DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Gold watch gifted to Titanic hero who saved 700 lives sells for record £1.5 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A gold watch gifted to the captain of a ship which rescued more than 700 passengers and crew from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million ($1.97 million). The gold pocket watch was inscribed with a message from the three surviving widows to mark their "heartfelt gratitude and appreciation" for Captain Rostron. The previous record for a Titanic-related object sold at auction was also a pocket watch, which sold for £1.175 million ($1.485 million) earlier this year. For auctioneer Andrew Aldridge, the latest sale is a sign that interest in the story of the Titanic shows no sign of slowing down. The watch was sold to a private collector in the US and the sale figure includes fees and taxes paid by the buyer, according to PA media.

Persons: Captain Arthur Rostron, Henry Aldridge, Henry Aldridge & Son, Rostron, John B Thayer, John Jacob Astor, George D Widener, ” Mrs Astor’s, John Jacob Astor IV, James Cameron’s, Astor’s, Andrew Aldridge, ” Organizations: CNN, Titanic, Henry Aldridge &, Sunday Locations: New York, Son, York

An OSHA spokesperson said in a response to NBC News that the agency did forward his safety allegations to the Coast Guard, which has the jurisdiction to investigate such claims. The Coast Guard also noted at the start of the hearing that the Titan never underwent an independent review, which is standard practice in the industry. “If the Coast Guard became a problem, then he would buy himself a congressman and make it go away,” McCoy said, adding that he resigned soon after. Rush “said the usual response that ‘it takes too long,’” Kohnen testified about getting OceanGate’s submersible classified by the industry. In a transcript of the conversation made public by the Coast Guard as part of the hearing, Rush denied he was going to put anyone at risk with the Titan.

Persons: Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Dawood, OceanGate, ” David Lochridge, Rush, ”, Lochridge, ” Lochridge, Tony Nissen, —, Nissen, “ I’m, Amber Bay, Roy Thomas, Thomas, Steven Ross testified.Rush, Ross, ” Ross, “, Bart Kemper, ” Kemper, Guillermo Söhnlein, ’, Matthew McCoy, ” McCoy, William Kohnen, Rush “, ” Kohnen, ‘, ” Rush Organizations: U.S, OceanGate, Stockton Rush, Getty, LinkedIn, Coast Guard, OSHA, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, NBC News, Titan, American Bureau of Shipping, Kemper Engineering Services, Hydrospace Locations: U.S ., South Carolina, Washington, Canada, Amber, U.S

In a statement, the company said it was no longer operating, extended its condolences to relatives of the victims, and noted it has cooperated with the Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board investigations. Neubauer said the testimony gave important insight into the potential motivation in Rush and his company. Peter Girguis, a Harvard University professor and oceanographer who monitored the hearing, told CNN evidence of Rush’s ego-driven approach and heedlessness to repeated safety concerns appears to loom large in the disaster. Specifically, the letter alleged the language on OceanGate’s website was “confusing and misleading” and implied the Titan was “classed,” meaning certified to industry standards. The letter took issue with OceanGate’s decision not to try to get the Titan classified.

Persons: Jason Neubauer, ”, OceanGate, Stockton, Rush, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Neubauer, …, Peter Girguis, “ Stockton, ” Girguis, ” Neubauer, Karl Stanley, Stanley, ” Stanley, “, ” Donald Kramer, Stockton Rush, He’s, Amber Bay, Phil Brooks, OceanGate’s, Brooks, couldn’t, –, William Kohnen, Kohnen, ” Kohnen, ” Rush, CNN’s Dakin Andone, Eric Levenson Organizations: CNN, Coast Guard, Titan, Marine Board, Stockton Rush, Authorities, Atlantic, Marine Board of Investigation, National Transportation Safety, Harvard University, “ Stockton Rush, US Justice Department, National Transportation Safety Board, Justice Department, Stockton, Marine Technology Society, OceanGate Locations: Everett, Washington, English, Honduras, Stockton, Amber, paychecks, OceanGate, ‘, “ Stockton, North Charleston , South Carolina

