The final messages from the doomed Titan submarine have been revealed during a public hearing into the deep-sea implosion that tragically took the lives of all five crew members last year.
An animated recreation of the Titan’s journey was shown to the South Carolina audience, and among the final messages sent by the crew… a three-word text appeared on the screen — “all good here.”
The Titan crew was in text communication with the support ship Polar Prince, which had requested “better communications” after briefly losing contact — shortly before the crew sent the message.
The Polar Prince repeatedly asked the Titan crew if they could still see the support ship on their onboard display. That’s when the answer came back — “yes” and “all good here.”
The ships exchange a few more messages about positioning, before Titan loses all communication with Polaris Prince.
The Titan submersible plunged last June and lost contact with the surface about 2 hours later. After days of desperate rescue efforts, it was revealed that the submarine imploded shortly after its 2.4-mile dive began near Newfoundland, Canada, en route to the Titanic wreck site.
Ten former employees of OceanGate, the company that operated the Titan expedition, are among 24 witnesses who will testify before the Titan Marine Board of Investigation on Monday. The board is investigating the cause of the tragedy.
Some experts estimate that those aboard the Titan submersible may have realized their fate between 48 and 71 seconds before the catastrophic implosion.
The family of Paul-Henri Nargeoletone of the victims on board filed a lawsuit against OceanGate last month… accusing the company of persistent carelessness, recklessness and negligence that led to the fatal implosion.
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Together with Nargeolet, CEO and sub-pilot Stockton RaceBritish billionaire Hamish HardingPakistani businessman Shahzada Dawoodand Dawood’s son Suleman also died in the submersible.