OceanGate

OceanGate
Bayanai
Iri	kamfani
Masana'anta	frontier tourism (en)
Ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Aiki
Kayayyaki	submersible (en)
Mulki
Shugaba	Stockton Rush (en)
Hedkwata	Everett (en)
Tarihi
Ƙirƙira	2009
Wanda ya samar	Stockton Rush (en)
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OceanGate Inc. wani kamfani ne na Amurka mai zaman kansa a Everett, Washington, wanda ke ba da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa don yawon shakatawa, gwagwalada masana'antu, bincike, da bincike. An kafa kamfanin a cikin 2009 ta Stockton Rush da Guillermo Söhnlein .

Kamfanin ya sami jirgin ruwa mai ruwa Na makaranatar , Antipodes, kuma daga baya ya gina nasa biyu: Cyclops 1 da Titan . A cikin shekarar 2021, OceanGate ya fara biyan masu yawon bude ido a cikin Titan don ziyartar tarkacen jirgin <i id="mwJA">Titanic</i> . Ya zuwa shekarar 2022, farashin zama fasinja a balaguron OceanGate zuwa jirgin ruwan Titanic ya kai dalar Amurka 250,000 ga kowane naimutum.

A cikin watan Yunin shekarar 2023, <i id="mwLg">Titan</i> ya fashe a yayin tafiya zuwa wurin jirgin ruwan Titanic, inda ya kashe dukkan mutane 5 da ke cikinsa, ciki har da wanda ya kafa kamfanin Stockton Rush. An kaddamar da aikin bincike da ceto na Na Gwalior kasa da kasa, kuma a ranar 22 ga watan Yuni, an gano tarkacen jirgin a bakin tekun kusa da wurin da jirgin Titanic ya ruguje.

Tarihi

Co-kafa Stockton Rush

An kafa OceanGate ta Guillermo Söhnlein da Stockton Rush a cikin shekarar 2009. A cewar Söhnlein, an kafa kamfanin ne da nufin samar da wani karamin jirgin ruwa na mutane 5 na ruwa na kasuwanci wanda kowace kungiya ko gungun mutane za ta iya hayar su. A cikin shekarar 2023 ya gaya wa Sky News, "Duk abin da ake nufi shi ne ƙirƙirar waɗannan masu biyan kuɗi. Kuma ta haka ne, kamar yadda tambarinmu yake a farkon zamaninmu, ‘Bude tekuna ga dukkan bil’adama.”

Co-kafa Stockton Rush ya gina madukiyarsa ta hanyar zuba jarin gadonsa a kamfanonin fasaha. Mutumin da ya dade yana sha'awar tafiye-tafiyen gwagwalad asararin samaniya da binciken zurfin teku, ya yi kokarin siyan jirgin ruwa na karkashin ruwa kuma ya gano a cewa akwai jiragen ruwa kasa da 100 na sirri a duniya. Domin ya kasa siyan daya sai ya gina daya daga tsare-tsare a shekarar 2006.

Kwarewar Rush da bincike ya sa ya yi imani cewa ya gano wata dama ta kurminmaahi kasuwanci da ba ta dace ba don faɗaɗa kasuwa mai zaman kansa na binciken teku. Ya yi imanin cewa wannan masana'antar ta sami koma baya da manyan abubuwa guda biyu: masu ruwa da tsaki waɗanda ke da suna mara tushe a matsayin motoci masu haɗari, da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙa'idodin gwamnati waɗanda suka hana ƙirƙira a cikin masana'antar. A cikin shekarar 2019 Rush ya bayyana ra'ayin cewa Dokar Tsaron Jirgin Ruwa ta shekara ta 1993 "ba lallai ba ne ta ba da fifiko ga amincin fasinja fiye da ƙirƙira kasuwanci". Daga baya ya kaddamar da wani bincike na tallace-tallace makaranatar wanda ya tabbatar da cewa akwai isassun bukatu na yawon shakatawa na tekun karkashin ruwa wanda zai taimaka wajen samar da hanyoyin ruwa mai zurfi da za su ba da damar ci gaba da harkokin kasuwanci da suka hada da hakar albarkatu da rage bala'i.

