Titanic tourist submersible missing

A search and rescue operation is under way off Newfoundland for a submersible that takes tourists to view the wreck of the Titanic deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean


CANADA
New York
U.S.
St. John’s
Wreck of Titanic at depth of 3,800m
Southampton 
Queenstown
500km 300 miles


Apr 15, 1912: Titanic hits iceberg on maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
Of 2,200 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500 die


TITAN SUBMERSIBLE

Depth: 4,000m

Speed: 3 knots

Capacity: 5 – 1 pilot, 1 crew, 3 guests

Weight: 10.4 tonnes

Propulsion: 4 x electric thrusters. 2 vertical, 2 horizontal

2.8m

Caps: Titanium

Hull: 12.7cm thick carbon-fibre

6.7m

View port: 53cm wide

Life support: 96 hours (for 5 people)

Ascent/ descent rate: 55m per minute


Artist’s impression of Titan scanning bow of Titanic


Cost: $250,000, includes eight-day sail from St. John’s and 6-8 hour dive


Sources: OceanGate Expeditions, BBC
Picture: OceanGate
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