The ship weighs a total of 10,432kg and can travel at a maximum speed of 3 knots thanks to 4 Innerspace 1002 electric propulsion engines.

Tourists and scientists who often travel on it can look out through the large viewing window, their viewing angle enhanced by the Sub C Imaging 4k Rayfin external cameras capturing the marine surroundings in the source Live data feed is displayed on the large digital display.

There is a bit of comfort inside but there is a toilet, although privacy is limited as it is right next to the observation window.

Most surprisingly, the plane is controlled by a regular video game controller – specifically a Logitech F710 Wireless PC Game Controller since 2011, according to game expert Matthew Ruddle – and instead of using GPS for navigation, it communicates with a tracking team aboard a floating ship, in this case the Polar Prince, via text message. .

Since giant The submersible exploded, killing five people on board, an adventure tourism topic that has been hotly debated online and by experts.

But when the CEO of Pelagic Research Services, the company that helped oversee the submersible salvage mission, was asked what he thought of the voyages OceanGate had made. Titanic he claims that he has no strong opinion.

“I don’t necessarily have an opinion on that, there’s a strong investigation going on right now,” Edward Cassano said at a news conference on Friday.

Mr. Cassano helped lead the team from the Pelagic Research Service, who used their remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to find debris from the submersible last week.

During the press conference, he was very sad when he talked about the five people who died during the viewing trip Titanic ruins and asked everyone to respect the tragedy.

But despite being part of a well-known search, rescue and recovery mission, Mr. Cassano has not expressed negative thoughts about adventure tourism.

“Explorers, people looking to stay in the ocean to go deep, that’s very exciting,” said Mr. Cassano. “We certainly share those desires, our entire company is designed to support in-depth research and design.”

“It’s the passion and the joy of discovery,” he added.

Police in Canada announced on Saturday that they were looking into a criminal investigation into the deaths of five men in the Oceangate’s sinking explosion.

Director Kent Osmond of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Newfoundland and Labrador said law enforcement was in the early stages of its investigation.

“Following the US Coast Guard’s announcement earlier this week that debris from the submersible had been recovered and all five people on board were presumed dead, we will now review the circumstances lead to those deaths,” Mr Osmond said at a news conference.

“Such an investigation will only be conducted if our examination of the circumstances indicates that criminal, federal or provincial law may have been violated.”

OceanGate, the company behind the ill-fated Titanic, has received more than $450,000 in aid during the Covid pandemic.

The Washington-based company received a $447,000 loan, and the government forgave the company $450,074 along with interest.

Payment Protection Program loans were made through the Washington Trust Bank and approved on April 10, 2020, when the company had 22 employees, according to a statement. ProPublica database.

The Polar Prince icebreaker sailed some 900 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, where it anchored.

The crew of five were released into the ocean aboard their 22-foot submersible, the Titan, at around 8 a.m. EST, the submersible was launched, according to the US Coast Guard.

An hour and 45 minutes later, the ship lost contact with the Polar Prince.

According to the Coast Guard, the sub is expected to surface at 3 p.m. EST.

When it failed to resurface, the crew alerted authorities at 5:40 p.m. EST.

On Monday morning, authorities revealed the Titan was missing and a large-scale search operation had been launched.

At 13:30, the US Northeast Coast Guard tweeted that a C-130 Hercules reconnaissance plane was sent to search for Titan. P8 Poseidon aircraft with underwater sonar capabilities joined the search Monday afternoon.

OceanGate confirmed that its CEO and founder of Stockton Rush is “on board the sub as part of the crew”.

A Canadian P3 Aurora aircraft joined the effort as the search area was expanded to 10,000 square meters.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Captain Frederick said oxygen levels remained between 40 and 41 hours on board the sub.

He said that a “united command” of multiple agencies had been established to solve the “very complex problem” of finding the ship but so far this “has not yielded any results”. .

According to an internal e-mail update sent to the head of the Department of Homeland Security, the Canadian plane detected a “banging” sound every 30 minutes.

The US Coast Guard said on Wednesday morning: “Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, the ROV (remote-controlled vehicle) operations were relocated in an attempt to uncover the source of the noise.

“Those ROV searches yielded negative results but continued.

Captain Jamie Frederick of the US Coast Guard confirmed that the ship had less than 24 hours left to deliver oxygen. He also admitted that officials did not know if the crew would be able to rescue those on board even if they managed to find the submarine before it ran out of oxygen.

The air supply for the missing cruise ship Titanic was shut down in its final hours, as rescuers continued the increasingly desperate search for the five stranded passengers.

Shortly after that deadline passed, officials announced that a “field of debris” had been found in the search area.

Five crew members were later confirmed dead after the Titanic cruiser suffered a “catastrophic explosion”.

Kathleen Cosnett, cousin of explorer Hamish Harding, who died on a submersible trip to Titanic said that his death when the ship blew up was the “best outcome” compared to the crew slowly running out of oxygen.

Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter and SpaceX, responded to a tweet made by Snopes, suggesting that the link between Starlink and the subship is a “psychological one”.

The company that operates the sub-ship, OceanGate Expeditions, previously tweeted its appreciation for Mr Musk’s Starlink service – offered through SpaceX – which allows them to access the internet while adventuring in the North Atlantic.

“Despite being in the middle of the North Atlantic, we have the internet connection needed to make the #Titanic dive a success – thanks @Starlink!” company tweeted in the first day of this month.

Musk responded to a tweet posted by Snopes indicating that he is the CEO of SpaceX, the company that provides the Starlink service.

The owner of the Titanic sought to limit liability after the sinking by suing under the law of 1851. The owner of the submersible that went missing while diving to visit the famous wreck could possibly be the owner of the Titanic. do the same thing

“Whether the Titan went missing due to design and construction flaws or the fault of its operator – Rush – could go down in history if the submersible was never found. Lessons of Titanic, however, it can be both. Had Captain Edward Smith reduced the ship’s speed, it might have been able to navigate the icy waters better. Had the ship been equipped with enough lifeboats for the passengers, or had had fewer perforated watertight compartments, more lives could have been saved.”

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