MISSING SUBMARINE | Member of 2022 Oceangate Titanic mission on safety of the dive

Colin Taylor, a member of a 2022 Oceangate dive, describes the trip and training that those going to visit the Titanic wreck site receive.
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[@TheFrenchPug]

The fact that the ship doesn't know where you are once you get down there is a game stopper for me. As well as the lack of communication ability.

[@relentlessslog]

Experts are saying that the most likely scenarios are that it either got stuck in the wreckage and compromised the locator beacon or that the hull was the breached.

[@FannyShmellar]

@@relentlessslogI think it’s gone Kaboom.

[@relentlessslog]

@@FannyShmellar If they don't survive, I really hope that's what happened. A quick death with no time to comprehend. I couldn't imagine the mental state of just waiting around for either the cold or lack of oxygen to run out in a cramped vessel at the bottom of the ocean.

[@FannyShmellar]

@@relentlessslog Yes, implosion would have been instant death.

[@FlagTheRef]

Horrible PR for this submersible company, won't be surprised if investors jump ship

[@redshiftexperiment]

Is this guy an investor in the company? He sounds more like a commercial for the tour company than anything.

[@AKAM30]

Or trying to rationalize his poor choices... his wife's probably listening like you took my son to do what now..

[@NoEscapeGaming]

Glad I wasn’t the only who thought that…like he was paid off or something to help preserve the brand

[@SarahGreen523]

It stands to reason that an investor would want a return on his money. Hence the info-mercial.

[@sistasoujax]

Everyone that paid 250k is an investor 😩

[@lovewins-1]

Exactly my thought.

[@b.snoodleman5864]

This guy is wrong, the only reason there isn't any kind of voice communications is because Stockton didn't want to be interrupted when on a dive. The only communication there is a location and depth signal transponder, that is why they didn't call for help until 12 hours after the communication signal was lost. Sorry to say but they are all dead because of this company's short cuts.

[@elisabethnyman9528]

Grave peace should be respected. These 5 will probably be in the grave with those who drowned in 1912.

[@philfortner1805]

The same hubris that caused Titanic also caused this disaster. Unfortunately they will never be found.

[@Oklahomarailfan.]

Titanic seems to claim 5 more victims even after 111 Years on the bottom of the ocean

[@Kepi_Kei]

They're part of the Titanic's history now

[@rookie2shoes735]

Soon they will be selling tickets to explore both wrecks lmao

[@davidbradshaw3107]

It's a grave, not an amusement park.

[@ChrisAndCats]

Theyre the very opposite of risk averse, otherwise they wouldnt be down there!

[@TheSilverGate]

This guy is like if he was a PR guy for that company or like he had stakes in it.

[@kjetil_]

yeah, or he’s just extremely naive

[@chipbuttytime3396]

He sounds like a lovesick teenager

[@lennybrewster4673]

He might've

[@3UZFE]

Totally

[@Anyox17]

They paid $250k per person to be bolted into a tiny, problem-ridden sub that’s controlled with a video game controller, can’t be location tracked and relies on text messages for communication….12,000 ft under the North Atlantic. It’s absolutely shocking anyone would do this.

[@samjubran7315]

My thoughts exactly. Something fishy here. It doesn't make sense.

[@Mamabear63]

Praying that they will be saved, I can’t imagine the sheer terror of being trapped, if that turns out to be the case. Don’t think I’d have bought my teenager a seat for such a high risk excursion, crazy stuff.

[@simonbaxter8001]

More money than sense! ... and just that's the designers, not just the passengers.

[@headoftheholler4053]

That's one hell of a advertisement

[@jonadam5505]

Extreme thrill seekers with the bank to back it. It's wicked easy to understand for me.

[@annarchy665]

Calling that creation a "submarine" is like calling a my kid's lego creation a Bentley.

[@alanwade2962]

I suppose you're a deep diving expert?

[@ralfkonig4734]

Its not a submarine, its a submersible.

[@annarchy665]

Whatever it's called, you don't have to be an expert to spot a piece of 💩 when you see it.

[@LadyOaksNZ]

Titan is basically a homemade sub. Incompetence is too grand a word...

[@jonathanbrown8912]

Hate to be that person given the situation, but this guy seemed like a spokesman... .does he have a stake in the company? Would love to know as he sounds suspect.

