Investigators Were Surprised by What Survived the “Titan” Sub Implosion That Killed 5

Several astonishing items were recovered astatine nan bottommost of nan water aft nan Titan submersible imploded successful 2023, officials revealed successful a caller documentary.

It has been astir 2 years since nan ill-fated submersible imploded during a travel down to nan tract of nan Titanic, killing each five group onboard nan Titan, including OceanGate laminitis Stockton Rush.

As nan Coast Guard sifted done nan debris — which turned into sludge aft nan h2o was removed — officials recovered parts of nan sub, for illustration c fiber, fibre solid and physics parts, according to caller documentary Implosion: The Titan Sub Disaster.

But immoderate other, astonishing items were recovered arsenic well.

In a clip shared by Discovery connected TikTok, U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Kelly Steele said that they besides recovered a portion of Rush's sleeve that was "caked wrong of sand."

Inside that sleeve was “an ink pen, business cards and stickers for nan Titanic," the charismatic added.

“There was thing other but that. But each 1 of those pieces, moreover nan pen, was still intact,” Steele said. "It hadn’t been broken. All of this debris. All of these things shattered, but his pen was still intact."

Debris from nan Titan submersible was recovered from nan bottommost of nan Atlantic Ocean days aft nan implosion successful June 2023. Photos from nan efforts showed crews pulling aggregate crumpled pieces of metallic from nan water.

Photos were besides taken by a remotely operated conveyance of nan submersible’s wreckage at nan bottommost of nan ocean, including 1 of nan vessel's tail cone embedded into nan seabed much than 12,000 feet beneath nan water’s surface.

The photograph from nan Atlantic Ocean was presented by nan U.S. Coast Guard officials past autumn arsenic portion of a proceeding into nan tragedy.

An animated video that elaborate what is known astir nan Titan's last dive, including really it went into nan h2o from nan Polar Prince, its support ship, was besides shown astatine nan hearing.

Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a noted explorer known for his activity pinch nan Titanic who was connected nan Titan erstwhile it imploded, is believed to person sent nan sub's last messages to nan Polar Prince.

The Polar Prince asked nan Titan for a position study aft informing nan submersible, “I request amended comms from you,” to which nan Titan replied, “yes.” The Titan confirmed that they could spot nan support crap connected its display, adding “all bully here” astatine 10:15 a.m.

About a half hr later, astatine 10:47 a.m., nan Titan sent different connection that it had "dropped 2 wts,” referring to its weights, but mislaid interaction pinch nan aboveground seconds after.

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During nan hearing, Former OceanGate contractor Tym Catterson testified that he believed nan passengers were not alert of nan threat that awaited them successful their past moments. 

"What I recovered and what I consciousness is that nan implosion happened instantaneously," Catterson testified.

"The group successful there, they had nary thought this was coming,” Chatterson added. "As a matter of fact, they were astir apt happy to opportunity they were each waiting to spot nan Titanic when this happened."

The Coast Guard is expected to people a last study connected nan findings from nan investigation later this year.

"We again connection our deepest condolences to nan families of those who died connected June 18, 2023, and to each those impacted by nan tragedy," an OceanGate spokesperson tells PEOPLE successful a caller statement. "After nan calamity occurred, OceanGate permanently coiled down its operations and focused its resources connected afloat cooperating pinch nan investigations being conducted by nan United States Coast Guard and nan NTSB."

Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster is presently disposable to watercourse on Max and Discovery+.