Summary

UPDATE as of June 23, 2023 : Search for missing Titanic sub reaches tragic end with all 5 on board dead

From June 21, 2023 (sub still missing at this point): The international effort to find and rescue a missing Titanic tourist submersible continued Tuesday. The U.S. Navy is also sending crews and special lifting equipment to help if the missing craft can be found. Amna Nawaz spoke with retired Navy submarine captain David Marquet who explained how a possible rescue could be carried out.

For a transcript of this story, click here .

News wrap alternative : Check out recent segments from the NewsHour, and choose the story you’re most interested in watching. You can make a Google doc copy of discussion questions that work for any of the stories here.

Five Facts

1. Which U.S. state is the size of the area the U.S. Coast Guard searched?
2. How many passengers are aboard the vessel?
3. When did the sub go missing?
4. Who owns the Titan?
5. What is the price per person to take a trip on the Titan?
6. Where did the Titan begin its journey?

Focus Questions

Do you think that these types of expeditions are a good idea given the amount of time, cost and risk involved to the rescuers as well as the high financial costs and safety risks for adventure seekers?

News analysis : How can journalists report on news stories that involve such tenuous circumstances in a non-sensational manner?

Alternative : See, Think, Wonder : What did you notice? What did the story make you think? What story would you want to find out more about? Where would you go to learn more?

For More

What students can do : Discuss with a friend, neighbor or classmate — what is one way that you think the U.S. Navy could rescue the submarine? Do you think the Navy should be responsible for such rescues?

Dig deeper activity :

1. NewsHour Classroom has a whole collection of news stories and lessons on inventions that have helped people. What invention is needed in a case like the Titan submersible? What inventions does Capt. Jamie Frederick, U.S. Coast Guard say are needed to find the Titan?

2. Conduct some research about inventions designed to rescue vessels in perilous circumstances. What innovations could you make on one of these inventions that might work for a case like the Titan?

Color photo of the Hughes Glomar Explorer. Credit: Public domain

3. People come up with ideas for new inventions all the time. Read this story mentioned in the NewsHour piece about Howard Hughes and the sunken Soviet sub:

How the CIA teamed up with a reclusive billionaire for a secret mission to raise a Soviet submarine sunk 3 miles under the ocean

In the mid-1970s, the CIA pulled off one of its most audacious intelligence operations. Project Azorian involved the recovery of a Soviet submarine that had sunk deep in the Pacific. To keep the months-long project a secret, the US turned to an eccentric billionaire for help.

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