[@SarahGreen523]

He is an investor, so, yes, he has a vested stake in this company.

[@jamesnguyen7069]

i cancelled my reservation

[@XYZ_55]

@@jamesnguyen7069 You don't have $250, much less $250k

[@Danny-qb3mk]

​@@jamesnguyen7069Me too, saving it towards space instead

[@scribbletea6341]

The way he avoids the reporter’s question about training so much so that she has to rephrase it MULTIPLE TIMES and when he does address it he doesn’t go into specifics on the “training” but instead repeats like a broken record the company’s ‘commitment to safety’ says all you need to know about how reliable of a source this guy is

[@raminahmadi3000]

He may be invested in the company. When asked if he would return, he started talking about how credible the crew and the company are, when we know that the vessel was not tested for safety by any major testing institution, reports of problems during previous dives, which included communication issues and as you said lack of training.

[@adamdunlaptv]

I’m surprised there is any training. Do you train to get onto an airplane? Nope. Bc you just sit there.

[@scribbletea6341]

@@adamdunlaptv I get the argument you are trying to make but airlines do very much have pre-flight safety videos that train you what to do in case of emergency 😂

[@miikey376]

exactly. i can't really listen to this guy

[@avigator]

He’s a business guy, not an engineer, not a pilot. I assume he did not really comprehend the technological risks.

[@popeluigi]

This guy can filate the idea that Oceangate is all about safety all he wants, the fact that they have previously lost these submersibles for extended periods of time, have considered putting beacons on the subs so they could be located, and STILL didn't do so, is all I need to know about how much they're into safety.

[@mjlives5428]

Were beacosn an option to communicate at that depth?Do you klnow that.Why wouldn't they than?Seems odd with todays technology that they couldn't implement a GPS into this thing and have some better form of communication than slow texting.James Cameron and Elon Musk coulda done better I think.

[@waitaminute2015]

​@@mjlives5428I guess GPS doesn't work underwater. I don't understand what kind of texting they're talking about, but what if it loses power?

[@zedeco]

@@mjlives5428 they had rovers going back on forward for years, but the pilot cut off comms because he didn't like to update the boat of his status.

[@mjlives5428]

@@waitaminute2015 No idea re texting either.

[@mjlives5428]

@@zedeco The pportunity to communicate is what we are talking here not weather it's conveniant or used.

[@steveducell2158]

A CBS journalist, who took a trip on this sub, stated that the sub was constantly having issues.

[@camlacasse3760]

Right, and there are not enough thrills on Planet Earth for you to enjoy?

[@stacknsat]

Oh yea when was this? Same sub?

[@stacknsat]

This guy here claims they took week training and they were spoke highly of and had checks litteray 24/7

[@TehApolloEleven]

@@camlacasse3760 the Atlantic Ocean is on planet earth but yea I get where you’re going

[@samwlodawskitheone]

Yeah, I think he said only 37 feet below the surface and they already started losing radio contact. I would be too scared.

[@michaelpoyntz774]

It seems tragically ironic that on an adventure to view the remnants of one of the greatest marine disasters of all time that you would become part of that history for all time!

[@dontsleephungry716]

Nothing ironic about this mate 🤦‍♂️

[@claycox1829]

Especially because one is named Titan and the other Titanic

[@Fireglo]

James Cameron can finally do a sequel xD

[@HondoTrailside]

@@dontsleephungry716 It is situational irony. It doesn't mean one is laughing about the element of human tragedy.

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

What’s a better death, drowning, freezing, or imploding?

[@brendarolph-teisan4085]

Glad it was remarkable for you sir....... Unfortunately, it probably has not been a "fantastic" experience for these 5 souls .

[@gregoryretzlaff7884]

It was a life-changing experience . . . .

[@gpg9516]

Sadly the sub itself is a low-tech glorified bathtub. Controlled by a video gaming device. Reckless at best. ‘Remarkable and terrific’ indeed. I’d love to see the actual waiver all passengers have to sign. Other news bites have said it’s very explicit about what might go wrong.

[@derek8700]

True

[@margarita8442]

was a home made piece of crap

[@margarita8442]

battery went flat in the controller

[@dimitristripakis7364]

This does not mean it's unreliable. Sometimes simple is better.

[@135Ops]

@@dimitristripakis7364 These missions have been plagued by delays and failures.