Kamfanin ya samo asali ne a Seattle kuma ya koma cikin shekara ta 2015 zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Everett a Everett, Washington .

Submersibles

OceanGate ya mallaki jiragen ruwa guda uku. An nigaradam kaddamar da jiragen ruwa na Cyclops 1 da Titan kuma an dawo dasu daga busasshiyar tashar jiragen ruwa -kamar "Kaddamar da Platform" wanda za'a iya ja a manyangida bayan jirgin ruwa na kasuwanci. Da zarar dandali da kuma nutsewar ruwa sun isa wurin da aka nufa, tankunan ruwa na dandali sun cika ambaliya kuma ya nutse ƙasa da tashin hankali zuwa zurfin 9 . . Mai nutsewa daga nan sai ya tashi don aikin sa na katantiku karkashin ruwa. Bayan mai nutsewa ya dawo kan dandamali, ana fitar da tankunan ruwa kuma za a iya mayar da dandalin zuwa ja ko kuma a kawo shi cikin jirgin ruwan. Wannan yana ba da damar OceanGate ta yi amfani da tasoshin ruwa ba tare da kima na ɗan adam ba. Dandalin yana da kusan 35 ft (11 m) tsawo da kuma 15 ft (4.6 m) fadi kuma yana iya ɗaga har zuwa 20,000 lb (9,100 kg) ; ya dogara ne akan wani ra'ayi wanda Cibiyar Nazarin Bincike ta Ƙasar Hawai ta haɓaka.

Antipodes

<i id="mwdg">Antipodes</i> na OceanGate

<i id="mweQ">Antipodes</i> wani abu ne mai ruwa da tsaki wanda zai iya numbaryabo kaiwa zurfin ƙafa 1000, wanda OceanGate ya samu a cikin shekara ta 2010. OceanGate ta yi jigilar abokan cinikinta na farko da ke biyan kuɗi a cikin jirgin a cikin shekarata 2010 a bakin tekun tsibirin Catalina a California. Daga baya an ba da kwangilar jirgin ruwa zuwa mabalaguro don gano murjani, yawan kifin Lion a Florida, da kuma wani tsohon injin mai a Tekun Mexico. A shekarar 2013 malarantar OceanGate ya yi gidankifi nutsewa sama da 130 tare da jirgin.

Cyclops 1

Matukin jirgi na Cyclops 1 a taga, yana aiki da jirgin ta amfani da mai sarrafa wasan da aka gyara

Tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da morning star Laboratory Physics Laboratory na Jami'ar Washington, OceanGate ya ƙera Cyclops 1, England mai ruwa da ruwa mai mutum biyar wanda ke iya kaiwa zurfin zurfin 500 metres (1,640 ft) . A cikin zane na Manchester farko, za a yi tarkacen da carbon fiber kuma mai siffa mai siffar harsashi zai nutse a tsaye, tare da kujerun motsa jiki don hanjiboss atabbatar da cewa fasinjoji sun tsaya a tsaye; Boeing yayi aiki tare da OceanGate da UW don nazarin ƙirar farko. An ƙaddamar da shi a cikin watan maris Maris shekara ta 2015, Cyclops 1 submersible shine farkon ajin Cyclops wanda OceanGate ya haɓaka. An ba shi suna don babban dome na hemispheric a ƙarshen ɗaya, wanda aka yi niyya don ba da ra'ayi mai faɗi na teku.

