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The Hill
2 days ago
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- The Hill
Titan submersible items that survived the implosion
(NewsNation) — When the Titan submersible imploded, no survivors were found. Now, nearly two years later, the U.S. Coast Guard has revealed that they found items that survived the implosion. Officials found a still-intact ink pen and other items while going through the remains of the Titan submersible. In a TikTok video shared by Discovery, a member of the Coast Guard talked about the recovery process and revealed how the pen was found. The pen allegedly belonged to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush. Investigators also found business cards, Titanic-themed stickers, remnants of clothing and human remains. All of those items have been cataloged by the Coast Guard's Marine Board of Investigation. The Coast Guard official in the video explained, 'Items that were inside of the Titan at the time now become encased inside of the endcap.' After the submersible was drained of all its water, officials were able to go through its 'sludge-like' remains of carbon fiber, fiberglass and electronic parts. This is where they found part of Rush's suit still intact. 'We were all just kind of getting all-hands-in and separating what needed to be considered as human remains and what was just other wreckage pieces. As we were pulling it apart, that is how we realized it was Mr. Rush's clothing,' the Coast Guard official said. The Titan pilot's clothing was allegedly found caked in sand. This is where they found the ink pen and other items. 'Inside of that sleeve … it was the ink pen, business cards and stickers for the Titanic, and there was nothing else but that,' the official said in the video. In February 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released an audio recording of what it believes was the moment the submersible imploded. According to NOAA, the sound came from a moored passive acoustic recorder around 900 miles from the implosion site. The sound of static can be heard in the 23-second recording, followed by a boom, then more static. The Titan had lost contact after an hour and 45 minutes, with officials spending four days searching for the submersible — that is, until evidence was found on the ocean floor of the implosion. Along with Rush, four other people were killed on the Titan: Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman Dawood. OceanGate stopped operations after the implosion. An investigation by Wired showed that Rush had allegedly overstated the timeline for the project and lied about issues with the hull of the vessel. The OceanGate Titan submersible was made of carbon fiber and titanium. It was supposed to take paying customers down to the wreckage of the Titanic, which is over 12,000 feet underneath the water's surface. The implosion killed all five people on board in June 2023. Rush was one of the driving forces behind creating the OceanGate Titan and using it for tourism purposes. The debris is still being examined by the Marine Board of Investigation.
International Business Times
4 days ago
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- International Business Times
Investigators Left Stunned After Finding OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush's Ink Pen Intact While Sifting Through Debris of Titan Submersible
The U.S. Coast Guard recovered an ink pen that remained intact, along with several other personal effects, while sifting through the debris of the doomed OceanGate Titan submersible. In a recently released video, a Coast Guard official explained the meticulous process of retrieving the Titan wreckage, noting that the pen—confirmed to have belonged to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush—was found amid the waterlogged debris from the deep-sea disaster. Besides the pen, investigators also recovered a wide range of items, such as business cards, Titanic-themed stickers, fragments of clothing, and human remains. All of the recovered artifacts have been documented and cataloged by the Coast Guard's Marine Board of Investigation. No Damage Even After Two Years The Titan submersible—a carbon fiber and titanium craft built to transport paying passengers to the Titanic wreck site nearly 3,800 meters beneath the ocean's surface—suffered a catastrophic implosion during its descent in June 2023, resulting in the deaths of all five passengers on board. In a TikTok video shared by Discovery, a U.S. Coast Guard official explained the procedure for examining the debris, noting that the sub's "endcap" remained intact amid the wreckage. "Let's consider the endcap to be a bowl, a mixing bowl," the Coast Guard official explained. "Items that were inside of the Titan at the time now become incased inside of the endcap." After all the water was drained out, officials meticulously sifted through the submersible's thick, sludge-like debris—which contained carbon fiber, fiberglass, and electronic components—and eventually uncovered an intact sleeve from Stockton Rush's suit. "We were all just kind of getting all-hands-in and separating what needed to be considered as human remains and what was just other wreckage pieces," the official said. "As we were pulling it apart that is how we realized it was Mr. Rush's clothing." Surprising Finds Underneath the Sea The official said that the Titan pilot's clothing was found embedded in sand. "It was a piece of his sleeve that survived, not the whole suit, just that. Inside of the sleeve of it was the ink pen, business cards and stickers for the Titanic and there was nothing else but that," the official said. Given the extreme conditions, finding anything intact was unexpected, but the fact that the ink pen survived in perfect condition left investigators stunned. "Each one of those pieces, even the pen, was still intact. It hadn't been broken. All of this debris, all of these things shattered but his pen was still intact," the Coast Guard official said. Rush was a strong advocate for innovation in deep-sea exploration and played a key role in the development and operation of the Titan for underwater tourism. The Marine Board of Investigation is still analyzing the recovered wreckage.
