Given the uncertainties about the fate of the Titan submersible, there was no way of knowing where in this area it might have ended up. But there are many pieces ranging in size from individual artifacts to the ship's boilers, some of which might be of interest to visitors, scattered over an area that's estimated at five square kilometers. The two primary pieces of the Titanic are obvious destinations separated by over half a kilometer. The Titanic split in half and spewed a lot of its contents before settling on the bottom. Once that's done, they can continue to the wreck-or at least part of the wreck. Subs that visit the area are supposed to dump the ballast they need for a fast descent in one of two areas away from debris from the Titanic. There is also the matter of the search area. And then it would have to descend to the wreck site. Any equipment that was appropriate and available would then have to get sent to Canada, put on board an appropriate vessel, and then taken several hundred miles off the coast to the site of the Titanic. Not all of those vehicles will have the right equipment to handle the search, and some of the ones that do will be in use elsewhere. There aren't a lot of remotely operated vehicles that are built to withstand the pressures found at over 3,500 meters deep in the ocean. One of the factors that took time was simply getting the right hardware to the right location. From that perspective, the successful conclusion of the search can be viewed as happening remarkably quickly. Given that, the time it took to confirm the fate of those on board may have seemed excruciatingly slow.Īt the same time, the extreme depths of the Titanic's wreck posed a lot of challenges, and it's extremely difficult to find anything on the ocean's bottom if you don't know exactly where to look. Was that surprisingly fast or excruciatingly slow? The search to discover the fate of the Titan submersible took place against a backdrop of hopes for survival and dwindling oxygen supplies. NOAA/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island reader comments 412 with
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