2023-07-05 08:20:06
Camera operator Brian Weed of the show Expedition Unknown of the American channel Discovery Channel, stated that he “knew 100%” that the accident with the submarine Titan would happen. In the accident, recorded on June 18, five people died.
In May 2021, Weed made a test dive on the company’s vessel OceanGate. He and the rest of the team that was part of the attraction were preparing for an expedition to film the wreckage of the Titanic ship, during the period of a few months.
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During the test descent, the submarine’s propulsion system stopped working, and the computers did not respond, cutting off communication with the vessel responsible for monitoring the team.
Titan submarine wreckage recovered from the seabed
Debris from the submersible was unloaded at a port in Canada. pic.twitter.com/lXwkkTBg1X
— Gilmar Cunha direct activist (@beaoliveira509e) June 28, 2023
Still according to Weed, the CEO of OceanGate, Stockton Rush — one of the victims of the implosion — tried to restart the systems and solve the problem. “He was trying to make light of it, trying to make excuses,” the cameraman told the news agency. Associated Pressabout Rush’s behavior.
He remembers that, at the time, they were only 30 meters deep. “How is this thing going to reach 3,800 meters — the depth where the wreckage of the Titanic is —?” he asked. “And do we want to be on board?”
As a result, the producer decided to abort the mission. A consultant from United States Navy was commissioned to examine the submarine Titan. His report was favourable. However, he cautioned that not enough research had been done on the carbon fiber hull and how the material would behave after several dives.
Video shows how Titan submarine imploded
A video circulating on social media shows, in animation, how the Titan submarine may have imploded in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
In the text that accompanies the six-second video, it is stated, in English, that the collapse of the submersible must have occurred instantly. According to material, the pressure would cause the hull of the equipment to heat up “immediately”. With that, a metal wall and the force of sea water would crush one end of the underwater vehicle.
This entire tragic process may have lasted “about 30 milliseconds”. That is, according to the text released next to the video of the simulation of the imploded submarine, the tragedy must have occurred in less than a second.
???? WATCH: Video shows what an implosion looks like and how the crew of the Ocean Gate submarine Titan must have died during a trip to the Titanic. pic.twitter.com/IPs6Kc9ZZa
— Wagner Porfirio (@WagnerSPorfirio) June 22, 2023
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