On Thursday, after a massive search operation, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the worst news: the five people on board the Titan submersible had died after debris was found near the wreck of the Titanic. The vessel had suffered a “catastrophic implosion”. The U.S. Navy had detected a sound consistent with an implosion when communications were lost with the Titan an hour and 45 minutes into its...
King Charles has paid tribute to the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush arriving in Britain.Last year, while Prince of Wales, he commissioned a series of 10 portraits that will be part of the Royal Collection and act as a tribute to the contributions of the Windrush generation — he also attended a service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor in recognition of the anniversary on 22 June.The...
Movie director and submersible maker James Cameron said he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible Titan that imploded on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage, saying he had found the hull design risky.Cameron became a deep-sea explorer in the 1990s while researching and making his Oscar-winning blockbuster Titanic. He owns Triton Submarines, which makes submersibles for...
This morning, an ROV, or remote-operated vehicle, from the vessel Horizon Arctic discovered the tail cone of the Titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on the seafloor. The ROV subsequently found additional debris. In consultation with experts from within the unified command, the waste is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.Upon this...
As music fans descend on Somerset for Glastonbury Festival 2023, eyes are on the weather as much as the bands.An estimated 210,000 music fans will descend on the 900-acre site to see Elton John, the Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses, Lewis Capaldi, and Lizzo perform at the UK’s most famous festival.Fortunately for those attending this year, forecasters have given a relatively good outlook for 2023...
A new graphic has shown the enormous depth of the Titanic wreckage as the search for a deep-sea vessel that went missing on a dive to explore it continues.There is a race against time to find the lost submersible, named Titan, with the U.S. Coast Guard confirming on Wednesday evening there was an estimated 20 hours left of oxygen on the vessel – around midday U.K. time on Thursday.The sub has...
A TV host has shared his description of how he nearly died on a trip to see the wreck of the Titanic as the desperate search continued to locate five people who disappeared on a submersible making the same journey.Rescuers are in a race against time to locate the Titan sub, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, which was reported missing on Sunday evening in the mid-Atlantic about 435 miles south of...
A hero that went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic has less than 40 hours of breathable air left as of Tuesday evening, as the U.S. Coast Guard says search efforts continue. Officials said the sub had about 96 hours of oxygen at most onboard.A Canadian research vessel lost contact with the submersible during a dive Sunday morning about 900 miles east of Cape Cod...
The UK government has been urged to act on Stem training and visas to address the country’s ongoing shortage of Stem skills. A new report by the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) has found that the UK economy is losing out on £1.5 billion per year due to the shortage of Stem skills. The report also found that the R&D sector will need at least 150,000 researchers and technicians by...
A new video showing Tory Party staff dancing and joking about COVID restrictions at a Christmas party during the pandemic has added to the ongoing ‘Partygate’ controversy.The video, obtained by The Mirror, shows a man and woman holding hands and dancing while someone else says: “As long as we don’t stream that, we’re, like, bending the rules.”The gathering occurred at Conservative Party...