The type of equipment needed to search at the depths required is rare. The Titanic sits more than 3,800 metres beneath the surface of the ocean, where the pressure is immense and light is nonexistent. OceanGate has previously told CBC News there are few manned vessels on the planet that can reach such depths.
They're searching for a small vessel in a wide area. Titan is seven metres long and just under three metres high. Mauger said the search area they've covered by air is about the size of Connecticut.
The submersible was towed out to sea on the weekend, taking crews of five below the surface to view the Titanic. The last communication between the submersible and its mother ship, the Polar Prince, happened about 1½ hours into the dive early Sunday morning. It has not been heard from since.
The kicker? Watch this CBS News video:
It is a literal death trap for the wealthy.
WAIT IT'S THIRD PARTY? Now that's a war crime!
and it is funny that the rich people death submarine company didn't spring for a real xbox controller
This all puts me somewhat in mind of Patricia Anthony's Cold Allies, which is a pitch-dark sci-fi novel from the 90s about aliens or something against the backdrop of a future war with Russia over dwindling oil resources. The main character is a sexually frustrated gamer drone pilot operating like a telepresence VR Johnny 5 basically toodling around the middle east getting progressively more traumatized.



