Titanic wreck tourism to begin in 2021
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Manned submersibles company, OceanGate, is planning tourist dives to RMS Titanic, allowing up to three passengers to descend in its Titan sub
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TITANIC SINKING 11:40pm, Apr 14, 1912: Luxury liner hits iceberg on maiden voyage

2:10am, Apr 15: Stern lifts 45° out of water

2:18am: Stress on hull causes ship to break apart, bow section sinks

2:20am: Stern rises vertically before slipping below surface – 1,500 lives are lost

Main wreck lies in two pieces and is rapidly decaying

3,800m

600m
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500km 300 miles

CANADA
St. John’s
Queenstown
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Titanic
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TITAN SUBMERSIBLE

Speed: 3 knots 
Propulsion: 4 x electric thrusters
Life support: 96 hours (for 5 crew)
View port: 53cm wide
Glass- fibre shell
6.7m
Hull: 12.7cm thick carbon- fibre 
Caps: Titanium
Weight: 10.4 tonnes
Ascent/ descent rate: 50m per minute
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Ticket: $125,000, includes eight- day sail from St. John’s and 6-8 hour dive
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Artist’s impression of Titan scanning bow of Titanic
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Sources: Bloomberg, OceanGate, Smithsonian Magazine Picture: OceanGate
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