The maiden voyage was supposed to be the beginning of a new era, but it went down in history thanks to a tragic accident that occurred on the night of April 14/15, 1912. The ship collided with an iceberg, and as a result went to the bottom. It is estimated that more than 1,500 passengers died as a result of the sinking.
How deep is the Titanic? OceanGate organizes expeditions
The wreck was found over seven decades later at a depth of almost 4 km. OceanGate, due to the great interest in the remains of the famous , began organizing expeditions to explore the remains of the ship. One of the expeditions took place on June 18, 2023.
There were five passengers, including French diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet, British billionaire Hamis Harding, Shahzad Dawood and his son Suleman, and OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush. Less than two hours after immersion, contact with the passengers of the vessel was lost. Despite the launch of a large-scale search operation, the crew could not be saved. On Thursday, June 22, 2023, OceanGate announced during an official conference that the remains of the vessel had been found, and all people on board were dead.
A submarine with millionaires on board has gone missing. Titan remains found near Titanic
Now, the director of the cult film decided to take the floor. He was one of the first people who got to know the history of the ship and the tragedy of its passengers in detail. He even participated in the creation of submarines and explored the depths of the sea several times. In an interview for the portal, he confessed that he advised against this expedition, because the unit did not pass the appropriate tests, and the materials from which it was made were of dubious quality. “I thought it was a terrible idea.” I wish I had spoken up, but I assumed there was someone smarter than me out there because I’ve never experimented with this technology. It just sounded wrong to me,” he said, adding that he would have done it differently now. “We shouldn’t be using an experimental boat for paid travel by people who aren’t deep-sea engineers themselves,” he stressed, noting that the passengers disregarded all warnings.
The director confessed that as soon as he found out about the disappearance of the Titan submarine, he knew that there was no chance of finding the crew alive. He revealed that when communication was lost, people in the base heard a loud bang, which clearly indicated an explosion. – Lost transponder. Communication lost. I knew what happened. I wrote to some of my colleagues that we had lost friends and the boat was now at the bottom in pieces, he recalled.
Source: Gazeta
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