[@EugeneYus]

When he started describing the company in the beginning I thought to myself “he’s got stock”

[@maryannwatkins7166]

No way in heck would I let my husband take my kid down to the bottom of the ocean. Yeah, yeah, I know he’s an adult, blah, blah, blah.

[@tstones5187]

exactly! if you want to do risky behavior why bring your child along

[@CinephileSanityTV]

"You're going to see the Titanic whether you like it or not!" - Father of the Year

[@jamesnguyen7069]

on a sub called titan… short for titanic

[@vetiverose128]

It's ironic bc in the current expedition, there was also a father and his son.

[@jonischneider5244]

250.000 to dive I don't have to worry about that.i wonder if they had to sign a contract that the owners are not responsible of anything goes wrong.

[@melaniebenoist9432]

“Adventurers and explorers” means millionaires and billionaires 😂

[@smhollanshead]

Who else thinks this is the last voyage for this company? Would you book a tour with them? I sure wouldn’t!! ☢️☣️⛔️

[@TheSarah730]

1000%

[@SawseeSauce]

If I ever even acquire $250,000 at any point in my life… hell no would I spend it on this. I find the titanic wreckage fascinating and I also find space fascinating, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to spend an ungodly amount of money to take such risks. The whole concept of knowing you are trapped and will 100% be dead before you can be rescued… is way too scary for me. Insta-death would be ok, it’s the waiting game I would never want to be apart of.

[@hamzaalberta8335]

​@JimBob Even then why would you do it. Buddy life is valuable you never know when it's going to end. Love your family, help the needy and be thankful for what you have.

[@wread1982]

I’m booked with them next month to go down and check out the titanic

[@what8562]

Nah. We have a surplus of very rich, very bored, very insecure men. There will be other trips as there still is NK tourism.

[@tms372]

There's never been a rescue anywhere near this depth, likely never will be.

[@theonewhoknows9615]

That’s the part that really gets me🥲

[@livinginavwvan207]

They said even if they found another sub that can reach those depths it likely wouldnt have the power to tow another one back up, nor would you want to under those pressures 6500psi

[@zedeco]

there are only 2 subs that reach that depth and none of them are rescue subs, they are fucked.

[@skunkycatog]

This dude hyping the fk outta that tin can 😂😂😂😂😂

[@vetiverose128]

fr.. I wonder if he has been paid to say all these lol

[@St.CrispinsDayGLORY]

Yeah he is another techno-obsessed nature ignorant fool.

[@philfortner1805]

It's not even a tin can but a highly experimental carbon fiber tube and titanium hatch system.

[@jimrebr]

He is an investor in Ocean Gate, so, yes, he’s spinning the death trap sub a fantastic, but he has to know it’s not.

[@HeatherRose2023]

You couldn’t pay me $250,000,000 to make that voyage.

[@St.CrispinsDayGLORY]

They did it like Cameron did. For bragging rights at their rich partys. Or at least hoped too, until God's intervention. I won't even get in an elevator anymore...MANY more ppl die in them than these things

[@joaquinben4458]

1 million?

[@Markus-co8uk]

1 million and some asterisks

[@nessad.3271]

You could not pay me $ 1 trillion to make that voyage 😅

[@r.w.7768]

”Best engineers and technicians in the world”. They used a fkng 30 dollar Logitech controller to steer. Does it sound like the creation from someone who’s pushing the boundaries of engineering?

[@andrewashmore8000]

That's actually the sign of a excellent engineer , use what's available rather than reinventing the wheel , costs alot less.

[@williamterrymasters1934]

What difference does it make if your a billionaire you still have no power of life and death 😂

[@Tigrou7777]

Have you just realized that we are all mortals 🤔

[@antoinepowell649]

This guy played it safe out of respect to the family it’s clear they are dead

[@brandonstone2754]

One can only hope! 2 billionaires on there. Whales are winning!

[@oksure900]

@@brandonstone2754 so edgy “Brandon”

[@debbiesroommate]

Maybe look into beneficiaries. Sabotage

[@joaquinben4458]

​@@brandonstone2754were all 5 billionaires?

[@brandonstone2754]

@@joaquinben4458 2 were. Plus the ceo of the sub company who is on record complaining about safety regulations and decided not to include safety gear like beacons. One was a billionaires 19 year old kid. Unclear on the last but if he could afford the 200k ticket he ain't gonna be poor :p

[@lentefrente]

Safety oriented, risk averse, best engineers. Suuuure 😅🥶

[@Vr4z1el]

You couldnt pay me 250k to get on one of those things

[@paulg3012]

Better to take 500 grand and uplift children who are in need.

