In June 2024, experts confirmed that the recorded communications between the Titan submersible and its mothership were fabricated.
This incident occurred nearly a year after the Titan submersible suffered a tragic implosion on its way to the Titanic wreck site.
In June 2023, a transcript was released, allegedly documenting the conversations between the Titan's passengers and the mothership during the ill-fated dive.
However, after an extensive investigation lasting almost a year, the chairman of the Marine Board of Investigation, Captain Jason D. Neubauer, stated that the transcript was completely fake.
The transcript appeared to provide minute-by-minute details, including technical terms and accurate descriptions, making it seem plausible.
It detailed the crew's panic as they focused on hull alarms and cracking sounds from the Real Time Hull Health Monitoring (RTM) system before communication was lost.
However, Neubauer confirmed that there was no evidence to suggest the Titan's occupants were aware of their impending deaths.
The immense pressure at the depth of two miles would have caused the submersible's hull to completely disintegrate.
Neubauer believes the fake transcript was created to make the passengers appear as if they were panicking when in reality, the investigation found no proof that they knew the severity of their situation.
He hopes that the truth will provide some comfort to the families of the victims, who lost their lives in the tragic Titan submersible disaster.
The release of this fabricated communication log just days after the implosion had initially fueled hopes that the passengers might have survived, as it seemed to document their desperate attempts to communicate with the mothership.
However, the Marine Board's findings have now put an end to these false assumptions.
This project aims to demonstrate the safety of deep-sea exploration after the tragic accident of the Titan submersible operated by OceanGate.
Real estate investor Larry Connor has partnered with Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, to design and build a better two-person submersible that can dive over 12,400 feet to the Titanic wreck site.
The implosion of the Titan submersible, which claimed the lives of all five people onboard including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, has driven this initiative.
Connor and Lahey want to address safety concerns and demonstrate that deep-sea exploration can be carried out safely.
This project is seen as a significant advancement in submersible technology, as such vessels could not have been built just 5 years prior.
