Book your place for the last chance to see the wreckage of the Titanic

Book your place for the last chance to see the wreckage of the Titanic

 When RMS departed the Titanic Port of Southampton on the South Coast of the United Kingdom heading to New York across the Atlantic Ocean, on a perilous journey on 10 April 1912, it was described as "unsinkable".

Five days later in the last minutes of April 14, it hit an iceberg and sank two miles to the ocean floor with more than 1,500 passengers and 2224 crew.

From that moment she entered folklore and was the subject of endless openness and exploration - from the discovery of her wreckage in 1985 by the US Army to an epic film by James Cameron, starring Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

More than a century after its sinking, Titanic is about to welcome new guests through Oceanic's Oceanic Titanic mission, where he conducted six missions to the wreckage between June and August 2019 in his Titan submersible submarine, and although these campaigns are usually dedicated to experts Researchers, but OceanGate has opened the way for explorers of ordinary citizens.

The cost of the trip is $ 105,129 (about £ 83,000). The price may seem a bit random, but in fact it is equivalent to the first-rate price on Titanic (taking into account inflation), $ 4,350 at the time, The plane is 380 nautical miles south of Newfoundland off the Canadian coast via a helicopter flight and then on board the support ship, Pride Island.

Once you're ready, you get all the training you need, you'll be down for about 90 minutes in Titan with a crew of up to four people plus the master, and then spend about three hours exploring debris to help achieve team goals, including creating a 3D map Including debris.

Besides fees, there are some other requirements before you can join the job, apart from what is obvious - having a valid passport, more than 18 years old and the ability to commit a week of your time - you will also need to be able to ride small boats Such as the Zodiac in raging seas, showing basic balance, mobility and flexibility, and completing a one-day training course on flight training in a submarine helicopter (HUET).

It promises to be an exceptional experience, once in a lifetime, but you will need to be quick, not only because the Titanic structure continues to wear slowly, so it will not be recognizable, but the first four missions have already been booked with a few places Remaining in July and August flights.