Its got one button. And thats it. But their sub went missing, prompting a Massive International effort to find them, with warnings Oxygen Supplies would be dwindling. The really nightmarish scenario is that they are alive at the surface, bobbing away, running out of air and unable to get out. Its exceptionally difficult. Its basically a needle in a haystack. Well, im nervous. Im sick to my stomach with nerves. Im just hoping for good news. The dive that was meant to take around eight hours turned into days. The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. So what do we know happened on the titan and to the men on board . On saturday the 17th ofjune 2023, british explorer Hamish Harding posted an update on facebook revealing his journey to explore the wreck of the titanic. Harding was travelling with Oceangate Expeditions, a private company that takes paying customers down to see the wreck. The eight day trip started on friday the 16th ofjune when the Researc
it s got one button. and that s it. but their sub went missing, prompting a massive international effort to find them, with warnings oxygen supplies would be dwindling. the really nightmarish scenario is that they are alive at the surface, bobbing away, running out of air and unable to get out. it s exceptionally difficult. it s basically a needle in a haystack. - well, i m nervous. i m sick to my stomach with nerves. i m just hoping for good news. the dive that was meant to take around eight hours turned into days. the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. so what do we know happened on the titan and to the men on board? on saturday the 17th ofjune 2023, british explorer hamish harding posted an update on facebook revealing his journey to explore the wreck of the titanic. harding was travelling with oceangate expeditions, a private company that takes paying customers down to see the wreck. the eight day trip started on friday the 16th ofjun
in the north atlantic, it is, you know, we only have a three month weather window, which pretty much goes from, you know, the end ofjune to september, where the seas are calm enough to actually be out there and able to dive, which right now it s really early in the season so i m not sure, you know, why 0ceangate went out this soon. but, you know, deploying subs in the water and spending all day, you know, on the wreck and coming back here, you know, 6,000 pounds per square inch of pressure, you re 12,850 feet down, and so every precaution has to be taken at all times. this entire week hasjust felt like a prolonged, nightmarish charade where people are running around talking about banging noises and talking about oxygen and all this other stuff. and the coastguard is out with aeroplanes. i knew that sub was sitting exactly
you know, we only have a three month weather window, which pretty much goes from, you know, the end ofjune to september, where the seas are calm enough to actually be out there and able to dive, which right now it s really early in the season so i m not sure, you know, why oceangate went out this soon. but, you know, deploying subs in the water and spending all day, you know, on the wreck and coming back here, you know, 6,000 pounds per square inch of pressure, you re 12,850 feet down, and so every precaution has to be taken at all times. this entire week hasjust felt like a prolonged, nightmarish charade where people are running around talking about banging noises and talking about oxygen and all this other stuff. and the coastguard is out with aeroplanes. i knew that sub was sitting exactly underneath its last known depth
weather window, which pretty much goes from the end ofjune to september, where the seas are calm enough to actually be out there and be able to dive, which right now, it s really early in the season so i m not sure why 0ceangate went out this soon. the immediate task now is to locate the submersible, but then comes the crucialjob of retrieving it. richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is in boston, where the search is being co ordinated. we don t what these noises amount to, but will they give the search teams some encouragment? well, it is the first development of its kind that we have really had. but as we have been hearing, the us coast guard have been very clear. they don t know the source of these noises, it is an area around the titanic wreckage site where there is a lot of metal, but they are going