Haunting final photos of Titan submersible after implosion revealed
The US Coast Guard has revealed the first image of OceanGate’s doomed Titan submersible, whꦦich shows the vessel’s severed tail cone eerily resting on the oceaꦉn floor.
The image was made public at a press conference Monday depicting the aftermath of the experimental watercraft’s implosion at around 12,500 feet below sea level on June 18, 2023 killing all 5 passengers on boa🎐rd.
The photo was taken during the search for the sub last year, with investigators also preparing an animated video reꦉcreating Titan🌸’s descent into the Atlantic Ocean.
The video shows the back-and-f♚orth messages sent between the Titan and the Polar Prince suppor𝔍t ship during the dive.
The final message the Polar Prince received was, “All good here,” before the𒁃 Titan wඣent dark at around 10:47 a.m.
Within two minutes after the final message, the Polar Prince had “lost tracking” of the subme🎐rsible, according to investigators. &nbꦅsp;
Among the dead were OceanGate CEO and cofounder Stockton Rush, who was operating the Titan, as well as British adventurer Hamish Harding, French explorer P🌃aul-Henri Nargeolet and two members of a prominent Pakistani family, Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman.
During Monday’s hearing, the Coast Guard heard from Tony Nissen, OceanGate’s former engineering director, who described a slew of safety concerns in the company allegedly ignored by Rush.&n🦹bsp;
Investigators also revealed thatꦍ Titan suffered dozens of problems during previous trips, including 70 equipment issues in 2021 and 🌱48 issues in 2022.
OceanGates’ former finance director Bonnie Carl and former contractor Tym Catterson are also schedul𒈔ed to testify on Monday.
Carl told the Coast Guarꦕd that she had never seen one ofꦫ OceanGate’s supposed mission specialists sign waivers with the company.
She ultimately 🔯described the mission specialis✱ts as simply wealthy customers without any real qualification.
Like Nissen, Carl said that all major decisions within the compan𝄹y were left to Rush, and that she, too, left OceanGate over safety concerns.
Last month Nargeolet’s family filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the implosion, allegꦍing the crew experienced “terror and mental anguish” and accusing its operator OceanGate of gross negligജence.
