He will be the first to do this since the tragedy with the Titan bathyscaphe in 2023. The New York Post (NYP) newspaper writes about this, citing a source.
The details of the expedition are kept secret, but it is being discussed in the industry. It will take place in a couple of weeks, a source told the newspaper. "You probably know his name," he said.
The NYP interlocutor explained that he did not want to prevent this billionaire from announcing the upcoming expedition himself.
The Titan tourist vehicle disappeared on June 18, 2023, during its descent to an ocean liner that sank in the North Atlantic in 1912 at a depth of 3.8 km. Communication with the bathyscaphe disappeared less than two hours after its dive.
Four days later, rescuers found its wreckage: the bathyscaphe had completely collapsed due to an inward-directed explosion. Fragments of the structure, along with the presumed remains of the crew members, were later brought to the surface.
There were five people on board the spacecraft of the American company OceanGate Expeditions: its founder Stockton Rush, French deep-sea exploration veteran Paul-Henri Nargeolet, British billionaire and space tourist Hamish Harding, as well as Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleiman.
In September 2024, a court hearing on the crash case was held in the United States. Already in the first days of the trial, unexpected details about the disaster in the North Atlantic became known. So, according to the Coast Guard, in 2021, 70 equipment problems were recorded on the device that needed to be fixed, and in 2022 — another 48.
According to Tony Nissen, former technical director of OceanGate, it was very difficult to work with Stockton Rush, as he rushed through the deadlines for the project, tried to cut funding, and constantly made changes to certain tasks.
In addition, it was stated at the hearing that in 2018, during a test of the bathyscaphe, lightning struck the device, which could damage the hull, which eventually led to tragedy a few years later. rbc.ru.