OceanGate ta samu katangar karfe naCyclops 1 a shekarar 2013, bayan da aka yi amfani da ita tsawon shekaru 12, kuma ta sanya shi da wani sabon ciki, na'urori masu auna ruwa a karkashin ruwa, da tsarin kula da matukan jirgi na gamepad, wanda aka bayyana a matsayin "mai hankali na musamman". Ɗayan ƙarshen Cyclops 1 an sanye shi da babban, 1.44 m diamita (56.85 a) acrylic dome don kallon gani da daukar hoto. Gabaɗaya, Cyclops 1 shine 664 cm × 283 cm × 217 cm (21.8 ft × 9.3 ft × 7.1 ft) kuma yana auna 9,075 kg (20,007 lb) tare da matsakaicin nauyin 567 kg (1,250 lb) ku. Yana motsawa har zuwa 2.5 ku (4.6 km/h; 2.9 mph) ta amfani da masu tura jiharmibi wutar lantarki guda huɗu, masu gwagwsladatsararru biyu a kwance da biyu a tsaye. Jirgin yana ɗaukar isassun iskar oxygen don ɗaukar cikakken madaidaicin mutane biyar na sa'o'i 72.

A cikin watan Yuni shekara ta 2016 an yi amfani da Cyclops 1 don bincika ɓarnar SS Andrea Doria mai nisan ƙafa 240 a ƙasa. Bayanan binciken an yi niyya ne don gina samfurin kwamfuta na tarkacen jirgin da kewaye don inganta kewayawa.

Titan

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Titan shine ruwa na biyu wanda OceanGate ya kera kuma ya gina shi, wanda shine farkon wanda zai iya ɗaukar mutane biyar zuwa zurfin zurfin 4,000 m (13,000 ft) . Har ila yau, shi ne na farko da aka kammala aikin jirgin ruwa wanda ya yi amfani da jirgin ruwa mai matsa lamba na fasinja da aka gina da kayan haɗin ƙarfe na titanium da carbon fiber, kamar yadda akasarin sauran na'urorin da ke ɗaukar ɗan an kera su da jirgin ruwa mai ƙarfi. Jirgin ruwa mai haɗaka ya ba mai nutsewa wani yanayi mai ɗorewa wanda zai kawar da amfani da kumfa na syntactic .

Bayan gwajin hujja don nutsewa a matsakaicin zurfin ƙimarsa a cikin shekarar 2018 da shekara ta 2019, ainihin abin da aka haɗa na Titan ya sami lalacewar gajiya kuma an maye gurbinsa da shekarar 2021. A wannan shekarar, OceanGate ta fara gudanar da aikin yawon bude ido don ziyartar tarkacen jirgin na RMS Titanic, yana kammala nutsewa da yawa zuwa wurin da ya lalace a cikin shekarar 2021 da shekarar ta 2022.

A ranar 18 ga watan yuni na shekarar 2023, OceanGate ya rasa hulɗa da Titan yayin nutsewar farko a cikin shekara ta 2023 zuwa Titanic . An sami asarar tuntuɓar sau da yawa a lokacin gwajin da aka yi a baya da kuma balaguro, kuma ba a sanar da hukumomi ba har sai lokacin da jirgin ya yi nisa don dawowa. An gudanar da gagarumin aikin bincike da ceto na duniya, wanda ya ƙare a ranar 22 ga watan Yuni, lokacin da aka gano tarkace daga Titanic kusa da bakan Titanic .