CNN —The surviving co-founder of the company that owned the doomed Titan submersible is scheduled to testify Monday as a US Coast Guard panel continues to investigate what led to the implosion that killed five people last year. The Marine Board of Investigation’s two-week hearing began September 16 and is expected to resume Monday with OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein, who in January 2013 left the company, set to testify, the Coast Guard’s hearing schedule shows. In 2009, Sohnlein and CEO Stockton Rush launched the Washington state-based company that created the experimental 23,000-pound submersible. The submersible lost contact with its support vessel, the Polar Prince, an hour and 45 minutes into its dive on June 18, 2023. Former OceanGate director of marine operations David Lochridge, center, stands during his testimony on September 17, 2024.

Persons: OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, Sohnlein, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Sohnlein’s, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Rush, ”, ” Sohnlein, David Lochridge, Andrew J, Whitaker, ” Lochridge, Steven Ross, Ross, Antonella Wilby, Wilby, ‘, ’, ” Roy Thomas, Phil Brooks Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Marine Board, Stockton Rush, Marine Board of Investigation, Coast Guard, American Bureau of Shipping Locations: Washington

☆ Celine Dion's team says use of 'My Heart Will Go On' at Trump rally was 'unauthorized'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Céline Dion’s management team and record label, Sony Music Canada, said the use of her world-renowned hit “My Heart Will Go On” at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Montana on Friday was “unauthorized.”A video of Dion performing the 1997 song was broadcast at the Trump and JD Vance rally in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday evening. In a statement on X, the Canadian musician’s team said Saturday they became aware of the Republican campaign’s use of the “video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion” singing the song. “In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” the statement read. Dion isn’t the first artist to reject the Trump campaign’s use of their music. “Me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies,” the musician said at the time.

Persons: Céline, Donald Trump, Dion, JD Vance, Celine Dion ”, Celine Dion, Dion isn’t, ” Rihanna, ”, Neil Young, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Everlast, Adele, Trump Organizations: Sony Music Canada, Trump, Canadian, Republican, Pain Locations: Montana, Bozeman , Montana, British

☆ A year after the Titan tragedy, a sub is planning to go back to the Titanic to make a point
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

With OceanGate closed for business, the market for Titanic sub tourism appeared to slam shut. One leading sub operator, eager to demonstrate that the Titan sub failed to live up to the industry standards that can make trips to the ocean floor relatively safe, is already planning its own journey to the wreckage of the Titanic, where Titan was headed before it collapsed. But in its pursuit of “increasing access to the deep ocean through innovation,” OceanGate frequently skirted regulations and pushed back against industry standards. 2) OceanGate’s sub designs were so experimental, no other commercial sub operation would ever replicate them. “The deep ocean is no place for compromise,” Triton said in its statement.

Persons: ”, Larry Connor, ” Connor, Stockton Rush, ” Rush, David Pogue, “, don’t, Don’t, OceanGate, Ray Dalio, James Cameron, —, ” Triton, Lukas Furtenbach, Philippe Brown, Brown, ” Brown Organizations: New, New York CNN, Titanic, Triton, Wall Street, WSJ, CNN, Stockton, “, Triton Submarines, American Bureau of Shipping, Furtenbach Locations: New York, Austria, Hudson

☆ Titan Disaster Forces Global Rethinking of Deep Sea Exploration
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( William J. Broad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When five men died on June 18, 2023, in the implosion of the Titan submersible during a dive to the Titanic’s resting place, the knowledge of Paul-Henri Nargeolet was lost too. It was Nargeolet’s 38th dive to the sunken liner. Known as Mr. Titanic, he helped retrieve thousands of artifacts that have been displayed in museums and at events around the world. Jessica Sanders, president of RMS Titanic which is organizing the expedition, said, “there’s an art to artifact recovery and a human element that technology can never replace — and shouldn’t.” She said Mr. Nargeolet had embodied that kind of expertise. The robots are seen as safer.

