In an interview with St. John's Radio, a Canadian radio show, just a few weeks before the Titan sub-disaster, the CEO of OceanGate, Stockton Rush, made a chilling joke.
In an interview with St. John's Radio, Rush calmly remarked, "What could go wrong?" This unnerving audio clip resurfaced in the new Channel 5 documentary, "Minute by Minute: The Titan Sub Disaster."
It is believed that Stockton Rush made a chilling joke just weeks before the ill-fated Titan sub imploded.
During the interview, Rush explained his decision to launch the Titan submarine in June. According to Stockton Rush, June is one of the suitable times when the waters around the Titanic were the 'calmest'.
The CEO of OceanGate praised how the Titan sub could take on the mission.
'So with the Polar Prince [the vessel that carried the submarine out to sea], that ice capability we thought, let's move the mission a little earlier this year.
'We specifically designed the submersible for this mission', he added.
Stockton Rush admitted: “When I’m down there driving the sub, it’s a different experience for me… I don’t get to absorb it until I get to the surface.”
Unfortunately, the tragic Titan sub occurred just a few weeks after Rush shared it on the radio show.
Despite boasting about the mesmerizing underwater views and the Titan's capabilities, the sub imploded due to the overwhelming water pressure, resulting in the passengers' agonizing demise within milliseconds.
The audio clip was discovered by the creators of the Channel 5 documentary, "Minute by Minute: The Titan Sub Disaster".
The ill-fated vessel carried five passengers, including tourists Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Sulaiman Dawood, French Navy pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
Five passenger were reported killed in the trip to explore Titanic ship wreck
Experts consulted by the documentary's creators affirmed that the final moments of the passengers would have been torturous, as the Titan succumbed to the immense water pressure.
The document reveals a mysterious sound that captured mysterious 'banging' sounds detected deep beneath the ocean's surface after the vessel disappeared.
The mystery was described as steady and regular, raising hopes that this might be a signal for help from the five men on board.
The former Navy submarine captain Ryan Ramsey tells the documentary: 'It could be somebody knocking, the symmetry between those knockings is very unusual."
He added: 'It's rhythmic, it's like somebody is making that sound, and the fact that it is repeated is really unusual.'
The new documentary is due for release in June by ITN productions
