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- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
The moment that Oceangate’s Titan submersible was lost has been revealed in footage recorded on the sub’s support ship.
Titan imploded about 90 minutes into a descent to see the wreck of the Titanic in June 2023, killing all five people on board.
The footage was recently obtained by the USCG and shows Wendy Rush, the wife of Mr Rush, hearing the sound of the implosion while watching on from the sub’s support ship and asking: “What was that bang?”
Interpreting “drop two weights” as “we need to ascend” only 90 minutes into the journey, right before the implosion, could mean they likely knew shit was about to go sideways. They were probably just starting to panic and then, pop.
And what a dickhead making his son go with him. Poor guy.