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The verdict fell Thursday, June 22 in the evening. The debris of the Titan submersible, which imploded above the wreckage of the Titanic, has been found. Its five passengers have disappeared. But the facts go back to the very beginning of the mission.
The submersible broke up in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The five passengers of the Titan died, including Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet. The tourist submarine did not collide with the wreckage. Too much pressure would explain a sudden implosion. The remains of the last were found at a depth of 3,800 meters, and less than 500 meters from the wreck of the Titanic. “It’s an unforgiving environment, at these depths“, said John Mauger, rear admiral of the United States Coast Guard.
Repeating History
The submersible probably imploded on Sunday. That day, the US Navy spies as always the ocean, looking for enemy submarines. She hears an implosion, exactly in the sector of the Titanic. Information that had been transmitted to the rescue teams. Victim of this tragedy, the oceanologist Paul-Henri Nargeolet will therefore never visit the Titanic again. It was his 35e journey to this mythical wreck. An enthusiast who had confided his doubts before his departure, on the structure of this titanium vessel.
The sinking of the Titanic, and now, the implosion of the Titan. James Cameron sees it as a repeat of history. The director of the film Titanic recalls that the builder of the submersible did not listen to the warnings, exactly like the captain of the liner, in 1912. The five explorers killed in this tragedy joined the 1,500 missing from the Titanic in the depths of the abyss.