20 Jun, 2023

Missing Titanic Submarine: What We Know So Far

Rescuers are racing against time to find a submarine that took tourists to the site of Titanic shipwreck


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Titan went missing less than two hours after it began diving on Sunday (June 18)


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The submarine has a capacity to take five members to see the shipwreck


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The vessel weighs 10,432 kg and, according to company website, can reach depths of up to 13,100 feet


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One of the passengers on board is British businessman Hamish Harding. He is an aviator, a space tourist, and chairman of Dubai-based Action Aviation


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Another tourist believed to be on board is Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman


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Stockton Rush, founder and chief executive officer of OceanGate, and French pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet, are also on board


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The Titanic wreckage is believed to lie 12,500 feet deep


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Two searches by C-130 aircraft had been completed and the mission will continue though night of June 20.


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On April 14, 1912, Titanic collided with iceberg in North Atlantic on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. More than 1,500 people died on the Titanic


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