A video detailing how the Titan submersible will have imploded on its way to the Titanic wreckage has racked up over five million views on YouTube.
The vessel imploded on June 18 – killing all five men onboard – around 450km off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. Titan was attempting to descend around 12,500 ft in a bid to reach the wreckage.
But it collapsed under the pressure of the water, killing 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.
Following a major search, debris containing suspected human remains was eventually pulled from the seabed/
Now YouTube account AITelly has released a video showing how Titan’s ‘experimental design’ was different to existing sub technology which uses steel, titanium and aluminum.
Created using open-source platform Blender, the video took 12 hours to plug in data about OceanGate into the 3D modelling software to create the dynamic animation for viewers, reports the Daily Mail.
The experts claim it was Titan’s carbon fibre body that was the main issue. They believe the material can “crack and break suddenly”.
The animators even went to the extent of showing what inside the vessel could have looked like. They said: “This is probably one of the [most] basic deep diving submarine you will ever see.”
The OceanGate vessel went missing on June 18, just over 95 minutes after it was launched. The company reportedly took eight hours to report the missing sub to the US Coast Guard after it lost contact.
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After the vessel’s wreck was discovered, OceanGate announced it would suspend all operations. The company has now posted a message on its website saying: “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations.”
Meanwhile police say they have now set up a task force to investigate if any criminal activity took place. Superintendent Kent Osmond, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said: “‘Such an investigation will proceed only if our examination of the circumstances indicate criminal, federal or provincial laws may possibly have been broken.”
