Five people died when the submersible imploded on the way to the wreckage of the Titanic in June 2023. By Patrick Whittle and David Sharp, Associated PressSeptember 25, 2024 at 5:27pm BST Dock n roll: Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody hopes first-of-its-kind light and sound theatre display...
ALVIN is more than the name of a rambunctious cartoon chipmunk who squealed about wanting a hula-hoop for Christmas. It is also the name of a crewed deep-ocean submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in nearby Woods Hole, Massachusetts. AL...
Titan (submersible)Becky Kagan Schott, OceanGate The sudden implosion of the Titan submersible has led to many theories as to how it happened. According to researchers at the University of Houston, the most likely reason was the shape and the metal used. According to NewsNation, a paper subm...
(Massachusetts) Oceanographic Research Institution, where he became a full-time marine scientist in 1974 after completing doctoral degrees inmarine geologyandgeophysicsat theUniversity of Rhode Island. In the early 1970s Ballard helped developAlvin, a three-person submersible equipped with a mechanical ...
The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive.
The OceanGate submersible has opened up new scrutiny on theunderwater tourism industry, which is distinct from pure exploration as it includes nonspecialists in these deep-sea missions, making it all the more important to have tight regulation for sub-sea tourism. This is especially important for...
sank happened as the U.S. Coast Guard investigates the June 2023 implosion of the Titan, an experimental submersible owned by a different company. The Titan submersible disaster killed all five people on board, including Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who was director of underwater research for RMS ...
Titanic sank happened as theU.S. Coast Guard investigatesthe June 2023 implosion of the Titan,an experimental submersibleowned by a different company. The Titan submersible disaster killed all five people on board, includingPaul-Henri Nargeolet, who was dir...
In May 2023, scientists completed the first full-scale digital scan of the Titanic shipwreck, and in June 2023, a submersible being piloted near the Titanic wreck went missing. Additional information For more about the mechanics of the RMS Titanic, check out "Anatomy of the Titanic," by ...
In October, RMST said it had significantly pared down its dive plans. That's because its director of underwater research, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, died in theimplosion of the Titan submersiblenear the Titanic shipwreck in June. The Titan was operated by a separate company,OceanGate, to which ...