![]() ![]() The submarine began its journey to the Titanic on Sunday morning with 96 hours of oxygen on board, according to OceanGate’s website. "Rush oversees OceanGate’s financial and engineering strategies and provides a clear vision for development of 4,000 meter (13,123 feet) and 6,000 meter (19,685 feet) capable crewed submersibles and their partner launch and recovery platforms which make OceanGate Inc the leading provider of crewed submersibles for charter and scientific research," OceanGate’s website says. The five passengers on board the missing submarine have been identified as OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French mariner Paul-Henry Nargeolet, British businessman and explorer Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and Dawood's son Sulaiman Dawood. The Coast Guard is holding a press conference to reveal more about the discovery at 3 p.m. In total, the voyage took 10.5 hours.Īround noon E.T., the Coast Guard announced that "A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic" and "Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information." The dive was repeatedly delayed to fix a problem with the battery and the balancing weights. He described how lights were turned off to conserve energy during the 2.5-hour descent and ascent, with the only illumination coming from a glow stick. OceanGate's sub experienced technical difficulties on the dive, Loibl said. Everyone is sitting close to or on top of each other," Loibl told the AP. "Imagine a metal tube a few meters long with a sheet of metal for a floor. In 2021 he went on a voyage that was successful along with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and French diver and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet - who are now missing - along with two men from England. He chartered a dive with OceanGate in 2019, paying a whopping $110,000, but that dive was canceled because the first submersible didn't survive testing. ![]() Washington state-based OceanGate announced its own Titanic operation a year later and Loibl seized the opportunity. ![]() At the time, a Russian company was the only service offering videos for half a million dollars. He explained that the idea of touring the Titanic wreckage came to him on a trip to the South Pole in 2016. "You have to be a little bit crazy to do this sort of thing," Loibl said. Arthur Loibl, a retired German businessman and adventurer who went on the same trip in 2021, shared his experience with OceanGate in an interview with The Associated Press. (Armin Weigel/picture alliance via Getty Images)Ī former OceanGate Expeditions customer who took a trip to see the Titanic wreckage two years ago described the dive as a "kamikaze operation."Īn international search and rescue operation is ongoing for five crew members on OceanGate's Titan sub, which went missing Sunday on a planned deep sea tourist expedition. Coast Guard confirmed Thursday that a " debris field" has been found in the search for the missing submersible.Īrthur Loibl, a former passenger on the Titan, was one of the first passengers to descend to the Titanic in a mini-submarine operated by OceanGate Expeditions. We respectfully ask that the privacy of these families be respected during this most painful time." "This is a very sad time for the entire explorer community, and for each of the family members of those lost at sea. We appreciate their commitment to finding these five explorers, and their days and nights of tireless work in support of our crew and their families." The entire OceanGate family is deeply grateful for the countless men and women from multiple organizations of the international community who expedited wide-ranging resources and have worked so very hard on this mission. "This is an extremely sad time for our dedicated employees who are exhausted and grieving deeply over this loss. We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew." Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time. "These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans. "We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost," OceanGate said in a statement. OceanGate Expeditions, the company behind the missing Titanic tourist submersible confirmed Thursday afternoon that the passengers on board are believed to have "sadly been lost."
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