Tag: OCEANGATE

US Coast Guard launches probe into Titanic sub tragedy

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2023 (AFP) – The US Coast Guard said Sunday it had launched an investigation into the cause of the underwater implosion that destroyed the small submersible Titan, with the loss of all five people aboard during a dive to the Titanic wreck. The Coast Guard said it had created a marine board of investigation (MBI), its highest level of probe, for this drama and ultimately tragedy in the North Atlantic that drew […]

US Coast Guard still focused on sub ‘rescue’ despite oxygen crunch

BOSTON, June 22, 2023 (AFP) – A multinational mission to find a missing submersible near the Titanic wreck is still focused on rescuing the five-member crew alive, the US coast guard insisted Thursday, despite fears that the vessel’s oxygen may already have run out. Two more unmanned subs were deployed Thursday as the massive hunt for the Titan, lost somewhere in a vast swathe of the North Atlantic between the ocean’s surface and more than […]