The Titan Submarine Tragedy

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Titanic Submarine Implosion

There are many concerns raised with the recent tragedy happened in North Atlantic ocean.

Agenda of The Titan Submarine

On June 18th, 2023 a submarine called “The Titan” carried five people on tourist visit to see the wreck of the Titanic had lost its connection after an hour and forty-five minutes into its voyage. The Submarine was made by a company called “OceanGate“. The Submarine was equipped with oxygen for 96 hours (4 days) approximately. Each passenger paid $25,000 ( 2 crore) for a seat.

It was an expedition to the Titanic shipwreck. But unfortunately all passengers lost there lives due to catastrophic implosion.

The Titan - OceanGate Submarine — OceanGate Submarine – The Titan

What is Implosion

An Implosion is exactly the opposite of explosion. In case of explosion the pressure builds inside and caused something to explode outside while in case of Implosion the ocean generates huge pressure on outside of any vessel, submarine and explodes inside or collapse the walls inside.

How many passengers were on the Titanic Submarine

The Titan Submarine was having total five passengers including pilot.

OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush
British businessman Hamish Harding
French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet
Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood with his son Suleman Dawood

George Hamish Livingston Harding (Hamish Harding)

Hamish Harding, was a UK businessman , pilot, explorer and a chairman of Action Aviation. He holds three Guinness World Records.

He was mainly known as a Crew pilot for the record-breaking flight mission One More Orbit

He was a member of The Explorers Club who visited the South Pole several times, descended into the Mariana Trench. He broke a Guinness World Record for Circumnavigation of the Earth and travelled into space.

He received Guinness World Record for Longest duration at full ocean depth by a crewed vessel. He dived to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench with ocean explorer Victor Vescovo in March 2021.

He also flew to space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket in June 2022.

He was the one who collaborated with the Indian Government to bring eight wild Cheetahs from Namibia to India in September 2020. He flew on one of his aircraft from Namibia to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, where the cheetahs were relocated.

How deep is the Titanic Wreckage

The Titanic wreckage, which is about 12,500 feet deep in the North Atlantic. At sea level, atmospheric pressure is 14.7 pounds per square inch (psi), or 100 kilopascals. As we go deeper underwater, pressure builds and builds.

Rescue Operation of Titan’s Submarine

What Happened to the Submarine?

Five person boarded the submersible named Titan owned by OceanGate company in expedition to the Titanic wreckage. Crew of Polar Prince research ship lost its contact with the Titan’s after an hour and forty-five minutes.

The coast guard first alerted the mariners about the missing submarine. He send the alert message “VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE”.

The submarine was lost in water with a depth of around 13,000 feet. Several international agencies ramped up for the search and rescue operation. Concerns were raised about the dwindling supply of breathable air.

Finally, the debris was found on 22nd june 2023 (journey started on 18th june 2023). US navy official has detected “an acoustic anomaly consistent with an implosion” shortly after the submarine lost its contact with the surface.

The catastrophic implosion had taken place in a matter of thousandth of second. It would have happened so quickly that none of the passengers would have realized as what happened , they didn’t get time even to think about it.

Search and Rescue Effort

On 22nd June 2023 , a Canadian Vessel, Horizon Arctic had deployed a remotely operated underwater vehicle that reached the sea floor. The ROV ultimately located the tail cone of submarine in the location described by the coast guard.

The debris includes identifiable pieces of sub which confirms the catastrophic implosion. The submarine debris was around 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on the sea floor.

Once it was confirmed, United States coast guard immediately notified the passengers family.

Titanic Tragedy

Titanic was launched on May 31st, 1911 and set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York city on April 10, 1912. Titanic had an estimated 2,240 passengers and crew on board.

On April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg, Titanic broke apart and sank to the bottom of the ocean. Around 1,500 passengers lost there lives. It is one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in the history.

Has the real Titanic bean found

There were numerous expeditions unsuccessfully tried using SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) to map the sea bed in the hope of finding the wreck of Titanic. In 1985, the wreck was finally located by a joint French – American expedition led by Jean-Louis Michel of IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) and Robert Ballard of the “Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution”.

It took eight days to find the R.M.S Titanic around 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, canada.

How big was the Titanic

Length overall: 882.75 feet. Breadth: 92.5 feet. Depth: 59.6 feet. Tonnage: Gross 46,329, Net 21,831.

Titanic Movie

Titanic is an epic romance and disaster film directed, produced and written by James Cameron in 1997. Titanic movie costs around $295 million. Movie is combination of few real incident and few fictional.

Titanic Star Cast

Lead roles were played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates. Jack and Rose were fictional characters, there was no such love story happened in titanic ship.