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Since Sunday June 18, the Titan, which was exploring the wreck of the Titanic, has disappeared from radar in the Atlantic. Five people are on board this tourist submarine.
Did the Titan submersible get lost in the deep black waters around the Titanic? Sunday, June 18, this small submarine disappeared while it was exploring, at 3,800 meters deep, around the legendary liner. He no longer emitted a signal after 1:45 a.m., when the expedition was supposed to last eight hours. After this time, the alert was given and help was launched in a very large area 1,400 km from Boston (United States), in the Atlantic.
“They would have 40 hours of oxygen left”
The small submarine was able to come to the surface, and drift. “They would have about 40 hours of oxygen left based on what we know. That is to say, normally the submersible has 96 hours of autonomy”, comments Jamie Frederick, the captain of the American coast guard. Inside the small vessel are five passengers, including Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a Titanic specialist and regular diver around the wreck, and a famous British explorer.