Concord, NH (AP) – Officials of the American Coast Guard investigating the disappearance of an experimental submersible on its way to the wreckage of the Titanic in 2023 published a video recorded on board its support ship from the moment when the sound of its implosion reached the surface of the ocean.
The Titan disappeared June 18, 2023, on the way to the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean, triggering a five -day search which ended with the authorities saying that the five passengers had died when the ship imploded.
On board, Stockton Rush, CEO of the company that built the Titan, as well as the British explorer Hamish Harding, the French veteran Paul Henri Nargeolet, the British businessman-Pakistanis Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Souleman.
The implosion sparked an international debate on the future of private trips to the deep sea and an ongoing survey on the Coast Guard. After held Public audiences in SeptemberLast week, the Coast Guard published a two -minute video showing the wife of Rush, Wendy Rush, and an Oceangate employee watching the descent of the submersible of the Polar Prince support ship.
The video watch Wendy Rush and Gary Foss seated in front of a computer. After a slight sound as a closing door, Rush asks: “What was this time?”
The Coast Guard says it believes it was the sound of the implosion of the Titan reaching the surface of the ocean. About 2 minutes later, Foss says: “We lost the follow -up.”
Concerns were raised after implosion due to the unconventional design of the Titan and the refusal of its creator to submit to independent security checks. Oceangate Suspended operations in July 2023.
