Inside The Latest Planned Titanic Expedition (And Why The Government Wants To Stop It)

RMS Titanic Inc. said it wasn't going to seek a permit for its planned operation in May 2024 since the international treaty between the U.S. and the U.K. concerning the wreck site isn't "enforceable or constitutional," according to the court filing. The U.K. signed the treaty in 2003, but it didn't go into effect until

RMS Titanic Inc. said it wasn't going to seek a permit for its planned operation in May 2024 since the international treaty between the U.S. and the U.K. concerning the wreck site isn't ​​"enforceable or constitutional," according to the court filing. The U.K. signed the treaty in 2003, but it didn't go into effect until 2019 when the U.S. ratified the agreement, per the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees the terms of the agreement in the U.S. The salvage company did say it would "work collaboratively" with the NOAA.

In 1985, a U.S. military-funded robotic submersible developed by scientist Robert Ballard discovered the site where the Titanic went down on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg, according to The New York Times. The salvage company, led by an unusual group of investors that included a producer for TV's "The People's Court," a concert promoter, and others, won the exclusive salvage rights in 1994.

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