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CTOnews.com June 22 news, sit on a sightseeing submarine, go down into the deep sea, witness the "Titanic" wreckage, this entertainment project has been deeply loved by "rich friends." The company responsible for this sightseeing business,"Ocean Gate," also made a lot of money until_the submarine carrying five rich people in the latest sightseeing business became a living coffin. The submarine lost contact at the bottom of the sea 4000 meters deep. At present, the rescue operation is not progressing well. Therefore, it is expected that around 9:00 p.m. Beijing time tonight, they will face an oxygen cut-off situation.

▲ The sightseeing submarine that the rich take, the picture source OCEANGATE EXPEDITIONSCTOnews.com After inquiry, it is known that a ticket for this sightseeing project is US $250,000 (about RMB 1.8 million), so all the participants are extravagant people. Because of this, many search and rescue teams in the United States and Canada have launched the "deepest" deep-sea rescue operation in the first time.

It is reported that the submarine can only maintain oxygen for 96 hours (4 days), the submarine lost contact on the morning of 18 local time, so it is expected that five people in the submarine will suffocate due to lack of oxygen around 9:00 tonight Beijing time. According to RollingStone, the US Navy's manned rescue submarine could not actually reach the diving depth of the Titanic, and even if it could reach that depth, it could not rescue the submarine members due to water pressure and other problems. At present, the rescue operation is still in the stage of "restoring submarine communication with the outside world," but as of publication, the search and rescue team is still unable to restore communication.

The Boston Coast Guard, which is leading the rescue effort, tweeted yesterday that a Canadian reconnaissance aircraft searching for the missing submersible "detected underwater noise in the search area."

An email sent Tuesday afternoon by the chairman of The travel and research group the Explorers Club said sonar detected a knock at the site at 2 a.m. local time, suggesting the crew might have been alive and sending a distress signal.

According to reporter Jak Connor, the company responsible for the sightseeing business, Ocean Gate, is actually careless about operating the project, even using a Logitech F710 gamepad produced in 2010 worth $30 (about 215 yuan) for submarine control.

▲ Logitech F710 gamepad for submarine control, source Jak ConnorCTOnews.com with a comparison chart showing the depth of the submarine (Titanic) sinking:

Source: RollingStone

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