TITAN TRAGEDY
Map shows where the remains of the Titan submersible were located
Once the extent of the tragedy was known, the company RMS Titanic Inc published a map in which it placed the remains of the OceanGate submarine.
On the first anniversary of the tragedy that saw five people perish in the implosion of the submersible Titan, we reflect on the ill-fated expedition. One of the mysteries that caused such interest at the time was about exactly where the vessel was at the time of the tragedy. A map was then shared which showed where the remains of the Titan submersible were located, created by the company RMS Titanic Inc and filed in federal court.
How close was the Titan to the Titanic wreckage?
The plan shows an area called Titan Debris Field, located to the right or starboard of the intact bow section of the Titanic without offering more details such as about the size of the field. The map was given to the court as part of its legal obligation to inform about the salvage work performed around the famous ship wreck and in this case specifically how it had aided in the search and rescue, turned maritime investigation, into the Titan disaster.
President of RMS Titanic, Jessica Sanders, said in an interview that the salvage company “tried to help” and that the map was provided so that investigators would have a better understanding of the seabed and its features. The map was created with the help of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of the five people who traveled in the Titan submersible to the bottom of the ocean and perished. He had already made over three dozen dives to the area of the remains of the sunken transatlantic over the years.
As the reports detailed, the bow was one of the most famous features of the wreck, since explorers discovered over time that the railings of this part of the liner were “in relatively good condition and upright”. As for the map, it reflects a series of sonar images annotated by company experts, to indicate how close the ship was to its destination when the implosion took place.
The Coast Guard, in charge of investigating the implosion of the submersible, mentioned that the remains of the deep-sea vessel were found about 1,600 feet from the bow of the ship, that is, almost 12,500 feet deep. This was the third expedition to the site of the wreck of the RMS Titanic, with a previous one in 2021 and another in 2022.
How many Titan voyages made it to the Titanic wreckage?
As reported by the newspaper Insider, of the 90 trips that have been made throughout history to the depth where the remains of the liner sunk in 1912 are found - almost 4,000 meters deep - 13 of them reached their destination. In other words, only 14% of the trips undertaken to the bottom of the sea reached a depth of where the wreckage of the Titanic lies.