A detailed video showing the Titan submersible imploding, killing five men on board, went viral on social media.
YouTube account AiTelly detailed the troubling implosion that happened last month, showing how and why the submarine destined to wreck the Titanic collapsed in on itself due to intense underwater pressure.
The Titan submersible lost communications with its support ship Sunday, June 18, during a descent to the wreck of the Titanic 12,500 feet below the surface.
The rubble was recovered days later. A “catastrophic implosion” is said to have occurred.
Tourists Hamish Harding (58), Shahzada Dawood (48) and his son Suleman Dawood (19), French Navy pilot Paul-Henry (PH) Nargeolet and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush all died on the submersible.
YouTube account AiTelly detailed the troubling implosion that happened last month, showing how and why the submarine destined to wreck the Titanic collapsed in on itself due to intense underwater pressure
New animations show the submarine imploding, killing the men inside
The new animation, which leveraged open-source software called Blender, showed how Titan’s “experimental design” differed from the existing sub-technology, which uses steel, titanium and aluminum.
It took the YouTube channel 12 hours to feed data about OceanGate into the 3D modeling software and create the dynamic animation for viewers.
Ultimately, the experts claim, the problem was the titanium’s carbon fiber construction, as the material could “suddenly crack and break.”
The animators even created the sub’s interior and said, “This is probably one of the simplest deep-diving subs you’ll ever see.” [sic].’
Five people were on board, including British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding (left) and Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman
French Navy veteran PH Nargeolet (left) was on the submarine with Stockton Rush (right), CEO of OceanGate Expedition
On June 18, the OceanGate submarine was launched at around 8am in the Atlantic Ocean over the site of the Titanic shipwreck.
The five passengers began to disembark while Rush steered the ship. At 9:45 a.m. it lost contact with its mother ship, the Polar Prince.
It took OceanGate Expeditions eight hours to report the missing US Coast Guard submarine after it lost contact.
This prompted a massive international response to rescue the five passengers. Ships from around the world turned out to help search for the missing submarine as hours and estimated oxygen levels plummeted.
The animation shows how the five people would have sat in the submersible
Days later, it was announced that the five people on board the submarine were believed to have perished in a probable implosion.
It was also learned that a US Navy surveillance system picked up a possible implosion sound as it descended – but search efforts continued.
After the deaths of the five passengers were announced, it was later revealed that wreckage from the imploded submarine was found near the Titanic site.
Their investigation began in late June, a day after it was revealed that human remains had been found and parts of the ship brought ashore during the salvage mission.
Superintendent Kent Osmond of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said a team of investigators had been put together with the “sole purpose” of determining whether a criminal investigation was warranted.
“Such an investigation will only proceed if our investigation of the circumstances indicates that a criminal, federal or state law may have been violated,” he said.
“Following the US Coast Guard’s announcement earlier this week that wreckage from the submersible had been found and all five on board were believed dead, we will now address the circumstances that led to those deaths.”
“Our investigators have been engaged and active on this matter since this morning. Once it has been decided whether or not to open a full investigation, we will provide an update at that time.”