The vehicle was equipped with 96 hours of oxygen when it departed on Sunday from a port in Newfoundland, Canada. Unlike a normal submarine, a submersible is unable to get to the bottom of the ocean and back without its mothership.įor Titan, that was Polar Prince, which it depended on for navigation to the Titanic wreck, which lies 12,500 feet below the surface. OceanGate said the vessel disappeared less than two hours after it submerged Sunday afternoon. “In fact, it would be irresponsible not to include this information in the story of the rescue effort,” the spokesperson added. Multiple media outlets have published or aired stories tracking the remaining oxygen on the Titan as the search continued, including the New York Post.” Titanic tourist sub missing in the Atlantic Ocean runs out of oxygenĪ NewsNation spokesperson said: “The oxygen levels on the Titan submersible have always been an essential and important part of this story. The news channel did not run countdown graphic during the rebroadcast of Chris Cuomo’s show at 11 p.m.

“Super tasteless!” another user exclaimed. Viewers slammed the move as “tasteless” and likened it to a New Year’s Eve countdown. Yet another wrote: “They counting down like it’s the Super Bowl man wtf.” An “oxygen countdown” clock ticked backwards from six hours during Ashleigh Banfield’s NewsNation show on Wednesday. “Like this isn’t a countdown to new year’s eve… peoples lives are in danger?” another user tweeted. Social media users were quick to slam NewsNation for airing the clock, calling it “ totally insensitive,” and “ disgusting and disrespectful.” The OceanGate Expeditions-run submersible, which is believed to have run out of oxygen as of Thursday morning, was carrying five passengers: Oceagate’s CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani tech mogul Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Sulaiman, and famed Titanic explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet. show hosted by Ashleigh Banfield.Īs the anchor discussed a theory that a sea creature could’ve attacked the sub during its descent to the shipwrecked Titanic, the countdown clock showed oxygen reserves ticked backwards from six hours. The grave graphic appeared throughout the ratings-challenged news channel’s Wednesday coverage, including during the 10 p.m. NewsNation aired an “oxygen remaining” countdown clock alongside its coverage of the missing Titan submersible - and viewers weren’t happy about the “grim” choice. Harrowing video shows Titanic sub spin uncontrollably on prior dive as passengers panicked: ‘Not going to make it’ Glue holding doomed Titan sub together was once compared to peanut butter - by OceanGate boss

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