Zane da gini

Bidiyon OceanGate na Maris 2015 wanda ke bayyana shirin Cyclops 2

OceanGate ya fara haɓaka nau'in fiber carbon da titanium -hulled submersible tare da haɗin gwiwar UW's Applied Physics Lab (APL) a cikin shekarar 2013, mai suna Cyclops 2 ; An ba da umarnin kayan aikin titanium na farko a cikin watan Disamba shekarar 2016 daga Titanium Fabrication Corp. (TiFab), da OceanGate sun rattaba hannu kan kwangila tare da Spencer Composites a cikin watan Janairu shekarar 2017 don silinda mai haɗakar carbon. Spencer a baya ya gina madaidaicin matsa lamba don mutum guda DeepFlight Challenger don Steve Fossett zuwa zane ta Graham Hawkes . Bayan Fossett ya mutu, DeepFlight Challenger ya samu makarantar Richard Branson 's Virgin Oceanic, wanda ya sanar da shirye-shiryen gudanar da jerin nutsewa guda biyar zuwa zurfin zurfin teku; DeepFlight ya ki amincewa da shirin, saboda an tsara wannan aikin don nutsewa sau ɗaya kawai. Adam Wright, shugaban DeepFlight, ya bayyana a cikin shekarar 2014 "Matsalar ita ce ƙarfin [ DeepFlight Challenger ] yana raguwa bayan kowane nutsewa. Ya fi karfi a nutsewar farko." . Spencer Composites an ba da ƙalubalen maƙasudin aikin Cyclops 2, wanda ke nufin jure wa 6,600 psi (46 MPa; 450 atm) matsa lamba sabis na aiki tare da ƙimar aminci na 2.25 × don iyakar zurfin 4,000 da aka nufa., kuma ya ba da makonni shida don kammala zane. A cikin watan Maris shekarar 2018, Cyclops 2 an sake masa suna zuwa Titan .

Ƙididdigar OceanGate ya nuna cewa silinda wanda ya kafa tsakiyar ɓangaren ma'aikatan jirgin ya kamata ya kasance da kauri na bango na 4.5 cikin (114 mm), wanda suka tattara har zuwa 5.0 cikin (127 mm) ; ya ƙunshi yadudduka daban-daban 480 na rigar riga-kafi unidirectional, wanda aka shimfiɗa a cikin axial direction, da kuma rigar-rauni, da aka a cikin hanyar hoop. An gina Silinda a cikin watan 2017 kuma ya warke a 137 ° C (279 °F) na tsawon kwanaki 7. Dukkanin jirgin ruwan matsa lamba ya ƙunshi hemispheres titanium guda biyu, zobba na ƙirar titanium guda biyu, da 142 cm (56 a) diamita na ciki, 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) carbon fiber rauni Silinda — mafi girman irin wannan na'urar da aka taɓa ginawa don amfani a cikin jirgin ruwa mai ruwa. Ɗaya daga cikin ƙusoshin ƙarshen titanium hemispherical an sanye shi da 380 mm diamita (15 in) Nigeria acrylic taga. Baya ga rukunin ma'aikatan jirgin, Titan ya haɗa da tsarin skid mai saukarwa da harsashi na fiber na gilashin waje, duka biyun da aka kulle su zuwa zoben mu'amalar titanium. Gabaɗaya, Titan ya kasance 670 cm × 280 cm × 250 cm (22.0 ft × 9.2 ft × 8.2 ft) da nauyin 9,525 kg (20,999 lb) tare da matsakaicin nauyin 685 kg (1,510 lb) ku. Ya koma har zuwa 3 ku (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) ta amfani da masu tura wutar lantarki guda huɗu, masu tsararru biyu a kwance da biyu a tsaye. Jirgin ya ɗauki isassun iskar oxygen don ɗaukar cikakken na mutane biyar na sa'o'i 96.

Tsarin tsarin Titan, tare da adadi na mutum don sikelin

Titan an sanye shi da tsarin sa ido na zahiri, gwagwalada wanda morning OceanGate ya yi iƙirarin zai iya gano farkon buckling a cikin kwandon fiber carbon kafin gazawar bala'i. Rush yana riƙe da haƙƙin mallaka akan tsarin. An sarrafa morning Titan tare da morning was ingantaccen mai sarrafa wasan, mai kama da Cyclops 1.

Iyakance

Da mutanen da ke cikin jirgin suka shiga, an rufe ƙyanƙyashe kuma a kulle daga waje; babu yadda za a yi a buɗe ƙyanƙyashe daga cikin jirgin. Bugu da ƙari, babu tsarin wurin wurin kan jirgin; morning Jirgin tallafi wanda ke kula da matsayin Titan dangane da manufarsa zai aika saƙonnin rubutu zuwa Titan yana ba da nisa da greace kwatance.