7NEWS
25-05-2025
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- 7NEWS
‘What was that bang?': Possible moment the Titan submersible imploded caught on camera
The apparent sound made when the Titan submersible imploded in June 2023 has been revealed in new footage released by the Marine Board of Investigation, the US Coast Guard's highest level of inquiry. Cameras on the sub's mother ship captured the moment when Wendy Rush — whose husband Stockton founded OceanGate, the company which built the ill-fated vessel, and was one of five people who died in its implosion — heard a faint cracking sound similar to a car door slamming. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE. 'What was that bang?' she says, turning to the people next to her. At that point, the sub had reached a depth of about 3,300 meters and was about 90 minutes into its descent to the ocean floor to give passengers on board an up-close view of the Titanic. That 'bang' is thought to be the moment the sub imploded. However, moments later, the crew on the support ship received a message from the sub saying it had dropped two weights — which may have created the false impression it was still operating normally. The message about the weights may have been sent shortly before the implosion, but due to a delay was only seen by the support vessel afterwards, professor at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography Chris Roman said. Every system which transmits data through the water has 'some inherent buffering or delay related to how they do the signal timing or processing', he explained. 'If the 'weights dropped' message was sent a few seconds before the implosion … the computer may not show the message immediately when it is received. The timing is tight, but possible. It really depends on the system they were using.' Six seconds after that message, the mother ship lost contact with the sub, according to the timeline established by authorities investigating the doomed expedition. When the sub failed to resurface, a dramatic international search and rescue mission unfolded in the remote waters several hundred miles southeast of Newfoundland. Authorities found the Titan's wreckage on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean days later, several hundred yards from the Titanic's remains. Rush, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman; businessman Hamish Harding; and French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet were all killed. Since the implosion, the sub's fate has been held up by some as an example of the dangers of hubris and greed. Testimony given during the hearings into the disaster painted a damning portrait of OceanGate and Rush, who charged passengers about $US250,000 ($A387,500) per dive despite several concerns being raised about the sub's durability. Two documentaries scheduled for release in the coming weeks — one produced by the BBC and the other by Netflix — will further investigate the causes behind the disaster.
See - Sada Elbalad
24-05-2025
- General
- See - Sada Elbalad
New Details on Titan Submarine Implosion Revealed
Rana Atef Two years ago, the implosion of the Titan submarine took place. However, the full image of the causes of the implosion is still being investigated. Yesterday, new evidence released by the US Coast Guard revealed the final moments of the deep-sea voyage. The implosion took the lives of five people aboard. This footage captures the moment the disaster made itself known. On the morning of June 18, 2023, Wendy Rush, OceanGate's director and wife of Stockton Rush, sat before monitors on the support ship Polar Prince, joined by mission specialist Gary Foss. They were tracking the Titan as it descended into the North Atlantic, toward the wreck of the RMS Titanic. At precisely 9:17 a.m. Eastern Time, as the submersible reached 3,300 meters, a muffled thump echoed through the control room. 'What was that bang?' Wendy asked, the tension in her voice unmistakable, captured in footage now made public by the Marine Board of Investigation on May 22, 2025. Investigators believed that the thump was the sound of Titan's implosion finally reaching the ocean's surface—an eerie acoustic signature of a vessel that had, in all likelihood, already been lost. Moments later, a text came through from the submersible: 'Dropped two weights.' It was a standard message—jettisoning ballast to alter buoyancy—but it would become one of Titan's final transmissions. Shortly after that brief flicker of hope, the digital silence resumed. Contact was lost. Model reconstructions reviewed by investigators confirm what the world had feared in the days following the disappearance: the Titan had imploded approximately 90 minutes into its descent, killing all five occupants instantly. Among them were Stockton Rush; British billionaire Hamish Harding; French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet; Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman. Thirty minutes prior to the implosion, there had been signs of malfunction. As the Titan reached 2,178 meters, the surface team asked if the vessel was still visible on navigation. The reply was cryptic: 'Yes, lost system and chat settings.' At 2,288 meters, a final message came in: 'All good here.' Then—nothing. In a statement released on June 22, 2023, OceanGate acknowledged the loss: 'These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world's oceans. Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time.' For Wendy Rush, the tragedy was layered with personal loss. A leader in her own right within OceanGate, she had dedicated years to supporting missions that pushed the boundaries of marine exploration. Now, her husband's legacy is tangled with a tragedy that continues to echo in boardrooms, courtrooms, and family homes. read more Gold prices rise, 21 Karat at EGP 3685 NATO's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict US Expresses 'Strong Opposition' to New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Shoukry Meets Director-General of FAO Lavrov: confrontation bet. nuclear powers must be avoided News Iran Summons French Ambassador over Foreign Minister Remarks News Aboul Gheit Condemns Israeli Escalation in West Bank News Greek PM: Athens Plays Key Role in Improving Energy Security in Region News One Person Injured in Explosion at Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies
Time of India
24-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Mother ship's haunting audio rekindles grief and questions over Titan sub disaster
A mother's ship's grief echoes in the depths On June 18, 2023, aboard the Titan's surface support vessel, silence turned to fear in a moment. Wendy Rush, whose husband Stockton Rush founded OceanGate and was piloting the Titan submersible, looked up abruptly after hearing a faint but distinct cracking sound. 'What was that bang?' she asked, her voice cutting through the still air. Cameras on the mother ship captured the reaction, a newly released video confirms. The footage was made public Thursday, May 22 by the Marine Board of Investigation, the US Coast Guard's highest inquiry authority. The sound, similar to a car door slamming, was heard approximately 90 minutes into the vessel's descent to the Titanic wreck, at a depth of about 3,300 meters. Experts now believe this was the very moment the Titan sub imploded, killing all five passengers aboard, including British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his teenage son Suleman, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and Stockton Rush himself. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like "반년만에 이만큼 컸어요!" 중 1딸, 확 커진 비결 ..의사도 놀랐다! 키 성장 핵심 비결 1위 수상 더 알아보기 Undo Also read: Fired OceanGate worker claims Titan submarine was unsafe, says co wanted to 'qualify a pilot in a day and make money' Confusion in communication clouds Titan timeline Yet shortly after the noise was heard, the mother ship received a puzzling message from the Titan, it had dropped two ballast weights. This message momentarily led crew members to believe the mission was still progressing safely. Live Events Chris Roman, an oceanography professor at the University of Rhode Island, explained that underwater data transmission often suffers from delays due to buffering and signal processing systems. 'If the 'weights dropped' message was sent a few seconds before the implosion … the computer may not show the message immediately when it is received,' Roman said in an interview with CNN. Just six seconds after the message was received, the mother ship lost all contact with the submersible, confirming the tragic sequence of events. The Titan's remains were discovered days later on the North Atlantic seabed, just a few hundred yards from the Titanic's own wreckage. The loss sparked an international search and deepened scrutiny over deep sea exploration safety. Also read: K-4 ballistic missile test: MAD message rings loud and clear Hubris, wealth and the deep sea frontier Following the implosion, testimony from the investigation has painted a grim picture of OceanGate's approach to deep sea ventures. Despite repeated warnings about the Titan's structural integrity, the company continued charging $250,000 per seat. Critics argue the tragedy highlights unchecked ambition and a failure to prioritize engineering caution over commercial spectacle. The renewed attention comes as two documentaries, one by the BBC and another by Netflix are set to dive deeper into the events leading up to the submersible disaster. For defense analysts and families alike, the haunting audio of the Titan sub disaster offers both closure and a grim reminder of the stakes in deep sea exploration.