Persons: Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Jessica Sanders, “, ”, Nargeolet Organizations: Titan

☆ Titanic’s Treasures Captivate Collectors, but They’ll Need Deep Pockets
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Tony Probst’s passion for the Titanic is unwavering. Since the mid-1990s, he has amassed hundreds of artifacts from the ship’s maiden voyage in 1912, including a lifeboat plaque, china, sheet music and an array of personal documents. “I believe I’m the only person on planet Earth who has every piece of paper for one individual to get on board Titanic,” Mr. Probst, 64, said proudly this week. His collection is sometimes on display at the audio and visual store he runs with his sons in the Bay Area of California, but it has also toured prominent spaces, including the National Geographic Museum in Washington; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif.; and the Titanic museums in Branson, Mo., and Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Persons: Tony Probst’s, “, Mr, Probst, Ronald Reagan Organizations: National Geographic Museum, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Locations: Bay, California, Washington, Simi Valley, Calif, Branson, Mo, Pigeon Forge, Tenn

☆ John Jacob Astor’s gold watch worn on Titanic to be sold at auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Emily Blumenthal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Astor was one of around 1,500 people who died when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg. The violin itself was sold for $1.7 million via the same auction house in 2013 and is the highest-selling item from the ship ever. The valise belonging to Titanic bandmember and orchestra leader Wallace Hartley, which held the violin he played as the Titanic sank, is also for sale. The watch was among the personal effects found with Astor’s body after the Titanic sank, according to the auction house. In 1935, Vincent gave the watch as a christening gift to the infant son of William Dobbyn IV, John Jacob Astor’s executive secretary, according to the auction house.

Persons: John Jacob Astor IV, Astor, Madeleine, Henry Aldridge, bandmember, Wallace Hartley, Andrew Aldridge, Aldridge, Vincent Astor, Vincent, William Dobbyn IV, John Jacob Astor’s, ” Aldridge, John Jacob Astor IV’s cufflinks Organizations: CNN, Titanic, Henry Aldridge & Son, Son Locations: Wiltshire, England, United States

☆ Fact Check: Titanic magazine cover comparing Ukrainian and Israeli trick-or-treaters is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated Halloween-themed cover of German satirical magazine Titanic, which juxtaposes Israeli trick-or-treaters holding overflowing candy buckets with empty-handed Ukrainians, is being shared online. It is dated as Titanic’s “Nr. However, a search through the monthly magazine’s online archive shows no such cover was published by Titanic. Furthermore, a search through Titanic’s official Twitter account did not reveal the supposed cover, nor did a search through the website’s Facebook page. There is no record of Titanic publishing such a cover and the October edition features a different issue number and image.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, “, Read Organizations: Facebook, Titanic, Reuters, Thomson

Paul-Henri Nargeolet was the director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, Inc, the Georgia-based firm that recovers and exhibits Titanic artifacts. Nargeolet was lending his expertise to a separate company, OceanGate, when he and four others died on the Titan's final dive near the Titanic in June. The former French navy officer had already completed 37 dives and supervised the recovery of about 5,000 Titanic artifacts. A hearing was still scheduled for Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, which oversees Titanic salvage matters. The firm said it “will not recover artifacts at this time, nor conduct other activity that would physically alter or disturb the wreck,” the company wrote Wednesday.