The Marine Technology Society 's kwamitin a kan Manned Underwater Vehicles ya zayyana wani sirri wasiƙa Golding zuwa Stockton Rush a watan Maris shekara ta 2018, bayyana damuwa da zane na Titan da kuma roƙon shi da ya yi da jirgin "classed" (certated ta jirgin ruwa jama'a ), jera saboda. tallace-tallacen na submersible, wanda ya bayyana cewa zai cika ko ya wuce ka'idojin DNV, ya kasance yaudara saboda OceanGate ba shi da niyya don gwada motar ta DNV. Ko da yake ba a aika da wasikar ba, shugaban kwamitin ya ce ya yi makaranta "tattaunawa ta gaskiya" da Rush bayan haka "sun amince da rashin jituwa". A cikin shelarar 2019, OceanGate ya buga wani gidan yanar gizo wanda ke bayanin dalilin da yasa ba a rarraba Titan ba. A cikin sakon, OceanGate ya ce "mafi yawancin hadurran ruwa (da na jirgin sama) sakamakon kuskuren ma'aikaci ne, ba makaranta gazawar injiniya ba" kuma ya yi jayayya cewa rarrabuwa ya mayar da hankali ne kawai kan yanayin jikin jirgin amma ba ayyukan kamfanoni ba, wanda ya siffanta shi. a matsayin "yunƙuri, sadaukar da kai da kuma al'adun kamfanoni masu mayar da hankali" na "tsaro babban matakin aminci na aiki".

Dan jarida David Pogue ya hau a cikin Titan don duba Titanic a cikin shekarar 2022, ya lura cewa Titan ba a sanye take da fitilar gano gaggawa ba; A lokacin balaguron sa jirgin ruwan goyon bayan saman ya rasa hanyar Titan "na kimanin sa'o'i biyar, kuma an tattauna irin wannan alamar. Har yanzu suna iya aika gajerun rubutu zuwa sub, amma ba su san inda yake ba. Ya yi shiru da tashin hankali sosai, kuma sun rufe intanet na jirgin don hana mu yin tweeting." Mike Reiss ya tabbatar da asarar tuntuɓar mai nutsewa akan kowane ɗayan nutsewar sa guda huɗu kuma ya ce "da alama wani abu ne da aka gasa a cikin tsarin". Misali, Reiss ya ruwaito gwaladada cewa an dauki sa’o’i uku kafin a gano jirgin Titanic a lokacin nutsewa daya, duk da saukar landsman 500 kawai. daga wuta.

Gwaji da dubawa

OceanGate ta yi iƙirari a gidan yanar gizon ta har zuwa 2023 cewa Titan " OceanGate Inc ne suka tsara shi tare da makaranta haɗin gwiwa [da] masana daga NASA, Boeing, da Jami'ar Washington." A  - sikelin samfurin jirgin ruwa na Cyclops 2 an gina shi kuma an gwada shi a Jami'ar Washington Applied Physics Laboratory; samfurin ya iya ɗaukar matsa lamba na 4,285 psi (29.54 MPa; 291.6 atm), daidai da zurfin kusan 3,000 m (9,800 ft) . Bayan bacewar Titan a cikin shelarar 2023, Jami'ar Washington ta bayyana cewa Laboratory Physics Laboratory ba shi da hannu a cikin "tsara, injiniyanci, ko gwajin jirgin ruwan Titan." Wani mai magana da yawun Boeing ya kuma ce Boeing "ba abokin gwagwalada tarayya ba ne a kan Titan kuma bai kera shi ko gina shi ba." Wani mai magana da yawun NASA ya ce Cibiyar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta NASA ta Marshall Space ta sami Yarjejeniyar Dokar Sararin Samaniya tare da OceanGate, amma "ba ta gudanar gwagwalada da gwaji da masana'anta ta hanyar aikinta ko kayan aikinta ba". Rush ya yi la'akari da haɗin gwiwa tare da NASA, Boeing, da UW zuwa Pogue a cikin shekarar 2022 don amsa tambaya game da fahimtar " MacGyvery jerry-rigged-ness" [sic] "ƙirar haɓakawa bisa ga yin amfani da abubuwan da ba a kwance ba.

