Tourist bathyscaphe disappeared from radar during the expedition to the Titanic (2 photos + 1 video)

It is not yet known what exactly happened to the underwater apparatus. A search and rescue operation is underway at the scene of his disappearance. operation.





Tourist bathyscaphe disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean heading to the depths to inspect the wreckage of the Titanic. Representatives OceanGate Expeditions, which owns the submersible, no comments yet, it is also unknown how many people are on aboard the bathyscaphe.

By the way, it was the American OceanGate Expeditions in September last year presented footage of a sunken passenger ship in wide definition (8K)

According to the preliminary version, the bathyscaphe could crash into a reef, located at a depth of 2900 meters. The wreck of the infamous liner while located at a depth of 3800 meters, 600 kilometers from the coast Newfoundland in Canada.

The British tabloid Daily Mail writes that tickets for such excursions cost a lot. The cost of a place in the bathyscaphe American company OceanGate Expeditions costs around 250 thousand dollars.



Note that it may well turn out that with underwater everything is in order with the device and it does not get in touch due to minor technical problems. Nevertheless, the Boston Coast Guard has already launched a search and rescue operation.





UPD: there are 5 people on board the underwater vehicle. Among them - the English billionaire Hamish Harding, who flew into space in as a space tourist, French submarine pilot Paul-Henri Nargole, CEO and founder of OceanGate Expeditions (she sells excursions to the Titanic), as well as two other unnamed researchers from Britain and France.

Now they are looking for an underwater vehicle with the help of two aircraft with hydroacoustic stations, the US Coast Guard and one bathyscaphe. There is a possibility that the tourist submarine is stuck among the wreckage "Titanic". According to media reports, the reserve sailors on board enough oxygen for at least two days.