How is Titan, the submarine capable of reaching the bottom of the ocean to get closer to the Titanic (and how much does the trip cost)

The Coast Guard of USA and rescue personnel Canada They are working against the clock to locate the Titan submarine, which disappeared on Sunday off the Canadian island of Newfoundland, in the Atlantic Ocean, when it was on its way to explore the remains of the ship. titanic that lie at the bottom of the sea.

He Titanoperated by the company Ocean Gate Expeditionsbegan its descent on Sunday morning and lost contact with the surface an hour and 45 minutes later, according to US authorities.

LOOK: A submersible that takes tourists and experts to visit the remains of the Titanic disappears with 5 people on board

The ship has oxygen reserves for a maximum of 96 hours in case of an emergency.

The search for the Titan. (AFP).

The five occupants of the Titan are the british millionaire and aviator Hamish Hardingpresident of the private jet company Action Aviation. There is also the Indian businessman of Pakistani origin Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman Dawood; the prestigious French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and Stockton Rush, of American origin and president of Ocean Gate Expeditions.

The submarine could be found both on the surface and under the ocean, according to authorities.

In their search, a ship with the capacity to operate underwater drones and several planes from the United States Coast Guard and the Canadian Armed Forces, equipped with high technology, participate.

The planes fly over an area that is 1,450 kilometers from Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, where it is presumed that the submarine could be found.

The lost submersible is known as Titan, and it has the capacity to carry five people, the same number currently missing. (OCEANGATE).

The remains of the titanicwhich sank in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, are in the north atlantic oceanabout 600 kilometers southeast of the Newfoundland coast, in Canada, and at about 3,800 meters deep.

He titan submarine descends to 4,000 meters deep, enough to reach the titanic.

This ship travels at about 5.5 kilometers per hour and weighs about 10 tons. Its dimensions are 6.7 meters long, 2.8 meters wide and 2.5 meters high. The payload of it is 685 kilos.

It is made of carbon fiber and titanium. It also has four Innerspace 1002 electric thrusters.

Has a five person crew, which include a pilot, three paying guests and a content expert.

Photo provided by OceanGate showing the interior of the Titan submarine. (EFE/OceanGate). (Ocean Gate/)

According to Ocean Gatethe trip has a cost of US$250,000 per person.

He Titan it is equipped with an integrated platform from which the submarine launches and to which it returns after each dive.

The full dive, including descent and ascent, takes a total of eight hours (two and a half hours for the descent, three hours of exploration on the seabed, and two and a half hours for the ascent back to the surface).

The Titan. (AFP).

The Titan on its platform while being submerged. (PHOTO: Ocean Gate).

The trip leaves from the city of St. Johns, in the Canadian province of Newfoundland.

Ocean Gate Expeditions says the Titan has a system for real-time monitoring of pressure changes and the integrity of the ship that alerts the pilot in time to abort the dive and return to the surface if necessary.

David Concannon, adviser to the company, said that Ocean Gate lost contact with him submarine Sunday morning. I had an oxygen supply that lasts 96 hourshe said in an email sent to The Associated Press on Monday afternoon.

In addition to taking tourists and experts to the wreck of the titanicthe Titan is used for site surveys and surveys, research and data collection, film production, and deep-sea hardware and software testing, according to National Geographic.

OceanGate’s Titan submersible, which is missing in the middle of the Atlantic. (Oceangate photo).

It has also been used in the investigation of other shipwrecks such as the Lusitania and the Bismarck.

For its construction, Ocean Gate It had the collaboration of specialists from NASA, Boeing and the University of Washington.

As for the tour to the Titanic, Ocean Gate Expeditions He describes it as a way to “get out of the ordinary and discover something truly extraordinary.”

“Follow in the footsteps of Jacques Cousteau and become an underwater explorer, starting with a dive on the wreck of the RMS Titanic. This is your chance to get out of the ordinary and discover something truly extraordinary… Become one of the few to see the Titanic with your own eyes”, the website says.

Source: Elcomercio