The Titan submersible is carrying a pilot and four passengers, including British billionaire and adventurer Hamish Harding.
after it dove toward the deteriorating wreck site of the Titanic ocean liner.
The US-based undersea exploration company has been chronicling the ship's decay as well as the underwater ecosystem that has sprung up around it over the last century.The Titan is a 6.5m-long manned submersible that can carry five people – a pilot and four passengers – to depths of up to 4,000m, according to OceanGate's website.
In a May 2021 court filing, OceanGate said that the Titan had an"unparalleled safety feature" that assesses the integrity of the hull throughout every dive. The US Coast Guard said the vessel can remain submerged for 96 hours and would have had about 70 hours or more of remaining oxygen as of Monday afternoon.
The expedition headed out to sea on Friday, and the first dive was set for Sunday morning, according to Harding's post.Harding holds three Guinness World Records, including for the longest duration spent at full ocean depth by a crewed vessel. Dawood is the vice-chairman of one of Pakistan's largest conglomerates, Engro Corporation, which has investments in fertilisers, vehicle manufacturing, energy and digital technologies.
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