Vessel’s implosion can be heard on new video from expedition to Titanic wreckage
By HOLLY RAMER CONCORD N H AP U S Coast Guard authorities probing the disappearance of an experimental submersible on its way to the Titanic wreckage in have distributed video recorded aboard its backing ship from the moment the sound of its implosion reached the ocean s surface Related Articles US consumer confidence rebounds after five straight months of declines amid tariff anxiety Supreme Court rejects appeal of Massachusetts participant who wished to wear only two genders T-shirt The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that s sacred to Apaches killed and injured in a Memorial Day shooting at a Philadelphia park more of the escapees from a New Orleans jail are captured leaving on the run agents say The Titan vanished June on its way to the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean setting off a five-day search that ended with officials saying all five passengers had died when the vessel imploded On board were Stockton Rush CEO of the company that built the Titan along with British explorer Hamish Harding veteran French diver Paul Henri Nargeolet British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his -year-old son Suleman The implosion sparked international debate about the future of private deep-sea journey and an ongoing Coast Guard scrutiny After holding citizens hearings in September the Coast Guard last week disclosed a two-and-a-half minute video showing Rush s wife Wendy Rush and an OceanGate employee monitoring the submersible s descent from the Polar Prince backing ship The video shows Wendy Rush and Gary Foss sitting in front of a computer After a faint sound like a closing door Rush asks What was that bang The Coast Guard says it believes it was the sound of the Titan s implosion reaching the surface of the ocean About minutes later Foss says We ve lost tracking Concerns were raised after the implosion because of the Titan s unconventional design and its creator s refusal to submit to independent safety checks OceanGate suspended operations in July
