Titanic sub operator suspends expeditions after deadly implosion
Reuters OceanGate, the US-based company that managed the tourist submersible that imploded during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic, has suspended all exploration and commercial operations, its website showed on Thursday. The company did not elaborate beyond a red banner at the top of its website: “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial […]
Presumed human remains and shattered Titanic submersible returned to shore
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Presumed human remains and debris from the tourist submersible crushed to pieces in an undersea implosion that killed all five people aboard were recovered from the ocean bottom and brought ashore to Canada on Wednesday, the US Coast Guard said. The possible remains and shattered bits of the submersible Titan, destroyed while […]
US Coast Guard investigating cause of Titanic submersible implosion
Reuters The US Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the undersea implosion of a tourist submersible that killed all five people aboard while diving to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, officials said on Sunday. People inspect Polar Prince ship and the deployment barge used with the Titan submersible, St John’s harbour, Newfoundland, Canada, […]
Canadian safety regulators open probe into fatal loss of Titan submersible
Reuters Canadian Government regulators on Friday opened a safety investigation into the undersea implosion of a tourist submersible that killed all five people aboard during a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic. A debris field from the submersible Titan was found at the bottom of the North Atlantic on Thursday by a robotic […]
Titanic sub destroyed in “catastrophic implosion”, all five aboard dead
Reuters A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone aboard, the US Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel. A robotic diving vehicle deployed from a Canadian ship discovered a […]
Rescue efforts for missing Titanic submersible captivate worldwide audience
Reuters Around the world, the story of the missing Titanic submersible and its rescue operation’s race against time has been riveting onlookers. People have been glued to their television screens, fascinated by maritime experts detailing the hurdles for rescue efforts in a vast expanse of sea. They have been watching their phones, bracing for news […]
Time running short as search for Titanic sub focuses on undersea sounds
Reuters Rescuers searching for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic on Wednesday concentrated their efforts on a remote area of the North Atlantic where undersea noises have been detected, though officials cautioned the sounds may not have originated from the vessel. With estimates suggesting the air supply on board could run out […]
Updated: Crews searching for Titanic submersible detect sounds – US Coast Guard
Updated: 3:20pm (AEST)Reuters Canadian aircraft detected underwater noises in the North Atlantic in the search for a tourist submersible that vanished while on a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic , the US Coast Guard said. The discovery on Tuesday led search teams to relocate their underwater robotic search operations “in an attempt to […]
Ships, planes search for sub that went missing on trip to Titanic wreckage
Reuters US and Canadian ships and planes searched on Monday for a submarine that went missing more than a day earlier off the coast of south-eastern Canada while taking tourists to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, officials said. The US Coast Guard said there was one pilot and four passengers on board and that […]
A pocket watch turns back the clock on Jewish life aboard the Titanic
RNS Sinai Kantor, a Russian immigrant bound for New York with his wife, Miriam, took with him a Swiss-made pocket watch embossed on the back with a seated Moses holding the Hebrew-inscribed Ten Commandments. The timepiece, a symbol of Kantor’s Jewish faith, survived. Kantor did not. He was among 1,503 passengers who died on the […]