[@St.CrispinsDayGLORY]

My thoughts exactly, and probably God's who took them

[@carwalk1280]

Yep & look at how many lives would be saved 💯

[@vatrweaver5169]

One who thinks like that will never be rich.

[@rocsocom3166]

They'll couldn't pay me too go down there. I don't like the sea. I never take cruise ship. I'll stay on shore on beach.

[@ronbennie1028]

High risk thrill seekers always baffle me, but when they say “my son came with me”, I shudder with anger.

[@Soul-Taker]

Very sad that a 19 year old died, stupid way to die, he had his whole life ahead of him.

[@derek8700]

“Very well put together” it uses a PlayStation controller…

[@Pau_Pau9]

Its worse, Logitech.

[@toy5965]

Xbox

[@michelereid]

And probs had flat AAA+ batteries 😂

[@mikekeeler6362]

Yes but NASA built it

[@margarita8442]

which model ?

[@TNitroH]

This guy knows they are dead. All he does is praise everyone involved over and over

[@cjp1599]

Yeah losing all communications on the way down would definitely be a bad sign.

[@sickk0073]

Imagine paying 250k for an horrible way to die...

[@bones007able]

Ehhhh.... they could have blown it on drugs ....

[@sickk0073]

@@bones007able or hookers

[@georgia4407]

I read 365k

[@laprimeradama]

So the Titan sent pings of it’s location to the ship on the surface, but there wasn’t a way to return that ping in a way that could notify the vessel that they had lost contact and to come back up. This is insane.

[@Thepc425]

No they haven’t sent any pings. Meaning things are worse.

[@TehApolloEleven]

@@Thepc425correct, the titan was supposed to send pings every 20 minutes. It stopped doing so after 90 minutes. Probably a catastrophic problem that compromised the whole sub. Otherwise they would have still sent pings. Who knows what could’ve happened, oxygen problem? Leak? Those are the only two things that came to mind. Best case scenario is the subs power and comms cut off but oxygen and pressure remained, therefore they could still have a chance to be rescued. The likelihood is though, that everyone on board died for the same reason that the subs comms died

[@Fluxquark]

@@TehApolloEleven An oxygen problem would not compromise the pings (assuming they were sent automatically). I'm gonna guess a leak or other hull failure, which means they at least died quickly.

[@johns3544]

So I take it no one heard a explosion of some sort. Might rule out imploding.

[@bingbong4848]

I think the pings works both ways from what some expert said in another video. The mother ship pings the sub to help guide it towards the exact location of the Titanic.

[@hokeypokeypots]

One wonders about the mental capacity of someone who would want to do something like that...but they really have to be 'lost in space' to bring their child along.

[@johnmurray9526]

Director of titanic James Cameron went down there 20 years ago!

[@hokeypokeypots]

@@johnmurray9526 Yeah...but not in that kind of a submersible.

[@johnmurray9526]

@@hokeypokeypots well yeah cus otherwise he wouldn't have come back...

[@jeffdavis7356]

That would be a miserable way to die. Hope it turns out better than it looks.

[@OTOWN2STOCKTOWN]

😊

[@ryanhampson673]

If it was implosion at least that’s quick. Would happen in a millisecond.

[@jasonokamoto4687]

Dude sounds like an investor.

[@donhashugeballs]

Ding ding ding, we have a winner 🏆

[@sneekiersnek3122]

$250,000 gets you a submarine controlled by a WIRELESS gaming controller and no tether to a surface vessel? Count me out

[@HD_Dyna]

My professional opinion is that something went wrong

[@mammadijacopo3347]

😂

[@philfortner1805]

They had a hula hoop contest on board and the sub lost all forms of navigation.

[@imgoodru2840]

I concur

[@diaryofacrankykid7270]

Honestly one would have to have an express death wish to get into a metal ball that has no link with the surface. That's just patently insane.

[@lentefrente]

That’s why I feel this is so incredibly stupid. Like whyyyy?? Nobody manages risk if this is being offered. I would not even go for 250k to receive.

