Deep-Diving Robot En Route to Titan Search, But Oxygen May Run Out First

Five people aboard the Titan submersible are at critical risk of oxygen depletion, with uncertain survival prospects in an unprecedented deep-sea rescue scenario.

Somewhere beneath the North Atlantic, five human lives hang suspended in the dark—beyond the reach of light, beyond the reach of certainty, and nearly beyond the reach of time. The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact Sunday during a descent toward the Titanic wreck at 13,000 feet, and the oxygen aboard is expected to run out by Thursday afternoon. A French deep-sea robot, the Victor 6000, is racing to arrive Wednesday evening—hours before that threshold—in what would be the deepest undersea rescue ever attempted. It is a moment that confronts humanity with the ol

Deep-Diving Robot En Route to Titan Search, But Oxygen May Run Out First

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