HOLR is breaking down everything you need to know about the Titan submersible and what happened to the 5 men on board the doomed vessel.
A devastating underwater tragedy took the lives of 5 men during a mission on board the Titan submersible. HOLR is breaking down the news that captured the world and what happened that fateful day.
What happened to the Titan submarine?
OceanGate’s Titan Submersible was a vessel that was used to explore the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. According to the below TikTok video posted by user @v6dan, the 5 men on board were excited to be amongst the first regular people to explore the Titanic and its watery grave.
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OceanGate’s CEO, Stockton Rush, was one of the 5 passengers on the submersible. As noted here, joining him was Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and wealthy explorer, Hamish Harding. Guests aboard the Titan submersible had to pay $250,000 per seat for the dive.
The journey would bring the guests approximately 4,000 meters deep to see the Titanic wreckage. However, at this depth, there is no light so things must be handled extremely carefully. There is also immense pressure this deep in the ocean so careful precautions must be taken when developing a submersible to dive this deep. Due to weather complications, this dive was scheduled to be the only one available in 2023 to visit the Titanic wreck.
Design flaws may have caused the Titan to perish on this fateful day because the vessel controversially had only one button and was controlled by a game controller. It also had a small window, a small area to relieve oneself in, and a monitor for viewing purposes.
Titan Implosion
In a heartbreaking announcement from the Coast Guard, after a 4-day search, it was discovered that pieces of the submersible had been found scattered throughout the dive site, which seemingly confirmed reports that the sub underwent a catastrophic implosion. Check out this TikTok video of the findings from user @thenewsmovement, below.
@thenewsmovement The Titanic submarine likely imploded, which means the submersible’s passengers would have died instantaneously #fyp #learnontiktok #titanicsubmarinenews #titansubmersible #oceangate️ #deepseaexploration #titanicexplorer #titanicexploration #titansubmarine #titansub
The hull of the sub seemingly ruptured from the intense amount of pressure. As HOLR previously reported, the catastrophic implosion that destroyed the submersible and killed the guests aboard happened very quickly. In the case of Titan, the implosion likely occurred within less than a millisecond which means it was instantaneous, due to the immense amount of pressure.
As well, there will likely not be any remains found of the 5 men who perished on board the Titan. This is because the pressure inside the submersible compresses the air, causing it to heat up to about the temperature of the sun (10,000 degrees Fahrenheit), subsequently causing the bodies of the 5 men on board to be reduced to a gel.
Titan Sub Update
The wife of Shahzada Dawood (mother of Suleman) recently came forward to tell interviewers that her son was excited to visit the Titanic’s wreck, bringing a Rubik’s cube along with him to solve at the bottom of the ocean. She also mentioned that she was initially going in place of her son but that she gave up her spot for her son, who was looking forward to accompanying his father. Check out the below TikTok video posted by user @soniafarooq1976 featuring clips 0f the interview with Christine Dawood, below.
@soniafarooq1976 The truth. Instead of passing judgments, should have waited for theimmediate family to give their statement. #titan #sulemandawood #sulemandawoodmom #christinedawood #shahzadadawood #titanic
Published by HOLR Magazine.