According to Daily Mail, a man who was once a passenger on the ill-fated Titan submersible revealed that OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush suggested the idea of sleeping the crew and spending the night on the vessel when they were stuck at the bottom of the Atlantic.
During an expedition to the Titanic wreck in 2021, videographer Jaden Pan was a passenger of one expedition. He shared that the journey got into a bit of trouble.
In a conversation with the BBC in the previous year, the videographer recounted the incident when Rush informed the passengers that the battery had gone 'kaput.'
Pan told to the BBC that they had successfully descended to the ocean floor and were only a short distance away from the Titanic wreckage, approximately 'two football fields.'
However, he reveal that CEO Stockton Rush announced to the crew that they had to back up to the surface as the battery had failed.
"At first, I thought he was joking, because we were over two hours into our expedition and so close to the bottom," Pan said.
He added:'But then he explained that one of the batteries went kaput and we were having trouble using the electronic drops for the weights, so it would be hard for us to get back up to the surface.'
While other passengers panicked, Rush also tried to fix things. Oceangate's chief executive suggested passengers go to sleep when the ship sank to the bottom of the ocean. At the same time, he added, after 24 hours, the weight of the ship has disappeared, and the submersible cough float to the surface.
The sailors on the ship told them that it would be fine to sleep on the bottom of the sea. Other customers, however, were reluctant to spend the night at sea.
In the end, Rush managed to reduce the weight using the hydraulics and the boat floated back to safety with everyone on board.
Jaden Penn recounted his experience after the Titanic ship exploring the wreck of the Titanic exploded in the ocean on June 18. Five members of the expedition, including Stockton Rush, died about 500 meters from the wreck of the Titanic.
Many safety problems of the Titan submarine were exposed after the incident. David Lochridge, a former Ocean Gate technical officer (2016-2018), says he warned Stockton Rush about the safety of the submarine but was ignored, and Lodge Ridge was eventually fired.
Five victims included: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, British Explorer Hamish Harding, and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
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