TITANIC EXPLORATION GONE WRONG: THE OCEANGATE TRAGEDY

By Leila Nicole Sena

ceanGate Expeditions which was founded by Stockton Rush, met a tragedy after the attempted exploration with guests around the famous wrecked Titanic Ship The submersible contains five people inside the ship: the pilot, Stockton Rush and four billionaires such as Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman, who was only 19 years old when the tragedy took place

Before the tragedy, the OceanGate opened a trip to the legendary Titanic shipwreck 500-foot deep down that lasted for eight days and seven nights on a pill-shaped submersible–particularly the Titan, which was also formerly called Cyclops 2–costing $250,000 (₱139 million) a ticket per passenger onboard.

The passengers were given a waiver indicating that the deepsea expedition had only a 14% chance of success. Despite the possible consequences, the passengers read and signed the disclaimer for any risk the trip holds, even to the extent of death

“I hereby assume full responsibility for the risk of my bodily injury, disability, death, and property damage due to the negligence of any Released Party while involved in the Expedition. I hereby assume full responsibility for any and all risks of property damage, injury, disability, or death ” – Statements from the waiver’s consent of OceanGate Expeditions

Sunday, June 18, 2023, at exactly 9:45 am ET (9:45 p.m. PhT), the surface vessel lost communicationwiththeTitansubmersible.

Thursday, June 22, the coast guard found a debris field near the Titanic. The parts were confirmed to be from the Titan, concluding the death of the five peopleonboard.

The deeper one goes, the more extreme the pressure environment underwater can become; a likely cause of the implosion can be a rupture on the sub that would have immediately compressed the hull's exterior metallic walls and crushed the submersible–all in only just milliseconds, the Titan submersible imploded The US Coast Guard stated in a report of the OceanGate tragedy