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How much did search op for Titanic submersible cost? Who foots the bill?
Fp Explainers •Taxpayers are likely to bear the significant financial burden of the rescue attempt for the Titanic submersible that went missing. The Coast Guard never asks a private company or individual to reimburse the government for the costs associated with such missions

Explained: The ‘catastrophic implosion’ of the Titan submersible
•The implosion itself would have killed everyone within less than 20 milliseconds. In fact, the human brain can’t even process information at this speed. As much as the news is devastating, perhaps it is somewhat reassuring the Titan’s passengers would not have suffered a terrifying and drawn-out end

US and Canada start the process of determining how the Titanic-bound submersible imploded
•A formal inquiry has not yet been launched because maritime agencies are still busy searching the area where the vessel was destroyed, killing all five people aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday.

Why Titanic tourism draws people in despite dangers
Fp Explainers •Many people on social media are wondering why the five passengers who died on the tourist submersible would risk their lives to view the wreckage of the Titanic. For some, the trip to the floor of the North Atlantic has become an obsession, while others are searching for an adrenaline rush

What could have led to the ‘catastrophic implosion’ of the Titanic submersible?
Fp Explainers •The submersible, which was on an expedition to see the Titanic shipwreck, suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ killing all five on board. It could have occurred because of a small crack or any other fault or failure in the hull of the Titan

‘True Explorers’: The five men who died on the missing Titanic tourist submersible
Fp Explainers •The five men aboard the Titanic submersible — OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush, British explorer Hamish Harding, French maritime and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman — were killed in a ‘catastrophic implosion’. These are their stories

Titan submersible implodes, killing all five on board, says US Coast Guard
Fp Staff •A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a "catastrophic implosion" that killed everyone aboard, the US Coast Guard said on Thursday

Was the Titanic submersible safe for diving expeditions?
Fp Explainers •There’s a desperate hunt ongoing for the Titan submersible that vanished on Sunday in the North Atlantic on an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic. It has now emerged that the company, OceanGate, was repeatedly warned of serious safety flaws, which they ignored

Bets being placed on odds of finding missing Titanic submersible; social media disgusted
Trendingdesk •The expedition to the Titanic wreckage, which was organised by Oceangate began on Sunday at 8 a.m. (local time) and was scheduled to resurface seven hours later. It was reported to be equipped with 96 hours worth of emergency air

Hunt for Titanic's submersible continues: What a journey to the bottom of the sea looks like
Fp Explainers •Finding an undersea vehicle in the vast and remote area of ocean is no easy task. The journey to the ocean floor to reach the wreck of the Titanic is one that gets relentlessly colder and darker, says one of the handful of people who have ever visited the luxury liner's watery grave



