- Five people died in the explosion in the submarine Titan
- Officials try to figure out the cause in the North Atlantic
- The area surrounding the Titanic will continue to be investigated
Five people have been killed in an explosion in the submarine Titan, which went to see the wreck of the Titanic. Officials are trying to determine the cause of the incident in the North Atlantic as tributes were paid to five people aboard the Titanic who died in an explosion on board the Titanic’s wreckage. When, how and why did the incident happen? These are questions that are yet to be answered. Five days after the submarine went missing, it was discovered that all five people on board had died. Rear Admiral John Mouser of the First Coast Guard District said an investigation into what happened is already underway and will continue to examine the area around the Titanic where the wreckage was found.
“I know there are a lot of questions about how, why and when this happened,” Mouser said. These are questions about which we will gather as much information as possible.” He said it was a “complicated matter” because the incident took place in a remote part of the ocean, with the loss of life varying. countries. are citizens. Among those killed were Stockton Rush, chief executive officer (CEO) of Oceangate Expeditions, the company that owns and operates the submarine, two members of a Pakistani family, Prince Dawood and his son Sulaiman Dawood; British citizen Hamish Harding; And the Titanic expert was Paul-Henri Nergiolet.
There was apprehension of an untoward incident
The Titan plunged into the sea at 6 a.m. Sunday and lost contact Sunday afternoon about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Rescuers sent ships, aircraft and other equipment to search for the submarine at the location where it was reported that the submarine had lost contact. “The debris points to catastrophic damage to the pressure chamber,” Mouser said. A longtime friend and colleague of Nargiolet told French media that when contact with the submarine was lost on Sunday, he suspected something was wrong.
The director of Titanic said this
Diver and retired underwater filmographer Christian Petron told broadcaster France-Info on Friday that the pressure at the depth at which the submersible was operating was intense. Titanic director and filmmaker James Cameron, who dived several times to see the wreck, said that as soon as he heard that the submarine had lost contact, he knew disaster had struck.
