Don't think that the Titan disaster was a one-off. According to marine experts, the huge growth in 'extreme tourism' means that we will see more deaths, not fewer. And at what cost?My heart goes out to the family and friends of the five men killed on their sightseeing trip to the Titanic which set off last Sunday, Father's Day. On board the sub Titan was Stockton Rush, owner of expeditions, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a distinguished underwater pilot, and three wealthy tourists (a dad and his anxious 19-year-old son) who'd paid £195,000 for a 9-hour trip to see the most famous wreck in the world.After their vessel went missing late on Sunday, an international rescue operation was hastily assembled, coordinated by the US CoastGuard. Boats and planes rushed highly specialised equipment into the area south of St John in Newfoundland. Experts came from , the US and . Billions of pounds' worth of submersibles, underwater , deep ocean salvage systems and their operators, not to mention doctors and medical teams, all frantically searching for signs of life.
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