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"What was that noise?", BBC reveals shocking video from the moment the 'Titan' submarine exploded
2025-05-23 09:41:01 / BOTA
The first video of the moment the Titanic submarine exploded, which claimed the lives of five people during a fatal dive to the wreck of the Titanic in June 2023, has been released by the BBC.
Shocking footage, captured by the expedition's support ship, shows the moment the OceanGate company's submarine catastrophically failed.
In the video released by the BBC (Click HERE to watch the VIDEO) Wendy Rush – the wife of the late OceanGate CEO, Stockton Rush – is shown monitoring communications with the submarine. A deep metallic noise, sudden and alarming, is heard in the background. Surprised and frightened, Wendy freezes for a moment and asks: “What was that noise?”
Shortly after, the team receives a message from the submarine that says: "dropped two weights" - a common signal for dive control, but which unfortunately was the Titan's last message.
New revelations before the publication of the final report
The footage is part of a new BBC documentary that sheds light on the circumstances of the tragedy and the technical errors that preceded it. The documentary reveals that the submarine's carbon fiber hull had shown signs of damage as early as 2022 - a year before the disaster.
According to the US Coast Guard (USCG) investigation, damage to the ship's structure had begun during the 80th dive. "The delamination on dive 80 was the beginning of the end," said USCG Lieutenant Commander Katie Williams, adding that after that, every voyage on the Titan was a major risk.
Warnings that were ignored
Experts had sounded the alarm earlier. Victor Vescovo, a renowned deep-sea explorer, had warned OceanGate executives that failure was “just a matter of time.” Former company employees had called the submersible “dangerous” and “irresponsibly built.”
The wreckage of the submarine was later found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, along with personal items such as clothes, business cards and posters. Authorities confirmed that “presumed human cats” were identified among the remains, matching the victims: CEO Stockton Rush, British explorer Hamish Harding, French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and businessman Shahzada Dawood with his son Suleman.
Legal consequences begin: lawsuits after the tragedy
While the USCG is expected to release its final report later this year, the legal fallout has already begun. Hong Kong billionaire heiress Karen Lo has filed a £1 million lawsuit against OceanGate after her submarine trip was cancelled following an incident in 2018 and never took place, despite paying £680,000.
Christine Dawood, Shahzada Dawood's widow and Suleman's mother, told the BBC that the loss of her two loved ones had changed her forever: "I don't think anyone who goes through such loss and trauma can ever be the same."
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