In what is described as extreme tourism, the Titan Sub transports tourists to see the Titanic ship on the bed of the North Atlantic Ocean.
The titanic ship was sunk in 1912. The wreckage is found some 3,800 meters below the ocean surface. For every 10 meters you dive into the ocean, one atmosphere pressure is added on you.
Pundits have alleged that the Titanic tourist submersible must have ran out of oxygen by now.
Titan Sub is operated by Ocean Gate Expeditions which is based in Washington DC.
Who was in the Titan Sub?
The following is a list of passengers who were on board Titan Sub:
- Stockton Rush, 61, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Ocean Gate Expeditions and was the pilot of the sub.
- Shahzada Dawood, 48, a Pakistani national and one of the richest people in Pakistan.
- Suleman Dawood – son of Shahzada Dawood. He was a university student.
- Hamish Harding, 58, is a British billionaire with a net worth of $1 billion. He is a businessman and pilot. He operates from United Arab Emirates where he manages his company, Action Aviation which deals with sales of aircraft around the world.
- Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, who was a French Navy Commander aka Mr. Titanic
The Titan Sub is reported to have suffered “catastrophic implosion” and all the five crew on board are believed to have died. The tail cone and other debris were found some 1600 feet from the Titanic wreckage.
Early this week, banging noise was picked by sonar and that is where the debris were found.
Titanic is one of the world’s most famous shipwreck.
END
