Ocean Gate How it Works: The sub's journey from Newfoundland on board a research boat that took it 435 miles south over two days carrying it to this remote area of the Atlantic near the Titanic wreckage site and it's here that it's 6 a.m on Sunday the submersible was launched Now The Descent to the North Atlantic floor is 3 800 meters and it should have taken around two and a half hours but around 1 hour and 45 minutes in or contact with the vessel was lost the Titan carries four passengers and One Pilot with very little space actually on board and no room really to move around or to stand up because it's just 6.7 meters long so for reference that's about a thirdlonger than you're seeing here so an incredibly tight space with real concerns now about oxygen supplies according to the operator gate it's equipped with three oxygen systems including some scuba tanks under the floor panels and it's built to provide oxygen for its five occupants for around 96...