![]() ![]() There was a veneer of scientific observation attached to the excursion, inasmuch as such observation could be done with limited tools and mostly untrained eyes. OceanGate, which ran the expedition, had been taking passengers to the wreck for the previous two years. The what: They wanted to see the ruin of the Titanic. We know at least some of those had the wherewithal to pony up for the stiff price tag on this excursion: reportedly on the order of $250,000. The who: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood British billionaire and adventurer Hamish Harding and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet. We know - or have partial answers - to some of those questions. It’s unlikely they’ll be able to do the same for its passengers.Īs that goes on, the questions will begin: the who, the what, the where, the when. ![]() Over the next weeks, the rescue crews that tried frantically in recent days to locate and rescue the five occupants of the stricken Titan will likely remove the shattered hull of the submersible from the ocean floor. Strange ocean bedfellows these, 3,800 metres down, the Titan and the Titanic, now inextricably linked in lore, if not permanently in location. HALIFAX-There are now five more souls - for that is the word they use for maritime disasters - to join the 1,500 from the Titanic in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. ![]()
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