Chilling video shows exactly how Titanic sub imploded killing all 5 on board

13 July 2023 , 10:13

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Chilling video shows exactly how Titanic sub imploded killing all 5 on board

A chilling video shows exactly how the OceanGate Titan sub imploded killing all five on board.

Posted by the account AiTelly, the video details the horrifying implosion which happened in the North Atlantic last month. It shows how and why the sub, which was on an expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, collapsed in on itself due to the immense pressure of being so deep underwater.

OceanGate's Titan submersible lost contact with the mother ship, Polar Prince, on Sunday, June 18, during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic, which lies 12,500 feet below the ocean's surface. A huge multiagency search effort was launched, as the clock ticked down with people worrying about how much oxygen the five on board had left.

The catastrophic implosion would have happened exceedingly quickly

Days later, debris from the sub was recovered. It was then revealed the sub had suffered a "catastrophic implosion" killing its five passengers - OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61, British billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, 58, French submersible pilot and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, and father and son Shahzada, 48, and Suleman Dawood, 19.

The animation from AiTelly uses an open-source software called Blender to show how the "experimental design" of the Titan submersible was different to existing sub technology - which uses steel, titanium and aluminium. It took those behind the YouTube channel 12 hours to plug in all the data about OceanGate into the 3D modelling software to allow them to create the dynamic animation for viewers.

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Titan submersible passengers (L-R, top to bottom) Hamish Harding, Stockton Rush, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Suleman Dawood and father Shahzada Dawood (Dirty Dozen Productions/OceanGat)

Experts have said that the ultimate problem was the Titan's carbon fibre construction. The material is known for its ability to "crack and break suddenly".

At the depth of the Titanic wreck, there is around 5,600 psi (pounds per square inch) of pressure - almost 400 times the pressure we feel on the surface.

The voiceover on the YouTube video says: "The submersible did not even reach the wreckage of the Titanic, but suffered a catastrophic implosion because of the weak carbon fibre hull."

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Animators even recreated the inside of the sub, where the five onboard spent their final moments. They said: "This is probably one of the basic deep diving submarine you will ever see [sic]."

10 days after communication was lost, human remains were recovered from the wreckage of the Titan sub which was brought ashore in St John's, Newfoundland. Experts have shared what the final moments of those on board may have been, saying it "would be like a horror movie".

Debris from the Titan submersible is unloaded at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St John's, Newfoundland (AP)

Spanish engineer and underwater expert José Luis Martín said he believed the five passengers would have rushed on top of each other after feeling "horror, fear and anxiety" in their final moments.

He said: "Everyone rushes and crowds on top of each other. Imagine the horror, the fear, and the agony. It had to be like a horror movie.

"In that period of time, they are realising everything. And what's more, in complete darkness. It's difficult to get an idea of what they experienced in those moments."

Fiona Leishman