The men onboard Titan – the missing vessel which toured the Titanic shipwreck – will likely suffer these fates.
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Titanic submarine: Horrendous ways five men could die [photo]
Bar a miracle, the five men onboard the Titan – a sub which went missing near the Titanic shipwreck on Sunday – will likely suffer this fate.
The men onboard Titan – the missing vessel which toured the Titanic shipwreck – will likely suffer these fates.
Images via INDRANIL MUKHERJEE, AFP/ Instagram: @oceangateexped
According to multiple reports, the Titanic submarine – known as OceanGate Titan – has officially run out of oxygen. This means that unless, by some miracle, the five men on board will likely experience gruesome side effects from the conditions on the tiny vessel.
On Sunday, the sub was declared missing shortly after it began its underwater expedition of the world-famous Titanic shipwreck in the Northern Atlantic.
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TITANIC ‘TRIP OF A LIFETIME’ GOES HORRIBLY WRONG
On Sunday morning, the 6.7-metre Titan, operated by U.S.-based OceanGate Expeditions, descended for what was meant to be a two-hour dive to the Titanic shipwreck.
The trip was billed as an opportunity to “become one of the few to see the Titanic with your own eyes.”
According to Reuters, OceanGate priced the seats on the vessel at up to $250 000 each.
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On board the vessel – which was equipped with 96 hours of air, were five men. They were
- Hamish Harding (58), a British businessman and explorer
- Shahzada Dawood (48), a British businessman, and his son, Suleman Dawood (19)
- Paul-Henry Nargeolet (77), a French explorer nicknamed “Mr. Titanic.”
- Stockton Rush (61), the chief executive of OceanGate, the firm behind the dive
At the end of the two-hour expedition, the vessel reportedly lost contact with the surface support ship.
Several emergency rescue efforts were put in place to locate Titan, which had a limited air supply, reported to only last until Thursday midday.
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POSSIBLE DEATH: IS THIS HOW THEY MEET THEIR DEMISE?
While rescue officials are holding on to hope that the men on board the Titan are found alive, other experts have shared realistic expectations of the possible deadly fates:
This includes:
Suffocation: With dwindling oxygen levels, passengers will likely face toxic carbon dioxide levels. This could lead to headaches, suffocation, and death.
Hypothermia: with electrical power likely out, the possibility is that temperatures in the vessel have dropped to fatal lows
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Panic: This can result in increased heart rates, hyperventilation, and panic attacks
Implosion: The Titan – which experts claim has reached a possible depth of 3500 metres – is likely to implode under pressure.
“Although the Titan’s composite hull is built to withstand intense deep-sea pressures, any defect in its shape or build could compromise its integrity – in which case there’s a risk of implosion,” robotics professor Stefan B Williams told The Conversation.
