Missing Titanic submarine: 'Hope rapidly running out' • FRANCE 24 English

As estimated oxygen levels run out on board the Titan submarine that went missing while exploring the wreckage of the Titanic, hopes of finding any survivors is rapidly running out even as the vast search and rescue effort continues. France 24's international affairs editor Philip Turle takes a look at the latest developments.
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[ericspucci]

The fact that an OceanGate employee got fired for expressing his safety concerns about the vessels is sad.

[wolfe]

They died days ago, everyone going on about Oxygen, its 2 degrees C down there, batterys didnt have that much energy in them to keep them heated for that long, they died of hypothermia days ago, not from lack of oxygen

[themsdwallace]

This is sad rest in peace to those people.❤

[kitsune]

A tragedy that the shortcommings of a CEO who is obsessed with profit has dragged down 4 innocent people to their potential demise.

[pghurd]

They're gone. Bless their souls and peace to their families.

[tfkrazvan]

They will never find this sub.


Rest in peace.

[mrgadget]

They promised "once in a lifetime trip", they weren't kidding!

[cobaltbomba]

A lot of time has passed since Sub went missing, they are no more.

[Crosswyred]

A needle in a haystack in the complete pitch dark. May the sea be a quiet rest for them.

[jeffthomas]

They have to go through this search and rescue, but they know full well even if they find it there's pretty much currently no way to get it up.

[peterboos]

What on earth justifies spending this level of resources on recovering this sunken vessel ?

[DJDAVINCI]

Them billionaires paid 250k each for a breath taking experience 😭😭

[Eastendsunset]

My hope is dwindling, but there still is a glimmer of hope.

[gatorbayou]

So sad. Trapped over 2 miles deep in the Atlantic, nearly out of oxygen, knowing that even if found now it is still many hours or days before they can get it to the surface and open the hatch even if it is possible to retrieve it. Someone has some serious questions to answer.

[greekpushty]

Condolences to the families of the victims.
Rest in peace…

[fx-studio]

The port window was just 7" thick acrylic rated to only 1500m, under dive pressure it reportedly moved ¾” - look what happened to the giant 82 foot high acrylic fish tank at the giant Radisson Blu in Berlin - one cold morning last December it just exploded.

[JCO]

In the future, tourists can go down to look at the wreck of the Titan.

[jonnycat]

The RMS Titanic was definitely not unsinkable and the famous legendary ship was not indestructible. There was a line often quoted before RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage in the newspaper’s worldwide. God Himself cannot sink this ship. Titanic was appropriately named……the Titans challenged the gods, and for their arrogance they were cast down into hell.

[Getmad]

The news about to say they got another 20 hours left just so they can milk this for another day

[maureen]

So far yours is the most concise presentation of facts that other press media are afraid to say aloud.