David Lochridge, Daraktan Ayyukan Ruwa na makarantar OceanGate, ya duba Titan yayin da ake mika shi daga Injiniya zuwa hAyyuka kuma ya gabatar da rahoton kula da ingancin a cikin Janairu 2018 wanda a ciki ya bayyana cewa ba a yi wani gwaji mara lahani na injin fiber carbon da aka yi ba. don bincika ɓarna da ɓarna wanda zai iya lalata ƙarfin ƙwanƙwasa. Madadin haka, an gaya wa Lochridge cewa OceanGate zai dogara da tsarin sa ido na ainihin lokacin, wanda yake jin ba zai gargaɗi ma'aikatan jirgin ba game da yuwuwar gazawar tare da isasshen lokacin da za a dakatar da aikin cikin aminci da ƙaura. Washegarin da ya criptor gabatar da rahotonsa, aka kira shi taro, inda aka ce masa tagar acrylic kawai ta kai 1,300 . zurfin saboda OceanGate ba zai ba da kuɗin ƙirar taga da aka ƙima zuwa 4,000 ba . A cikin wannan taron, ya sake nanata damuwarsa kuma ya kara da cewa ba zai kyale a yi gwajin ma'aikatan ba ba tare da duban huluna ba; An kori Lochridge daga indimi mukaminsa sakamakon haka. OceanGate ta shigar da kara a kan Lochridge a watan Yuni, inda ta zarge shi da yin musayar sirrin kasuwanci ba bisa ka'ida ba da kuma yin zamba da samar da dalilin sallamarsa. An sasanta karar a watan Nuwamba shekarar 2018.

An fara gwajin nutsewa marar zurfi tare da ma'aikatan jirgin a cikin Puget Sound . OceanGate ya ce gwajin Titan ba tare da ma'aikatan jirgin ba zuwa 4,000 m (13,000 ft) an yi shi ne a cikin shekarar 2018 don tabbatar da ƙirar, sannan sanarwar cewa ma'aikatan jirgin hudu sun kafa rikodin ta hanyar saukowa a Titan zuwa 3,760 m (12,340 ft) a watan Afrilu shekarar 2019. An gudanar da gwaje-gwajen a kusa da tsibirin Great Abaco, kusa da gefen babban taron nahiyar, saboda dandalin zai buƙaci kawai a ja 12 . zuwa zurfin da ya wuce 15,000 ft (4,600 m) . A lokacin zuriya da ɗan adam, wanda Rush ya yi solo a ranar 10 ga watan Disamba, shekara ta 2018, ya yi amfani da matsananciyar matsaya don shawo kan buƙatun da ba zato ba gwagwalada tsammani lokacin da ya wuce 10,000 ., wanda ya haifar da tsangwama ga tsarin sadarwa, kuma ya rasa hulɗa da jirgin sama na kimanin sa'a daya. Rush ya zama mutum na biyu da ya nutse solo zuwa 13,000 ft (4,000 m), bayan James Cameron, wanda a cikin shekarar 2012 ya kurciya zuwa Challenger Deep a cikin Mariana Trench, kimanin kwangilan 36,000 ft (11,000 m) .

Bayan da aka kammala gwaje- gwajen a watan janairu shekarrar 2020, jirgin Titan ya fara nuna alamun gajiyar keken keke kuma an rage darajar aikin zuwa 3,000 . . The Spencer-gina composite cylindrical hull ko dai an gyara ko maye gurbinsu da Electroimpact da Janicki Industries a shekarar 2020 ko shekara ta 2021, kafin tafiye-tafiye na farko zuwa Titanic . A cewar Rush, kayan fiber carbon na Boeing ne, amma OceanGate ta siya su da ragi mai yawa saboda sun wuce rayuwar su.

