The Costly Search for the Titanic Sub and CEO's Dismissal of Safety Warnings.

The search for the missing submersible, Titan, is a unique and challenging rescue mission for the US Coast Guard, unlike the thousands of other searches they conduct each year. The submersible, carrying a British adventurer, two members of a Pakistani business family, a Titanic expert, and the CEO of OceanGate, lost contact with the ship that launched it on a dive to reach the wreck of the Titanic. The search involves a multinational group of ships, planes, and undersea equipment, and the Coast Guard is part of a "unified command" that includes the US Navy, Canadian Coast Guard, and OceanGate Expeditions. The cost of the search and rescue mission is likely in the millions of dollars, and the tough decision to suspend an active search is only made after exhaustive efforts to find the missing person.