The claustrophobic conditions inside missing Titanic vessel
It’s like something from a horror film – five men trapped inside a tiny 22ft tube with a single window and no seats, thousands of feet below sea level with no way of reaching the outside world.
Those onboard, including British billionaire and explorer Hamish Harding, will have to contend with the cramped conditions – all while not being able to see beyond the black depths of the ocean from the single window.
They don’t just have to contend with the claustrophobic conditions in the vessel, which includes a toilet that only has a curtain for privacy, but also a dwindling supply of oxygen and the risk of hypothermia.
Assuming that the vessel is still intact, they currently have no communication to the outside world, and so no knowledge if and when anyone will reach them.
The US Coast Guard is leading the search for the small craft, named Titan, in the North Atlantic Ocean where it vanished on Sunday. Shahzada Dawood, 48, a board member of the Prince’s Trust charity, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, were also on board the vessel when it vanished.
Thanks to previous reports on the Titan’s deep-sea missions, we have a clear idea of what it is like for those trapped inside the submarine, where time is running out.