RMS Titanic yawon shakatawa

Ranar 1 ga watan Satumba, shekarar 1985, Robert Ballard tare yda goyon baya daga Argo da RV Knorr ya gano gidauniyar tarkacen RMS Titanic . A cikin shelarar 1986, Ballard da abokansa biyu sun gudanar da cikakken bincike na hoto da kuma duba tarkacen Titanic ta amfani da Alvin, Jason Jr., da kuma jirgin ruwa RV . Atlantis II . Tun daga wannan lokacin, an gudanar da ƙayyadaddun balaguron balaguro na <i id="mwAZU">Titanic</i>, musamman ta hanyar jirgin ruwa na Mir-class na Rasha, wanda aka ba da kwangila a cikin shekara ta 1990s don wannan dalili, gami da ɗaukar hotuna don buɗe gidauniyar wuraren buɗe ido na fim ɗin 1997 mai mahimmanci .

Bayan dauke da 'yan yawon bude ido zuwa tarkacen Andrea Doria a cikin shelarar 2016, Rush ya ce "akwai tarkace guda daya da everyone ya sani ... idan ka tambayi mutane su ambaci wani abu a karkashin ruwa, zai zama sharks, whales, Titanic ." An yi amfani da OceanGate's Titan don balaguron bincike da yawa na wurin tarkacen Titanic, wanda ya fara a shekara ta 2021. Rush ya bayyana cewa ana iya amfani da Titan don bincika filin tarkace kuma za'a iya amfani da dauniyar ingantattun sinadarai don gina samfurin 3-D na tarkace.

Lokacin da aka sanar da shirin farko na OceanGate na balaguron Titanic a cikin shekara ta 2017, an shirya tafiya ta farko a shekarar 2018, kuma kowane wurin zama na yawon bude ido ya kasance dalar Amurka $ 105,129, wanda shine farashin tikitin Vanderbilt suite akan Titanic a shekarar 1912, wanda aka daidaita don hauhawar farashin kaya. . Ci gaba da gwajin novel hull ya hana aiki a cikin shekarar 2018. A shekarar 2019, farashin tikitin kan Titan don duba Titanic ya tashi zuwa $125,000; 'Yan yawon bude ido 54 sun yi rajista don daya daga cikin tafiye-tafiye shida da aka shirya farawa a ranar 27 ga Yuni, amma an jinkirta waɗancan tsare-tsaren har zuwa shekarar 2020 saboda ba za a iya samun izini ga jirgin ruwan tallafin saman ba. Aikin da aka tsara ya shafi MV Havila Harmony (yana tafiya a ƙarƙashin tutar da ba ta Kanada ba), kuma da sun keta Dokar Ciniki ta Coasting, wacce ta hana jiragen ruwa masu tuta na gwagealada ƙasashen waje gudanar da balaguron kasuwanci tare da asali da tashoshin jiragen ruwa a Kanada, kwatankwacin Dokar Jones ta Amurka. A cikin watan Janairun shekarar 2020, an rage ƙimar asalin hull ɗin zuwa 3,000 m (9,800 ft) matsakaicin zurfin bayan an sami alamun gajiya, da cutar ta COVID-19 a Amurka ta jinkirta siyan filament na fiber carbon da ake buƙata don gina mashin maye. A cikin watan Nuwamba shekarar 2020, Rush ya ba da sanarwar tafiya ta farko zuwa Titanic za a jinkirta zuwa watan Mayu shekarar 2021.

AHTS Horizon Arctic a Port aux Basques (Agusta 2022)

Don lokacin a shekarar 2021, OceanGate ya zaɓi AHTS mai tutar Kanada Horizon Arctic a matsayin jirgin ruwan tallafi na saman. An shirya fara balaguron binciken Titanic na farko a cikin jirgin Titan a ƙarshen watan Yuni shekarar 2021; an kammala nutsewar farko a tsakiyar watan Yuli. Ruwa na biyu ya biyo baya a farkon watan Agusta, kuma Titan sun koma Seattle a watan Nuwamba.

