As hearings begin in the US to investigate what went wrong with the OceanGate submersible disaster of last year, new information has come out revealing the final messages from the Titan’s passengers before their untimely demise.
The OceanGate Titan submersible caught the attention of the world last June when it and its five passengers disappeared while on a voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic.
After days of searching, eventually the US Coast Guard confirmed that the vessel had imploded and killed all its passengers instantly.
Following the tragic news (and so many memes), reports began to come out that the company behind the ill-fated submarine had allegedly cut some corners during the underwater craft’s development.
And while you may already know a few behind-the-scenes tidbits about the Titan’s zany/irresponsible production — like the fact it was steered by an old Playstation 2 controller — an official inquiry into the incident is now underway to make more bombshell revelations.
The inquiry revealed a first-look image at the wreckage of the Titan, sitting at the bottom of the ocean.
Last messages from Titan submersible revealed
As the US Coast Guard was told on the first day of a two-week hearing in Charlestown, South Carolina, prior to the Titan’s disappearance it was communicating with a support ship, the Polar Prince.
However as the Titan continued to descend to below 2,274m deep, audio messages from the sub’s crew began to sound less and less clear.
The hearing was told that the second-last message heard from the Titan’s crew was eerily ironic.
When the Polar Prince asked the submersible if they were having any issues seeing the Titanic on its display, the Titan’s crew responded: “All good here.”
The final message from the Titan was sent at 10:47am from a depth of approximately 3,341m, and read: “Dropped two wts,” meaning drop weights.
Communication with the submersible was lost entirely at a depth of 3,346m.
The Polar Express sent a message at 10:49am alerting the Titan’s crew that they were no longer visible on the tracking system, and messaged every few minutes until confirming a loss of communication at 11:15am.
After three hours of searching, the Polar Prince called the US Coast Guard.
Investigations are continuing as the lawsuit into OceanGate’s responsibility for the implosion reveals more and more tests that the Titan had failed before its voyage.
OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush was on board the vessel as it imploded, along with British explorer Hamish Harding, French deep-sea explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, plus businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman.
Lead Image: Getty/US Coast Guard
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