He June 18, 2023 The accident took place in the sea that has attached more attention in recent years. Not because of the number of victims, but for the circumstances of the event. Five millionaires in an experimental submersible, without certifyingthat trust the promises of Oceangate to descend up to 3,800 meters deep to which are the remains of the Titanic and see them through the window of the Titan.
That day, an hour and forty minutes after starting the descentcontact with the submersible was lost. Given uncertainty, a rescue operation began that ended four days later when the Coast Guard from the United States informed that he had located Titan remains in the seabed, 487 meters from the Titanic bow. The submersible had implosed during his descent instantly killing his crew. Since then, the case is under investigation by US authorities to determine the exact causes of the accident; and now the Marine Research Board of the Coast Guard that has taken charge of the case He has published an audio with the registration of the implosion of the Titan
The recording with the acoustic firm of the implosion comes from the Oceanic and atmospheric national administration of the USA, NOAA For its acronym in English, which captured it with a passive acoustic registrar located at 1,448 kilometers from the place of the eventin the North Atlantic. The recording presents a static sound that is interrupted by a rumble, indicating the last moment of the titan crew. The implosion time brand is 13:34 UTC. That is, 17 minutes after communication with the Titan was lost.
The #Titanmbi Sales The Suspect Acoustic Signature of the Titan Submersible Implosion. Audio Recording Courtesy of Noaa/NPS Ocean Noise Reference Station Network) https://t.co/h3Ysh0phiapic.twitter.com/dxc7c1hy4y
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The submarine transported the British billionaire Hamish Harding58, who flew on a suborbital flight of Blue Origin In June 2022, the Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood 48 years old already his son of 19, Suleman Dawooda 77 -year -old French explorer called Paul-Henry Nargeoletand the general director of Oceangate, Stockton RushI was 61 years old.
The Titan was a small six meter long submersible with A carbon fiber helmet, a material with less density and weight than steel or titanium that are usually found in submarines. Inside, mostly empty so that the crew had a certain space, there was a small toilet, touch screens for sonar and underwater management, as well as another screen to see the images captured by the external 8K cameras, and an eye of ox from 60 centimeters in the bow.
Rush, who was the titan pilot, I controlled it with a cheap video game command of Logitech. Oceangate, who had already made several excursions to Titanic successfully, charged $ 250,000 per seat. Already before the accident, the company had been highly criticized for its lack of security.