Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Titanic finder wants to block ship tour NEW YORK, May 4 (UPI) _ The American company that owns the salvage rights to the sunken Titanic has filed suit in federal court hoping to scuttle plans by a tour operator to offer deep-sea trips to the famed wreckage. The New York Times reports that RMS Titanic is filing a motion in Norfolk, Va., today against Deep Ocean Expeditions, hoping to block plans for its first tour in August. RMS Titantic hopes to send researchers to the ship in August, when waters are calmest, and wants to keep guided tours away. Tour entrepreneur MIke McDowell, founder of Quark Expeditions of Darien, Conn., wants to run 60 trips to the wreckage, charging $32,500 per person for a run in a small submersible. The deep water mini-subs carry a pilot and two passengers. RMS Titanic has held salvage rights since 1987 and has recovered thousands of items, which it exhibits at various locations around the world, and has made several films. The salvor went to court in 1996 when it found the wreckage had been disturbed and some of it damaged by Russian submersibles used by James Cameron, director of the movie ``Titanic,'' to film the ships remains for his blockbuster. No immediate decision is expected from the court. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
