With a massive search under way, what do we know about the Titanic sub that has gone missing?
that the five person crew "submerged Sunday morning, and the crew of the Polar Prince lost contact with them approximately one hour and 45 minutes into the vessel's dive".The US Coast Guard's Rear Admiral John Mauger said on Monday that it is a challenge to conduct a search in such a remote area.The search has two aspects, he said. These are a surface search in case the Titan returned to the ocean's surface but somehow lost communications, and an underwater sonar search.
Canada's defence department said that, along with the aircraft, the Canadian coast guard vessel Kopit Hopson was assisting in the search. On Twitter, his firm said on Sunday that "the sub had a successful launch and Hamish is currently diving". The Titan is a five-person submersible built to descend to depths of 4,000 metres and travels at three knots - that's about 3.5 miles per hour.
According to OceanGate's website, the five-person sub has system for monitoring the vessel's hull in real time.It has sensors to analyse the effects of changing pressure on the sub as it dives, in order to assess the integrity of the structure.
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