Specifications For Titan Submarines, OceanGate-Owned Tourism Submarines That Sink In The Atlantic Ocean

Titan Submarine. (Photo: Twitter/@OceanGateExped)

YOGYAKARTA In this article, specifications for the Titan submarine, OceanGate's tourist submarine that sank in the Atlantic Ocean will be discussed.

It is known, a tragic incident occurred on the Titan submarine. The submarine had an accident and failed to return to the surface after going to explore the shipwreck.

The submarine was filled by billionaire and British adventurer Hamis Harding (58), Pakistani-born businessman Shahzada Dawood (48) who is a British citizen and his 19-year-old son Suleman, as well as French marine expert and French scholar total Paul-Henri Nargeolet (77).

On Sunday, June 18, 2023, the Titan submarine reportedly lost contact after diving for 1 hour 45 minutes. In fact, diving to the location of the shipwreck it took 2 hours and 2 hours to return to the surface.

After a few days of searching, the American Coast Guard found debris, including the submarine's tail cone and two parts of the hull at the ocean's bottom 488 meters from the shipwreck.

US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said the Titan submarine experienced a devastating explosion and all passengers were declared dead.

Titan itself is a tourist submarine operated by OceanGate OceanGate Expeditions, a deep-sea tourism company.

Quoted from the Economic Times page, the Titan submarine has a unique construction. This ship is made with material titanium and fibered carbon filamin.

The Titan submarine weighs 20,000 pounds or the equivalent of 9,072 kg while floating in the air. The submarine is equipped with a special weight to achieve neutral buoyancy after reaching the seabed.

Tian is different from submarines or submarines in general. This is because the hull is formed from a combination of carbon fiber and titanium so that it makes it lighter than steel submarines.

In terms of size, the Titan submarine looks similar to a minivan. The cabin space is limited to passengers.

Based on the photo uploaded by Ocean Gate on its official website, Titan's submarine looks like a metal tube. Even so, this submarine passenger can dudup on a flat floor and lean on a curved wall.

Although there are no chairs available and minimal head spaces, in the titan submarine there are still lighting. Passengers in it do not move freely because of limited space.

This tourist submarine can dive with a depth of up to four kilometers with adequate security limits.

Titan is equipped with a safety mechanism that makes it easier to reach the surface by releasing sandbags, tin pipes, and also hot air balloons.

The design allows features to be used when passengers are helpless.

The Titan submarine is claimed to have completed 50 dives, including dives with the depth of the ship.

During an expedition to explore the oceans conducted by OceanGate in 2022, this submarine has experienced battery problems in early dives and requires manual handling to lift its platform.

Passengers who wish to explore the ocean on a Titan submarine for 10 hours are required to pay around 250 thousand US dollars or around Rp. 3.7 billion. Before traveling, passengers must sign a statement in which there is the word 'death' three times.

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