List of All Articles with Tag 'submersible'

By Louise Dalmasso PARIS (Reuters) -A French robot that can dive to 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) underwater is on its

If it is still functional and intact, it may only have a small amount of oxygen left on board.

By Daniel Trotta, Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Experts raised safety concerns in 2018 about the submersible vessel that has been missing

By Steve Gorman and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -A multinational search team scanned the sea near the century-old wreck of the

The amount of oxygen on a missing submersible with five people on board is becoming a vital issue, some experts say, as more advanced equipment is rushed to the North Atlantic Ocean in a complex international search operation now at its most critical juncture.

It's the story leading the broadcast evening news, saturating cable, and dominating digital platforms.

Oxygen running out is not the only danger those aboard face, experts say.

Though it's roughly the size of a minivan, with five adults aboard, the Titanic-touring submersible that went missing Sunday may seem small and cramped. And on the dive thousands of feet towards the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean, life inside can go from hot to cold, too.

OceanGate Expeditions, the company that operates the submersible that went missing during an excursion to the site of the Titanic, faced a series of mechanical problems and inclement weather conditions that forced the cancellation or delays of trips in recent years, according to court records.

The $250,000-a-head expedition that vanished this week en route to the deep-sea wreck of the Titanic ocean liner

More boats and underwater vehicles will join the search as the US navy helps analyse detected noises.

Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate and one of five people on the submersible missing in the North Atlantic, has cultivated a reputation as a kind of modern-day Jacques Cousteau — a nature lover, adventurer and visionary.