On Sunday June 18, 2023, the Titan submarine exploded with its passengers on board. Tuesday June 23, 2023, the American Coast Guard officially announced the discovery of“a debris field” at a depth of 3,800 meters, and less than 500 meters from the wreck of the Titanic, as reported Franceinfo on June 23, 2023.”It’s an unforgiving environment, at these depths“, confirmed John Mauger, rear admiral of the American Coast Guard. The submersible would have been weakened before imploding underwater. Organized by the company OceanGate, the excursion was to last eight days. Each of its passengers had to pay 250,000 dollars to participate in this extraordinary trip, as recounted Progress, July 21, 2021. Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Titanic specialist, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman, and Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate were on the trip. An expedition therefore brought together researchers but also thrill-seekers, who came to live an extraordinary experience.
Death of the Titan passengers: researchers were intrigued by noises
On Wednesday March 6, the British television channel Channel 5 broadcast, in a documentary entitled The Titan submersible disaster: minute by minute, audio recordings made during the search for the submersible. Certain sounds heard by the teams, when the debris had not been found, were intriguing. Researchers describe sounds as “blows“. “Canadian P-3 planes detected underwater noises in search area“, explained the American Coast Guard. At this time of the search, the various crews, who are working to find the submersible, want believe in a sign of life : “We understand that probable signs of life have been detected“admits Richard Garriott, president of the Explorers Club. Ultimately, the US Navy concluded that these were natural sounds of the ocean.