A shekarar 2022, farashin tikiti ya ninka zuwa $250,000. Horizon Arctic ya sake zama jirgin tallafi don nutsewar da aka shirya. Dangane da bayanan kotun OceanGate, mutane 28 sun ziyarci Titanic a kan Titan a cikin shekarar 2022, 21 daga cikinsu "ƙwararrun manufa ne", watau fasinjojin da ba ma'aikata ba. Gabaɗaya, OceanGate ta ɗauki nutsewa shida zuwa Titanic a cikin shekarar 2021 da bakwai a cikin shekara ta 2022.

Wreck expert Paul-Henri "P.H." Nargeolet, who was also onboard, told me he wasn't worried about what would happen if the structure of the Titan itself were damaged when at the bottom of the ocean. "Under that pressure, you'd be dead before you knew there was a problem." He said it with a smile.

 — as recounted by Arnie Weissmann, in Travel Weekly article published June 22, 2023

Don balaguron binciken shekara ta 2023, OceanGate ya sami MV Polar Prince a matsayin jirgin ruwan tallafi, yana yin shirye-shiryen farawa a watan Mayu. A cewar Rush, farashin hayar gagwalada Horizon Arctic ya karu zuwa dala 200,000 a kowane mako; canza zuwa Polar Prince yana nufin ƙaddamarwa da dandamali na farfadowa zai buƙaci a ja shi zuwa rukunin yanar gizon, maimakon ɗauka a cikin jirgi. Yanayin ƙalubalen yanayi ya hana farkon sa na nutsewa daga faruwa a watan Mayu.

2023 abin da ya faru da halaka

A ranar 18 ga watan Yuni, shekara ta 2023, Titan ya ɓace a Arewacin Tekun Atlantika kimanin 400 nautical miles (740 km) kudu-maso-gabas na gabar tekun Newfoundland . Jirgin karkashin ruwa yana dauke da 'yan yawon bude ido da suka hada da Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood da dansa Suleman Dawood, da kuma dagantakan masanin Titanic Paul-Henri Nargeolet da wanda ya kafa OceanGate, Stockton Rush, don duba tarkacen RMS Titanic . Bacewar na'urar da ke cikin danganeda ruwa ta haifar da ɗimbin ayyukan bincike da ceto. A ranar 22 ga watan Yuni shekarar 2023 an ba da sanarwar cewa Titan ya fashe, wataƙila a lokacin saukarsa, inda ya kashe mutane biyar da ke cikin jirgin nan take.

A ranar Alhamis, 22 ga watan Yuni, an ba da sanarwar batan jirgin ruwan Titan kuma gangaminda dukkan mutanen 5 sun mutu. Ana gudanar da bincike kan musabbabin amma rahotannin farko da kammalawa shine ya gamu da mugun nufi. Muhawarori da bincike na gaba za su mayar da hankali kan gini, hanyoyin aminci da gwaji don masu ruwa da tsaki.

Tsare-tsare don ƙarin masu ruwa da ruwa

A cikin shekarar 2019 OceanGate sun ce suna shirin haɓaka magajin Cyclops 3 da Cyclops 4 tare da zurfin zurfin 6,000 . . Za a ba da kuɗaɗen da ke ƙarƙashin ruwa ta hanyar sabon zagaye na saka hannun jari ta hanyar "masu ciki 100%" jimlar $18.1 miliyan, kamar yadda aka sanar a cikin watan Janairu shekarar 2020. Shigar NASA ya kasance ƙarƙashin Yarjejeniyar Dokar Sararin Samaniya da aka yi niyya don haɓaka "manufofin binciken sararin samaniya" da "inganta kayan aiki da masana'antu don masana'antar Amurka" a cewar John Vickers.

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

Media related to OceanGate at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Archived June 21, 2023, at the Wayback Machine)
• Video on YouTube featuring reporter David Pogue for CBS Sunday Morning