Persons: Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Nargeolet, RMST, “, Jessica Sanders, Henri ‘ P.H, ’ Nargeolet, ” Organizations: U.S ., French, Marconi, U.S . Coast Guard, U.S, Britain Locations: NORFOLK, Va, U.S, Georgia, That's, Southampton, England, New York, Norfolk , Virginia, Britain, Norfolk

☆ Audiobook of the Week: ‘The Ghost Club’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Audrey Clare Farley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At the fore is Harry Price, who became chairman in 1938 after investigating paranormal activity at the Borley Rectory in Essex, which he called the “most haunted house in England.” Professing that scientific rigor could legitimize the study of the afterlife, Price debunked lore about a phantom nun on the grounds but claimed to have observed other ghostly goings-on, such as tapping on the windows and servant bells ringing after their wires had been cut. He drew both acclaim and criticism, leaving Dawson to wonder: “Who was Harry Price — a genius or a grifter? A conjurer or a con?”Dawson is less skeptical of the wider cultural appeal of spiritualism. Perhaps she’s right that war, industrialization and the Titanic’s sinking stirred metaphysical yearnings, but after listeners hear offhand mentions of club members’ commitments to colonialism and Christian Zionism — and if they have any outside knowledge of the occult origins of the Third Reich — listeners may wonder if there’s more to the story. Audrey Clare Farley is the author, most recently, of “Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America.”THE GHOST CLUB | By Kate Winkler Dawson | Read by the author | Penguin Audio | 4 hours, 1 minute

Persons: Harry Price, ”, Price, Dawson, Harry Price —, ” Dawson, offhand, Zionism —, Audrey Clare Farley, Kate Winkler Dawson, Read Organizations: Zionism, Reich, “, Penguin Locations: Essex, England, America

☆ Fact Check-Revived Titanic-Olympic ‘switch’ conspiracy sunk by ships’ differences
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

In particular, design differences between the Titanic and Olympic, visible in photographs of the two ships, are consistent with the wreckage of Titanic being, in fact, Titanic, and making the switch theory implausible. Another of the ships, Olympic, was put into service the year before, on June 14, 1911, and retired in 1935, with many of its fixtures and fittings auctioned off before it was scrapped. Magellan and its collaborator Atlantic Productions released sample images and animations of the Titanic wreck site scans to media outlets in May 2023, which can be viewed (here), (here). Olympic’s hull number was 400, and Titanic’s was 401. “Meanwhile,” Layton said, “the Titanic’s correct hull number, 401, has been observed at the wreck site and on items recovered from the wreck.

Persons: Robert John Welch, J, Kent Layton, ” Layton, Olympic’s, Layton, Titanic’s, Tim Maltin, Read Organizations: Titanic, Facebook, National Museums Northern, White Star Lines, Olympic, Belfast shipyard, Library of Congress, Bain News Service, Getty, Magellan Ltd, Atlantic Productions, HULL, Reuters Locations: Atlantic, Belfast , Northern Ireland, National Museums Northern Ireland, Southampton, England, New York, Titanic

Vertical thrusters Horizontal thruster Viewport Horizontal thruster Vertical thrusters Horizontal thruster Viewport Horizontal thruster Titanium hemisphere Carbon fiber cylinder Titanium hemisphere Titanium hemisphere Carbon fiber cylinder Titanium hemisphereTitan had several cost-saving departures from proven submersible designs. And Titan’s carbon fiber cylinder was attached to titanium hemispheres, creating several joints of dissimilar materials that are challenging to bond properly. Titan Hull The pressure applied to a pill shape is distributed disproportionately and may cause collapse similar to a soda can being crushed. Titan The Polar Prince towed the Titan submersible through a harbor in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in May. Dolores Harvey/Alamy Alvin Alvin is brought out to sea aboard a scientific ship like Atlantis, shown here lifting Alvin over the water.

Persons: Hull, Alvin Hull, OceanGate, Oisin Fanning Alvin, Alvin, Tim Foecke, ”, Foecke, Rush, Arnie Weissmann, Dolores Harvey, Alvin Alvin, Andrew Von Kerens, submersibles, Alfred S, McLaren, Navy submariner, Kedar Kirane, Mr, Kirane Organizations: Titan, The New York Times, Oceangate, Oceanographic, Alvin, Stockton Rush, Travel, Explorers Club of New Locations: St, John’s, Newfoundland, Navy, Explorers Club of New York City

