It was the submarine “Titan”. disappeared during a tourist expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanicdesigned for a depth of up to 4000 meters and capable of supporting life underwater for 96 hours.

A test mission was launched Monday to search and rescue five people aboard the submarine Titan, which lost contact with the surface boat Polar Prince about an hour and 45 minutes after it began sinking. Titanic on Sunday.

The U.S. Coast Guard said there was a pilot and four passengers on board and that the vessel may have remained underwater for 96 hours, but it was unclear whether it was still underwater or had surfaced and could not be contacted.

According to OceanGate Expeditions, the Titan is a Cyclops-class manned submersible designed to transport five people to a depth of 4,000 meters for research and data collection, film and media production, and deep-water testing of equipment and software.

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The carbon fiber and titanium submarine is 670 meters long, 280 meters wide and 250 meters high and can reach a speed of 5.5 kilometers per hour.

On the website of the company, which charges $250,000 per person to participate in the expedition to the wreck of the Titanic, it is written that “the combination of revolutionary techniques and standard technology gives the submarine “Titan” a unique advantage over other deep-sea submarines: systems, patented Real-time hull condition monitoring (RTM) provides an unparalleled safety feature that assesses hull integrity throughout each dive.”