After several days of searching, during the afternoon of this Thursday the United States Coast Guard reported that the submarine Titan imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic. The company OceanGate Expeditions, owner of the submersible, notified that this means that all five passengers on board died.
The deceased are the aeronautical engineer Stockton Rush, pilot and designer of the Titan; the billionaire Hamish Harding, president of the private jet company Action Aviation and winner of several Guinness Records for his exploits; Shahzada Dawood, one of the richest men in Pakistan, and his son Suleman Dawood, 19; Paul Nargeolet, former officer in the French navy and research director for the wreckage of the Titanic.
New York Post published that according to the Coast Guard, the debris was at the bottom of the ocean, near the Titanic, are “consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber”. This means that the “submarine was crushed under the weight of the sea at some point after losing contact with its surface craft on Sunday.”
The discovery of the remains of the submarine allowed the conclusion of the implosion. The aforementioned medium says that they found several parts such as the nose of the submersible, the campaign of the front end of the pressure hull, a landing frame and a rear cover of the submersible.
last video before death
There are many details that have emerged, after the report of the tragedy. Currently, the last video of one of the victims before diving into the depths of the ocean on the Titan, without knowing that it would be a trip without return, is going viral. Is about paul nargeoletformer officer in the French navy and research director for the wreckage of the Titanic.
It was not the first time that Nargeolet had submerged to 3,800 meters in the waters of Newfoundland, Canada, to see the remains of the Titanic, as this was part of his work as a researcher. In various media, he revealed that he said many times that he was not afraid of dying.
TikTok user @abbijaxxxon posted a video showing the former French officer on a boat, allegedly preparing to board the Titan.
“This man has seen the Titanic 37 times”, was the writing of the user in the video that exceeds six million views.
In the recording, Nargeolet looks at the camera, waves, then looks away smiling.
“He looks nervous”, “may he rest in peace”, “at least his grave is the same place he loved so much”, “one of my co-workers said that maybe they tried to enter the Titanic and got stuck. Like a hole in the boat”, were some of the more than three thousand comments on the publication.