Missing Sub Passengers Die After ‘Catastrophic’ Implosion

a catastrophic implosion that's how the Coast Guard is describing the Titan disaster they believe the mini sub blew apart as it descended down to the wreck of the Titanic Sunday killing the five men on board instantly our most heartfelt condolences go out to the loved ones of the crew the Coast Guard broke the Grim news today after a remote controlled rescue sub discovered the remains of the Titan on the ocean floor just 500 yards from the historic wreck of the Titanic the initial thing we found was the nose cone which was outside of the pressure Hall we then found a large debris field within that large debris field we found the front end Bell of the pressure hole that was a first indication that there was a catastrophic event but they did not find the bodies of the five men who were on board the Titan and said they may never be found because of the quote incredibly unforgiving environment Ocean Gate the company that operates the submersible says in a statement our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time the men all signed a waiver that mentioned the possibility of dying seven times CBS correspondent David Pogue read a portion of it before he boarded the sub last year an experimental submersible vessel that has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body and could result in physical injury disability emotional trauma or death the subs-designer and pilot stocked in Rush who perished in the disaster is facing more criticism today he claimed that he built the sub with the help of top-notch Engineers we worked with Boeing and NASA and the University of Washington but today Boeing issued a statement saying it was not a partner on the Titan and did not design or build it and the University of Washington says their physics lab was not involved in the design engineering or testing of the Titan you'll have two people sitting here and two people here and the pilot back there when he gave this tour to a previous Titan passenger he admitted he broke rules when he built the sub this General MacArthur said you remembered for the rules you break and you know I've broken some rules to make this [Music]

Channel: Inside Edition

Views: 1,132,059

Keywords: canada, transportation, titanic, Inside edition, inside_edition, ie newsdesk, missing sub, shipwreck, coast guard, rescue crew, submersible, oceangate, tourist sub, oxygen, titan, rescue mission, hamish harding, brian szasz, ann mercogliano

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Length: 2min 24sec (144 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 22 2023