☆ New Map Shows Titan Submersible Debris’s Proximity to Titanic Wreck
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( William J. Broad | More About William J. Broad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The company that possesses the exclusive salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck and the ship’s artifacts filed in federal court on Saturday a map of the surrounding seabed that shows where searchers found the twisted remains of the Titan submersible. The map, a mosaic of sonar images that were annotated by experts at the company, RMS Titanic Inc., helps indicate how close the craft was to its intended destination when disaster struck. The vehicle very likely imploded on the morning of Sunday, June 18, killing all five crew members. RMS Titanic’s director of underwater research was on the last dive of the tourist submersible as a guest of Titan’s owner, OceanGate. The seabed map, attached to a legal filing as an exhibit, shows the ghostly outline of Titanic’s bow section.

Organizations: Titan, Titanic Inc

☆ Titanic submersible: A robot is combing the sea floor for debris from the implosion as a multinational investigation begins
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Samantha Beech | Nouran Salahieh | Samantha Beech | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The US Coast Guard has convened a Marine Board of Investigation to probe the implosion – the “highest level of investigation the Coast Guard conducts,” US Coast Guard chief investigator Capt. Military experts found debris from the ill-fated submersible about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on Thursday, the US Coast Guard previously said. “This case has been extremely complex, involving a coordinated international, interagency and private sector response in an unforgiving and difficult to access region of the ocean,” US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, said Sunday. The Coast Guard announced the vessel suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing everyone on board. Pelagic's remotely operated vehicle Odysseus 6 is lifted out of the ocean after searching for debris from the Titan submersible on June 22, 2023.

Persons: Jason Neubauer, ” Neubauer, “, ” Kathy Fox, Kent Osmond, John Mauger, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Odysseus, Neubauer, Paul Hankins, Jeff Mahoney, Mahoney, Rush, ” Rachel Lance, ”, Karl Stanley, ” Stanley, OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, ” Sohnlein Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Marine Board, Investigation, Coast Guard, Authorities, Prince, Transportation, Board of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Polar Prince, US, Guard, First Coast Guard District, OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, Titan, Research, Research Services, Salvage Operations, Ocean Engineering, Deep Energy, US Navy, Navy, Duke University, Rush Locations: Canada, St, John’s, British, French, Bahamas

☆ Fact Check-Titanic tourist sub was not found intact after 55 hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

While search and rescue efforts were still ongoing, social media users shared old images of the sub alongside false claims that it had been found 55 hours after it went missing and that all passengers were alive and in need of medical attention. The photos offered as evidence, however, were online before the sub disappeared. The debris field with pieces of wreckage corresponding to the missing sub was found more than 100 hours after the vessel first stopped communicating (here). Ahead of the Coast Guard's confirmation, OceanGate Expeditions issued a statement saying that the crew on board the Titan had “sadly been lost” (here). The Titan submersible was not found intact after it went missing on June 18.

Persons: Hamish Harding, Harding, Read Organizations: OceanGate Expeditions, . Coast Guard, Facebook, Twitter, Action Aviation, Reuters Locations: British

☆ The Titanic disaster led to a rethink of international regulations. Titan may have a similar legacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Such was the belief in the Titanic that safety regulations of the day were not updated to keep pace with the technology. The first version was adopted in 1914, in response to the Titanic disaster,” the International Maritime Organization (IMO) says on its website. Other SOLAS regulations linked back to the Titanic disaster include:Abandon ship drills – The Titanic captain had canceled one the day of the sinking. Lessons from TitanMaritime experts and historians have noted the Titan submersible operated outside of the regulations prompted by the Titanic disaster. The Titan submersible did not need to conform to safety regulations, since it operated in international waters.

