A former Titan passenger revealed he had to sign a “death waiver” which “lists one way after another that you could die on the trip,” including “[mentioning] death three times on page one and so it's never far from your mind.”
Five people remain missing after a submersible intending to visit the site of the wreckage of the Titanic failed to return as scheduled Sunday evening. Details have continued to emerge about the craf,t which was attempting to reach the sunken ship nearly 13,000 feet beneath the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean.on the OceanGate website, the Titan is 22 feet long , 9 feet wide and 8 feet high, with the expeditions costing up to $250,000 per person.
. The interior walls are heated to counter the frigid water temperatures and there is a toilet area that can be curtained off.While the vehicle has been called a submarine, it’s technically a submersible, as it does not have the ability to launch itself and requires support ships. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who is among those missing, said last year that his Everett, Wash.-based tourism and research company had reached the site of the Titanic a dozen times between 2021 and 2022.
Due to the lack of GPS underwater, the Titan is guided via text messages from the surface ship. According to the Coast Guard, the submersible lost contact with its support vessel, the Canadian research ship Polar Prince, an hour and 45 minutes after it launched. OceanGate said the sub was sealed at 6 a.m. Sunday morning, giving those onboard up to approximately Thursday until they run out of oxygen. During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Coast Guard Capt.
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