Titan sub victims spent last moments listening to music in darkness, report reveals

The individuals on board the doomed Titan submersible spent their last moments listening to music and watching bioluminescent creatures in darkness, in response to a brand new report. 

Details have emerged concerning the deadly 18 June expedition, with the New York Times reporting how the divers ready for the anticipated 12-hour journey.

Father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French sub pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Stockton Rush, the chief govt of the corporate OceanGate that owned the submersible, had been killed when the vessel suffered a catastrophic implosion.

The Dawoods nearly did not make the expedition after their preliminary flight from Toronto to St John’s in Newfoundland was cancelled and their rebooked flight was delayed.

The outstanding Pakistani household had met Mr Rush and his spouse in February in a restaurant close to Waterloo station, the place they mentioned the design and security of the submersible.

In the times earlier than their deaths, the divers attended security conferences and displays on board the submersible’s mothership, the Polar Prince, a former Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker that was in-built 1959.

The 5 individuals killed had been informed to eat a “low-residue diet” the day earlier than the dive, and to not drink espresso that morning.

They had been additionally requested to load their favorite songs on their telephone to play on a Bluetooth speaker, however Mr Rush insisted no nation music be included.

Divers had been informed to put on thick socks and a hat, as it could get colder the deeper the submersible went.

Christine Dawood, the spouse and mom of Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, mentioned they got OceanGate flight fits, waterproof trousers, an orange waterproof jacket, steel-toed boots, life vests and helmets.

The 5 had been additionally warned to keep away from getting their toes moist from condensation that will kind on the ground.

During the dive, the victims would have solely seen bioluminescent sea creatures by the 21-inch porthole on the way in which right down to the Titanic wreckage, because the floodlights had been turned off till the submersible reached the seabed to save lots of battery.

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Mr Rush, the pilot, often sat in the back of the submersible away from the porthole. The others sat with their backs to the curved partitions.

The submersible sometimes descended at about 25 metres per minute, in response to the New York Times, so these on board would really feel no sense of movement.

The US newspaper additionally reported that extra Titan missions had been aborted than achieved.

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The first 4 OceanGate dives this yr didn’t attain the Titanic.

There had been in depth security issues, with a number of submersible consultants flagging points.

During a Titan mission in 2021, divers needed to transfer their weight back and forth to dislodge weights connected to the submersible which might end result within the vessel coming again to the floor when a dive was aborted.

Several investigations into the implosion are underway after items of particles had been discovered about 487 metres from the Titanic 5 days after the vessel misplaced contact.