![]() ![]() ![]() ‘DESPERATE SITUATION:’ SCIENTISTS, WHILE REALISTIC ABOUT SURVIVAL CHANCES, OFFER HOPE The vessel is a submersible not a submarine, and there is a key difference A 2018 lawsuit warned that insufficient prototype testing could put passengers in danger ![]() A look at the five passengers aboard the vessel ![]() What we know so far about the submersible, what may have gone wrong, and what’s being done to find it The robot was aboard the French ocean research ship L’Atalante, which was working in the Atlantic, 48 hours away, when the Titan vanished Sunday on its way to the Titanic wreckage, which is at about 3,800 meters (12,467 feet) deep. He added that if the Titan is found, Victor 6000 could help attach cables to the submersible in an effort to raise it. “With all of its cameras and things, we’re capable of finding things really well in an area 20 to 30 meters (yards) around,” said Olivier Lefort, the fleet director at the French ocean research institute Ifremer. Follow along for live updates on the submersible that vanished while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic.įRENCH DEEP SEA ROBOT JOINS INTERNATIONAL SEARCH FOR MISSING SUBMERSIBLEĪ French deep sea robot that can dive to depths of 6,000 meters (19,685 feet) has joined the search for the missing Titan submersible and its five passengers.įrance’s state-run ocean research institute said Thursday the Victor 6000 is fitted with cameras, lights and robotic arms that could, if Titan is found, assist in raising it to the surface. ![]()
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