For his part, Pogue noted that many of the submersible’s parts “seemed thrown together.” Without going any further, the ship is controlled by a video game controller, whose design resembles one of the characteristic Xbox or PlayStation controls. The same CEO of OceanGate details in a video that they have two spare controls, “just in case.”
Reiss described the journey as “a car you drive drunk across the ocean”.
Without a radio and without GPS, the crew members have 96 hours of oxygen. This Wednesday, the submersible only has between 9 and 11 hours of oxygen left after it disappeared on Sunday, so rescue teams are working against the clock and travelers have “limited rations” of food.
As if that were not enough, if the submersible remains at the bottom of the sea for a long time, the crew faces very low temperatures with a cold just above freezing point and the possibility of developing hypothermia.
Pogue pointed out that on the journey “you are on your own” and there is only one way out: “There are no reinforcements, there is no way out, it is to reach the surface or die.”
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Alistair Greig, professor of marine engineering at University College London, considers two hypotheses about the whereabouts of the Titan.
The ship, which has between 9 and 11 hours of oxygen left, could have suffered an electrical or communications problem, which would not have prevented it from rising to the surface and the other is that the hull was damaged, with which the hopes of finding the five passengers alive would be dashed.