Billionaire's new submarine to visit Titanic wreck will be commercially available as he hopes to 'change the narrative'

A billionaire’s new submarine to visit the Titanic wreck will be commercially available as he hopes to ‘change the narrative’.

Two years on from the Oceangate disaster, another billionaire is looking to head down to see the wreckage of the Titanic.

He’s reportedly spending somewhere between $10 and $20 million on the expedition.

But this isn’t some vanity project – he wants it to be commercially available to ‘change the narrative’.

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This billionaire wants to make trips down to the Titanic wreck ‘commercially available’

Famously, the last attempt to see the wreckage of the Titanic ended in tragedy as all five people onboard the OceanGate Titan submarine lost their lives.

So you might think that it’d put off others from trying.

But for Patrick Lahey, the CEO of Triton Submarines, it’s still a worthwhile expedition.

“Besides it being a wreck of historical significance, the fact that it lies at such great depth makes it fascinating to visit,” Lahey told The New York Post.

Triton Submarines is developing a submersible that could handle the journey down to the wreckage of the Titanic, which sits at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

It’s set to be finished by next year.

“I’m very excited to be building this and to change the narrative,” he said.

“Titanic is a wreck that’s covered in marine life and soft coral. People want to go there for the same reason that they want to climb Mount Everest.”

Interest in this ill-fated vessel isn’t going away anytime soon

It’s been 113 years since the Titanic sank, but a lot of people are still very interested in it.

Lest we forget, one of the highest-grossing movies of all time is James Cameron’s Titanic.

To this day, people are happy to analyze every detail of the ship, whether it be comparing it to the world’s biggest cruise ships or analyzing items left behind by passengers.

And with other companies working on submarines to visit the Titanic, Lahey and Triton Submarines have some competition on their hands.

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