Persons: “, SOLAS, Sal Mercogliano, ” Mercogliano, ”, Per Wimmer, ” Wimmer, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, James Cameron, Cooper, ” Cameron, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, Titanic, Convention, OceanGate Expeditions, White Star Line, United States National Archives, of Congress, Board of Trade, Washington, SOLAS Convention, International Maritime Organization, Titan Maritime, Titan, Campbell University, States, Challenger Locations: Southampton, British, ”, North Carolina, “, Britain, Danish

☆ At Attractions About the Titanic, Pondering the Fate of the Titan
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Christopher Kuo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It just felt so eerie to be like we added five more to the tally,” said Sebastian, a 34-year-old musician who lives in New York City, as he took in “Titanic: The Exhibition,” in New York. Ever since the submersible, the Titan, disappeared in the ocean depths last Sunday, its fate had riveted the world. Many were fascinated by the search and rescue efforts, hoping the missing explorers would be found alive. Others wondered why wealthy people would spend so much money on a dangerous tour of a disaster site. And others were drawn by its connection to the Titanic, whose sinking in 1912 remains one of the most famous maritime disasters in history, still the subject of films, exhibits and shows.

Persons: Jo, Sebastian, ”, ” Sebastian, Stefan Hut Locations: New York City, New York

☆ Submersible Expert Raised Safety Concerns After 2019 Trip on Titan
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Jenny Gross | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The next day, Mr. Stanley wrote an email in which he detailed his concerns to Stockton Rush, the chief executive of OceanGate Expeditions, who was also on board the Titan for the dive, urging Mr. Rush to cancel the expeditions to the wreck of the Titanic that were planned for that summer. Would you consider taking dozens of other people to the Titanic before you truly knew the source of those sounds? Rush was piloting the Titan and was among the five people on board who were killed. The Titan’s final voyage would have been its 14th expedition to the Titanic’s wreckage.

Persons: Karl Stanley, Stanley, Rush, ” Organizations: Stockton Rush, OceanGate Expeditions, The New York Times, U.S . Coast Guard Locations: Bahamas, submersibles, U.S

☆ Submersible touring Titanic wreckage running out of oxygen, search approaching a critical juncture
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The search area for the missing submersible stretches about two times the size of Connecticut on the surface and goes down as deep as two-and-a-half miles, according to Frederick. We need a miracle – but miracles do happen,” oceanographer and water search expert David Gallo told CNN. However, it remains unclear whether the noises are from the missing submersible, Frederick said. David Marquet, a former submarine captain, described Wednesday what he imagines the five passengers are experiencing in the Titan submersible. OceanGate Expeditions strayed from industry norms by declining a voluntary, rigorous safety review of the vessel, according to an industry leader.

Persons: ”, “, Capt, Jamie Frederick, Frederick, John Cabot, “ We’ll, ” Frederick, “ It’s, David Gallo, Frederick said, Rick Murcar, Murcar, Tom Dettweiler, ” Dettweiler, “ You’re, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, David Marquet, John’s, Marquet, CNN’s Jake Tapper, ” Marquet, Joe MacInnis, who’s, Josh Gates, ” Gates, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Gates, couldn’t, David Hiscock, OceanGate, ” Will Kohnen, wouldn’t Organizations: CNN, First Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, US Navy, US Coast Guard, National Association of Cave, OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, Navy, Titan, Daylight, Horizon Services, U.S . Air Force, Marine Technology Society Locations: Connecticut, NewfoundlandSaturday

CNN —James Cameron, who directed the hit 1997 film “Titanic” and has himself made 33 dives to the wreckage, offered his thoughts Thursday after it was announced that a missing Titanic-bound submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing all five people on board. Cameron added he thinks “we’re also seeing a parallel here with unheeded warnings about a sub that was not certified.”A desperate search and rescue mission had been underway since the submersible went missing Sunday. “These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans. Speaking of his deep-sea dives to the site of the Titanic, Cameron told Cooper, “You feel the presence of the tragedy and I think that’s the lure. In 2012, he talked to the New York Times about the dangers of deep sea exploration.

