We checked: is it true that astronaut Marcos Pontes sold a package for a lost submarine?

The disappearance of the submarine Titan during a trip to observe the Titanic last Sunday (18) has been a hot topic on the internet since then. AND Foi a user on a social network stated that Marcos Pontes Agency, owned by PL-SP senator, was selling tours on the lost ship. And true?

@JefinhoMenes was the first to mention the tour packages of the Brazilian astronaut’s agency. With screenshots from Bridges’ company website. Then Google took the cache as the tour details were taken offline.

What about Marcos Pontes, who organizes tours for the lost submarine? pic.twitter.com/QpvB9dvuFR

— Jéferfon Menezes jefinhomenes.bsky.social (@JefinhoMenes) 21 June 2023

It is possible to see the Dive to the Titanic package there. There is no mention of Ocean Gate’s submarine Titan, although he does mention the experience of visiting the wreck site. However, there are images of the lost ship on the page.

to Uol, The press office of Senator Marcos Pontes said Ocean Gate is “part of the portfolio of services offered”.. But so far, no agency client has taken the tour.

The company also expressed “deep regret and concern over the disappearance of the Ocean Gate submarine.” It partners with other scientific and exploratory tourism companies.

A submarine dive through the Marcos Pontes Agency to see the Titanic took three hours. The focus was on the bow of the ship, and the diver would glide over the deck with lights “illuminating the cave where the Titanic’s famous grand staircase once stood.”

understand the event

On the morning of last Sunday (18), five people left for the expedition on Titan to view the wreckage of the Titanic. Lost pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet; Ocean Gate President Stockton Rush; billionaire Hamish Harding; and businessman Suleman Dawood and his son Shahzada.

On its maiden voyage from England to the United States in 1912, the Titanic sank when it collided with an iceberg 400 miles off the Canadian island of Newfoundland. The diver disappeared very close to the wreck site, about 700 kilometers from São João da Terra Nova.