The wreckage of the last refuge of the five dead in the explosion of the bathyscaphe “Titan” was lifted yesterday from the depths of the Atlantic.
They were offloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. A large panel was lifted from the submarine, a porthole and other parts, about ten in all, which were quickly covered with tarpaulins before they were loaded onto vehicles by cranes.
Ten days have passed since the Titan disappeared while diving to the wreck of the Titanic. All five male passengers died as a result of “catastrophic explosion” at the bottom of the ocean just an hour and 45 minutes after diving into the waters of the North Atlantic.
Experts say that all victims died within a millisecond (a unit of time in the International System of Units, equal to one thousandth of a second). The 10,000-square-mile search and rescue operation was called off after wreckage was found last Thursday.
The US Coast Guard said two debris fields found 1,600 feet from the Titanic wreck, which are 12,500 feet deep in the ocean, included the ten-ton Titan’s nose cone and the front and rear of its hull.
A deep-sea robotic submarine dropped on the seabed of the Horizon Arctic found the wreckage. Rear Admiral John Mauger said the find was “corresponding to the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber”. Experts say the chances that the bodies of men will be found are zero, writes The Sun.
Sounds from the bathyscaphe Titan were recorded at the time of his death:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNnB7SfPb3k
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