Paul-Henri Nargeolet poses at an exhibition dedicated to Titanic at the Paris Expo May 31, 2013 in Paris. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images
An interview has surfaced with one of the men aboard the Titan, in which he talks about being trapped underwater.
Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a veteran of deep-sea exploration, spoke about the potential dangers of being trapped.
He described a hypothetical scenario that he may now be experiencing in reality aboard Titan.
An interview has surfaced with one of the men aboard the lost Titan submersible describing what it would be like to be trapped at the bottom of the ocean.
The hypothetical scenario presented by Paul-Henry Nargeolet in the old clip chillingly resembles one of the possible fates of the Titan, which – with him on board – was still missing on Thursday.
Nargeolet, known as “Mr. Titanic”, is a veteran of the deep sea. He was part of the first expedition in 1987 to see Titanic on the seabed and has visited the site at least 35 times.
In the video, Nargeolet talks about the dangers of diving to the wreck in his own ship, the Nautile, in a clip that has now been posted to YouTube.
According to New Zealand broadcaster 1News, he spoke to the Titanic Channel in 2019.
AP also appears to have referenced the interview in its coverage, although it said the interview took place in 2017.
“If you’re stuck on the bottom with the Nautil, you can survive for a while because you can stay on the bottom for like four or five days — which wouldn’t help much,” he said.
Nargeolet also said that a submersible pilot had to be “very careful” near a shipwreck. “A wreck is a dangerous environment,” he said.
The search for Nargeolet and the other four passengers – including OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush – has been ongoing since Sunday when the Titan lost contact with the surface.
Experts have outlined several possible scenarios, as reported by Insider’s Sophia Ankel and Marianne Guenot.
These include a catastrophic vehicle implosion; the possibility that it has already appeared; and the situation Nargeolet described in the clip — that it could get stuck on the sea floor with no power.
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In this case, staying warm is the biggest risk as the water outside is around 33 degrees, he said in the video clip, adding, “We know very well that we’re going to die sooner.” [that]with the temperature.”
The interception of popping noises from the water on Wednesday had renewed hope that the passengers were still alive. However, it was estimated that the ship had run out of oxygen around 7 a.m. ET Thursday, making the chance of a successful rescue increasingly remote.
Nargeolet described how he felt that a trapped passenger would die in the situation he was describing, telling his interviewee: “After a while you die from the cold, which is not a bad way to die because you fall asleep.” he said, adding, “You’re not suffering.”
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