Category: OceanGate Expeditions

Questions Emerge About Titanic-Bound Sub’s Regulation, as Investigators Hunt for Reason It Imploded

Authorities hunted Friday for the reason a submersible carrying people to the wreck of the Titanic imploded deep in the North Atlantic, as questions emerged about how such expeditions are regulated and tributes poured in for the five aboard who were killed. The announcement that no one survived Thursday brought a tragic end to a…


Snopes Fact-Checker Jumbles Claim Missing Titanic Submersible Was Using Elon Musk’s StarLink Service

Fact-checking organization Snopes issued an inaccurate fact-check that asserted that the missing OceanGate Titanic exploration submersible was using Elon Musk’s StarLink satellite internet service. On Tuesday, Snopes published an article titled “Was the Missing Titanic Submersible Using Satellites from Elon Musk’s Company?” The claim the Snopes article originally addressed somewhat differs from the article’s headline. While…


Tourist Submarine Goes Missing During Titanic Expedition, Rescue Mission Ongoing

A tourist submarine has gone missing while exploring the Titanic shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed. The Boston Coast Guard told BBC News that a search and rescue operation was underway for the small submersible craft, which takes tourists to view the famous shipwreck 370 miles (600 km) off the…