A massive search and rescue mobilization has been launched in the North Atlantic after authorities reported that a submarine exploring the wreckage of the Titanic disappeared on Sunday, June 18.
According to reports, the research vessel Polar Prince lost contact with the crew of the Titan submarine one hour and 45 minutes after its dive. the tourism company Ocean Gate it said it was exploring all options for the crew to return safely, and government agencies have joined the rescue operation.
The identities of the five people, including a pilot and four others, aboard the Titan submersible: Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French maritime expert who has made more than 35 dives at the Titanic wreck site, Hamish Harding, a British businessman and explorer, British businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman, and Stockton Rush, founder and CEO of OceanGate.
The influencer Alan Estrada was the first Mexican to make the journey
After breaking the news of the lost submarine, Internet users recalled that the Mexican influencer Allan Estrada I had done the same exploration in 2021. Through your account Twitter, the also actor famous for his travel channel Alan x the World shared the news and revealed some details of what chances the crew would have to survive.
“To the mother. I already checked and it is the same company with whom I did it. I hope they find them soon, the sub has everything to survive 5 days inside, ”she expressed.
In a subsequent tweet, he indicated that there was hope since there were chances to be found but in another message he reiterated that the oxygen inside is limited, that it was still an experimental submersible and that when he was inside the managers were rude to him regarding the audiovisual content that he was compiling for his documentary “My expedition to the TITANIC”.
This was the journey of Alan Estrada to reach the remains of the Titanic
In 2021, the actor and content creator, Alan Estrada, announced that it would submerge to more than 4 thousand meters in the Atlantic Ocean to see the remains of Titanic. However, that year the mission was canceled due to a problem with the experimental submersible.
The exploration was resumed in July 2022. “Was achieved!!! The first Mexican (as far as I know) to visit the remains of the Titanic. We were very lucky and today it was achieved!!”, he shared in a photograph on his Instagram account in which he is seen on board the submersible. The image also shows a part of the sunken ship through the window nicknamed “Cyclops.”
This was the first commercial dive sponsored by Ocean Gate Expeditions, company based in Seattle, in charge of organizing trips for those who dream of seeing the remains of titanic and other places in the depths of the ocean.
According to the company’s web portal, the cost of a trip to the Titanic Survey Expedition 2021 It is 150,000 dollars, the equivalent of 3,006,225.00 Mexican pesos.
What has been said about the rescue mission?
“Apparently they are lost on the surface, which indicates hope because if they are found there are many possibilities of rescue. You cannot get out from the inside, they have to open you up and that operation is complex. I hope they find them.”
However, in another message he warned that the oxygen inside “is limited”Besides that “It is an experimental submersible and the risks exist.” He also stressed that the staff was rude to him regarding the audiovisual material that he was collecting to make his documentary.
Rear Admiral John Mauger revealed to the media that the search and rescue mission was being complicated because “it is a remote region”, in addition to the fact that time is a critical factor and oxygen reserves are limited to 96 hours for five people. “The searches, on the surface or underwater, concern a region ‘about 1,450 km east of Cape Cod, at a depth of about 4,000 meters,” he said.