Rescuers race against time to find missing Titanic tour submarine with five people onboard

US and Canadian forces are scouring the North Atlantic in search of a missing tourist submarine. With only a limited amount of available oxygen, fears are growing for the five people on board. Submarine operator OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact with its vessel "Titan" just under two hours after its descent into the Atlantic Ocean. The passengers have been identified as British billionaire Hamish Harding, prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, as well as French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet. The Titan had been en route to view the wreck of the Titanic.

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[jonathanaviso]

this only proves that money isnt always the answer to anyone's security and safely. being poor and unable to pay for such a luxurious experience is far more better tragedy than this unfortunate event. may all the passenger inside that sub be rescued and return to their home safely.

[wangjinwen]

Its must be v terrible how the five people felt when they suffocates and panic onboard deep under water

[zackprihatin]

We should think twice on every high risk expedition

[MrEnteng]

Why you need to go there, you can watch it in the movie instead

[shananarocks]

Previously the hunt for Titanic was actually to search for two sunken USN submarine, the Thresher and the Scorpion. Could be history repeating itself where the latest submersible was actually hunting for a newly sunken US nuclear submarine or submersible too?

[roincec]

Even if they found it, there is nothing they can do to raise the sub. They cannot deploy divers to hook a tow hook onto the sub. They probably need a sub with a robotic arm that is strong enough to lift both subs out of the water, which is impossible.

[Lovingkindess]

What they should look for is where there are in water tunnels where waters can circle and send it to a different area.

[vstar]

Thankfully after their air runs out on Thursday this won’t be a story anymore.

[jamesrobinson]

Bring them back? They don’t even know where they are. I think that Megalodon got them !

[grins]

They died on the submarine when it blew up an hour and half into dive.

[deschan]

Not located, challenge, remote area are all negative words . With limited oxygen capacity, their survival chances r very low.

[HonorVultimatetb]

..it could be stuck to something making it not able to surface...or move....only way is it must be located and brought to the surface as soon as possible.... i pray that will happen

[brandyheng]

Same like Russian Kurst Submarine incident