A former member of an OceanGate expedition to the to the wreckage of the Titanic is sharing what it was is like for those onboard the submersible, and says although training is provided, the deep dive is not without risk.
That fits with Taylor's experience, and he highlighted that communication with the submersible is one of the most difficult parts of the dive, with the ability to contact those on the surface being restricted to a"sonar-like" device.
"There's no GPS down there," Taylor said."You're restricted to text messaging, and the text messaging is incredibly slow."However, it's not just communication difficulties that will complicate the search, there's also no light at that depth in the ocean and Taylor warned that in addition to theThe interior of the Titan is shown in an image from OceanGate.
"The vessel itself is basically a carbon fibre… tube," Taylor said."But the ship itself is will get cold."
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