Following the news that the Titan submersible likely suffered a "catastrophic implosion", petrifying videos have emerged showing exactly what the tragic event may have looked like.
The vessel, that set off to explore the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, went missing with five passengers aboard. On Thursday, June 22, the five were pronounced dead after a search and rescue mission failed to locate the vessel before oxygen levels ran out.
It was confirmed by the US Coast Guard that debris was located, linked to the Titan, proving that the underwater vehicle had imploded during its mission. Five large pieces of debris were found 1,600 feet from the RMS Titanic.
"The debris is consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber", Rear Admiral John Mauge, US Coast Guard District commander explained in a statement, reports the Mirror.
There has since been a lot of speculation as to the cause of the tragic incident as well as many left wondering what it may have been like for those on board.
The passengers included British billionaire and adventurer, Hamish Harding, alongside Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, Stockton Rush and Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
Implosions occur incredibly fast when at the depth travelled by the Titan - around 3,800m where the Titanic wreckage lies. At this depth, the pressure is more than 300 times that at the sea's surface.
And now an animated video has been shared on TikTok to depict the catastrophic implosion, showing what it would have looked like under the water.
In the footage, shared by user @sincerelybootz, a vessel similar to a military sub is seen suddenly flattened before curling into a tac-shaped piece of metal, then ripping apart rapidly.
Following this, there is nothing left beside air bubbles and some debris.
"It's very instantaneous as far as death when it comes to any lives that may be on board," the narrator explains.
In another club, shared by @starfieldstudio, the OceanGate Titan is shown travelling toward the seafloor. The vessel then crumples as if it was a metal can before exploding after the implosion, leaving all not but trace of the sub.
"The hull would immediately heat the air in the sub to around the surface of the sun's temperature, as a wall of metal and seawater smashed one end of the boat to the other, all in around 30 milliseconds," reads the caption.
A former Navy doctor has shared his expert insight explaining what would have happened to the crew during their final moments.
Doctor Dale Molé said: "It would have been so sudden, that they wouldn't even have known that there was a problem, or what happened to them.
"It's like being here one minute, and then the switch is turned off. You're alive one millisecond, and the next millisecond you're dead."
Official investigations are continuing, however, the US Coast Guard has revealed that it is unlikely the bodies of the passengers will ever be recovered due to the harsh conditions thousands of meters below the ocean's surface.
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