A billionaire from Ohio will try to reach the wreck of the Titanic, 1 year after the tragedy of the submarine Titan
After the fatal explosion of the Titanic submarine, which killed 5 people, an Ohio billionaire is planning to take a submarine trip to the wreck of the Titanic
Patrick Lahey, the co-founder and CEO of Triton Submarines, told the Wall Street Journal that one of his clients, Ohio real estate investor Larry Connor, called him a few days after the fatal incident and asked him to create a submarine that could reach the Titanic.
"He called me and said, 'You know, what we need to do is build a submarine that can dive to [Titanic-level depths] and show the world that Titan was a hoax,'" Lahey recalled. .
As a result, he created a two-man ship called the Triton 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer. According to the website, the submersible "is designed" for repeated ocean voyages to a depth of about 4,000 meters, which is more than the Titanic's 3,800 depth.
"I want to show people around the world that while the ocean is incredibly powerful, it can also be beautiful and beautiful," Connor told the WSJ.