Washington DC: The United States Coast Guard on Tuesday released a chilling audio of what is believed to be the moment when the Titan submersible imploded in June 2023. The sound was captured by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) moored passive acoustic recorder approximately 900 miles from the Titan submersible implosion site, said the US Coast Guard.
The device recorded the suspected acoustic signature of the Titan submersible implosion on June 18, 2023.
"The U.S. Coast Guard’s Titan Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) released the audio as part of the investigation and as an investigation exhibit. The recording was provided to the MBI by NOAA, which approved its use in the investigation and public release," the US Coast Guard added.
Audio Clip released By US Coast Guard:
The Titan imploded while on an expedition to the Titanic shipwreck in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. All five passengers onboard the submersible died in the implosion.
The passengers aboard the submersible were - Stockton Rush, the American chief executive officer of OceanGate; Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French deep-sea explorer and Titanic expert; Hamish Harding, a British businessman; Shahzada Dawood, a Pakistani-British businessman; and Dawood's son, Suleman.
The submersible lost communication with its mother ship, MV Polar Prince, just after 1 hour and 33 minutes into the dive. Four days after the implosion, a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) discovered a debris field containing parts of Titan, about 500 metres from the bow of the Titanic.