Persons: James Cameron, ” Cameron, CNN’s Andersoon Cooper, Cameron, “ we’re, ”, John Mauger, Stockton, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Rush’s, Wendy Rush, Isidor Straus, Ida, Mariana Trench, Cooper, “, ” “, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, US, Guard, Titan, Stockton Rush, New York Times, AAA

☆ Wife of submersible pilot descendant of famous Titanic couple
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Wendy Rush, the wife the executive who piloted the submersible that has been the subject of a desperate search after it went missing during a dive to the Titanic wreckage, has a personal connection to the ship. The couple were fictionalized by Lew Palter as Isidor and Elsa Raven as Ida in the Oscar-winning 1997 film “Titanic,” directed by James Cameron. Wendy Rush, born Wendy Hollings Weil, is the great granddaughter of the couple’s daughter, Minnie Straus Weil. Isidor Straus was a co-owner of Macy’s and the story of how they perished captured the attention of those interested in the story of the Titanic. “On the night of 14 April, after Titanic had hit the iceberg, Isidor and Ida were directed to lifeboat eight.

Persons: Wendy Rush, Isidor Straus, Ida, Lew Palter, Isidor, Elsa Raven, ”, James Cameron, Wendy Hollings Weil, Minnie Straus Weil, Rush, acccording, Stockton Rush, “ Ida, Ellen, ” Isidor Straus’s, Ida’s Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Paramount Pictures, National Archives, Titanic, UK National Archives Locations: United States, Germany, New, Woodlawn

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Titanic magazine cover depicting Ukraine’s Zelenskiy is circulating online
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated cover of German satirical magazine Titanic that mocks Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia is being shared online. However, a search through the monthly magazine’s online archive shows no such cover was published by Titanic in June 2023 (here ). Titanic magazine didn’t immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. The alleged cover of Titanic magazine depicting Zelenskiy is fake. The June 2023 edition features Frontex on its cover.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Read Organizations: Facebook, Twitter, Titanic, Reuters Locations: Russia, eigene

☆ Titan submersible: Search crews heard banging sounds while scouring the Atlantic for manned craft now running out of oxygen
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Ray Sanchez Priscilla Alvarez | Nouran Salahieh | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

The banging on Tuesday first came every 30 minutes and was heard again four hours later, according to an internal government memo update on the search. The search for the missing submersible Titan has broadened to an area about two times the size of Connecticut. It was unclear when exactly the banging was heard Tuesday or how long it lasted, based on the memo. We have to keep working until we find the submersible,” Joyce Murray, minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, told reporters Wednesday. If the submersible is intact, the passengers would be dealing with dwindling oxygen levels and fighting cold, he told CNN.

Persons: Jamie Frederick, ”, Frederick, Stone, ” Joyce Murray, “, Ray Scott “ Chip ” McCord, ” Scott, David Hiscock, we’ve, John Mauger, ” Carl Hartsfield, John Cabot –, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Sulaiman Dawood, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, ” David Gallo, John’s, Gallo, ” Gallo, Joe MacInnis, who’s, Frederick didn’t, Mauger, David Lochridge, Lochridge, OceanGate, Oceangate, ” OceanGate, Suleman Dawood, Stockton Rush, J, Van Gurley, Gabe Cohen, ” Cohen, Aaron Newman, ” John “ Danny ” Olivas, ” Olivas, CNN’s Victor Blackwell Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Fisheries, Canadian Coast Guard, OceanGate Expeditions, Canadian Armed Forces, New York Air National Guard, U.S . Air Force, “ CBS, Naval, Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, USCG, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Stockton Rush, Strategic Initiatives, Daylight, Horizon Services, US Navy, Facebook, OceanGate, Titan, Manned, Vehicles, Marine Technology Society, New York Times, Times, Stockton, Polar Prince, Navy, KOMO, CBS Locations: Connecticut, Canadian, Everest, NewfoundlandSaturday, Cape Cod , Massachusetts, OceanGate, Rush, Titan

Search resuls for: "Titanic’s"

25 mentions found