.com/qVGoYeHVwd— Action Aviation (@actionaviation) June 18, 2023The post reads, “I am proud to finally announce that I joined OceanGate Expeditions for their RMS TITANIC Mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the Titanic. Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023. A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow. We started steaming from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday and are planning to start dive operations around 4 am tomorrow. Until then we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do.”A follow-up post from the company on Sunday said the dive was underway. It is also reported that Hamish was on board when the sub got missing.Where are the Remains of the TitanicThe crash is located about 400 miles off the Canadian island of Newfoundland in a 12,400-foot-deep ocean. During its inaugural journey from Southampton, England, to New York City on April 15, 1912, the renowned ocean liner sunk after colliding with an iceberg. Approximately 1,500 individuals perished in the icy seas.The debris wasnt discovered until 1985. Numerous academic studies, novels, and films have been made on its tale, notably the 1997 James Cameron blockbuster “Titanic.”About the submersible that goes missingThe Titan, a business submersible that has gone missing, can carry a pilot and four crew members to a maximum depth of 4,000 metres (13,120 feet) and can continuously monitor their well-being. According to the information, the device offers “early warning detection for the pilot with enough time to arrest the descent and safely return to the surface.”Also, the Titan includes a life support system that can keep a five-person crew alive for 96 hours. The 6.7-meter-long vessel is constructed of titanium and carbon fibre.
