During a public hearing on the deep-sea implosion that tragically took the lives of all five crew members last year, final signals from the doomed Titan sub were disclosed.
During the South Carolina hearing, an animated depiction of the Titan’s voyage was screened. Among the last texts received by the crew, the three-word phrase “all good here” emerged on screen.
Just prior to sending that message, the crew of Titan was texting with the support ship Polar Prince, who had asked for “better comms” after they had lost contact for a short while.
The Polar Prince repeatedly asked the Titan crew if they could still see the support vessel on their onboard display. That’s when the reply was sent—“yes” and “all good here.”
Before the Titan loses all contact with the Polaris Prince, the ships continue to communicate about positions for a short while.
About two hours after the Titan submarine descended in June of last year, contact with the surface was lost. The sub having exploded soon after its 2.4-mile dive near Newfoundland, Canada, on its way to the Titanic wreck site, it was discovered after days of frantic rescue attempts.
Twenty-four witnesses, including ten former workers of OceanGate, the corporation that ran the Titan expedition, are giving testimony on Monday before the Titan Marine Board of Investigation. The board is looking into the causes of the disaster.
According to some analysts, the Titan submersible’s occupants might have comprehended their fate 48–71 seconds prior to the disastrous detonation.
Paul-Henri Nargeolet’s family, who was among the casualties on board, sued OceanGate last month, claiming that the company’s repeated incompetence, recklessness, and carelessness were the causes of the deadly collapse.
In addition to Nargeolet and Stockton Rush, the submersible also claimed the lives of Pakistani industrialist Suleman Dawood, CEO and sub-pilot Dawood, British billionaire Hamish Harding, and Dawood’s son.