Wife of Submersible Titan’s Pilot Descendent of Famous Titanic Victims

Wendy Rush, the wife of the late Stockton Rush, the co-founder of OceanGate and pilot of the Titan when the submersible imploded, is a great-great-granddaughter of two first-class passengers who died when the Titanic sank in 1912. Ms. Rush is … Continue reading

Debris Found from Submersible Titan — Five Onboard Believed to Have Died in Catastrophic Implosion

Pieces of the Titan submersible were found today on the ocean floor, about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic. The debris was ‘consistent with a catastrophic implosion,’ the Coast Guard says. All five onboard the submersible are believed … Continue reading

Update: the Race to Find Missing Submersible Titan With Five Onboard — 40 Hours of Air Remaining

The US Coast Guard is racing against time to locate and rescue a submersible with five people onboard that went missing on Sunday morning in the North Atlantic while attempting to dive on the wreck of the Titanic. The area … Continue reading

Visiting the Titanic in Person For the Cost of An Original First Class Ticket

OceanGate, a privately owned manned submersible and survey company, recently tested its newest submersible, Titan, at depths of 13,000 feet underwater in the Abacos. Next year, the company plans to use the sub to perform 3D laser surveys of RMS Titanic. For $105,129 … Continue reading

Rediscovering the Japanese Aircraft-Carrier Submarine I-400 — Scuttled During the Cold War

Recently, the crew of the the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory‘s submersible Pisces V  announced finding the hull of the Japanese mega-submarine I-400  at a depth of 2,300 feet on the sea floor off Hawaii.  The huge submarine survived World War II but … Continue reading