[@katep8982]

A metal ball bolted closed 😢

[@johnnylego807]

You can’t send signal through the ocean, that kind of technology hasn’t been created to properly do that. There is limited technology to do this, and they can only communicate to a certain depth. They had communication but it cut off at some point in the dive meaning something rlly bad probably happened

[@johnnylego807]

Also there are reports that the sub sent some kind of distress signal before the mothership lost contact with the submersible

[@spike238]

Sure , ... let's go see the Titanic ,, just because you can , doesn't necessarily mean you should ,

[@supernova046]

navigated by a £20 logitech controler,what could possibly go wrong ? my logitech keyboard packed in after 2 weeks 😂😂😂

[@ranulf8477]

For that case, the owner was writing with tape on the outside of the sub what to do. hahahaha

[@sid7088]

I can't imagine how they could be rescued, unfortunately.

[@willkeating461]

They can’t, they said it would be similar trying to rescue someone from space, they went 2 and a half miles deep, radar may be able to find the wreck, but unfortunately it’s very unlikely that they will be able to recover, very sad day, atleast they were living the best life they could

[@jackdaniel7465]

They are gone!! More than likely, it imploded.

[@venussavage]

I suspect that military underwater listening devices detected the implosion.

[@brotherpaul963]

Sad isn't it?

[@brotherpaul963]

@@willkeating461 were they?

[@ady3328]

Colin Taylor, he would go down again? Ridiculous

[@Evan-tp7ur]

Sounds like the company paid him for some damage control PR

[@epicpurevids]

sometimes things work for a long time but if its new tech or in this case a new ship, very small, under crazy pressure, there's really only a number of trips something like that can take before it will eventually have a point of failure. It's kind of like space travel, you can't expect to continue reusing the vessels forever, they get worn out and will fail. I dont know how they would have tested whats a safe number of times to take it down and up.

[@shoebill181]

Yep, well said, just like the Edmund Fitzgerald, 44 trips, very last one, going to be dry docked for extensive scrutiny and it went down. Last trip for the Pilot and he was to retire.

[@stuartlawsonbeattie1411]

Now if it was a Ford Capri....... 😉

[@stuartlawsonbeattie1411]

@@shoebill181 Do you mean it never went to dry dock? What a sad but brilliant song.

[@barrysmilligan8297]

You would think they would have it tethered to the ship that way it’s not lost

[@philfortner1805]

A tether can get stuck on debris and land features and then you're toast. So quite impossible.

[@J.M.254]

​@@philfortner1805Good point😊

[@2PacYorke]

or having a drone sub following them

[@ellaevansbolt]

it would require a big ship to carry a 2 1/2 mile tether!

[@stuartlawsonbeattie1411]

I was thinking of a safety line or something secure but flexible like a diver's lifeline. This is so awful.

[@DavidWoods-p1t]

In fairness , I think you should be over 18 to go on the dive …. or over 80 life already lived .

[@cjp1599]

The over 80 I agree. That's when I start my meth addiction.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

No young ladies aboard, for the experience of a lass on the ocean 🌊. Splashy splashy ¿?

[@SupraSwag16]

they paid 250k for their funeral to join with jack 💀

[@eligebrown8998]

This guy says 2 hours down, and 2 hours up. The coast gaurd says 8 hours each way. So wich is?

[@swally4704]

I thought it was 2 down.. 4 to view the titanic wreckage ....eat snacks and use the on board toilet ...1 hour ....2 hours ascent.

[@tibway]

" It will get cold [...] but you'll feel like you're on a different planet, which is quite remarkable as well" Gotta give it to you, Colin. You sell a mean pitch

[@alicetelford9027]

OceanGate sound too much like Heavens Gate! 😢

[@chadthomasson6807]

Lots of money invested in this trip but when u here about the sub it is micky mouse complete with camper equipment and low budget technology

[@jamesnguyen7069]

sub was called titan short for titanic

[@KBlanca513]

So this guy’s judgment is as faulty as Rush’s. What a bunch of clowns.

[@jwick1215]

Why no cable attachment?

[@andrewashmore8000]

Was wondering the same , I think it was so a big ship was not needed with all the winches and cranes etc. Besides I think it had floating devices fitted anyway.

[@donhashugeballs]

Because having a cable attached would greatly increase the risk of becoming snagged, and that would be game over.

[@tedthesailor172]

I could never be rich enough to gamble $250,000 to risk my neck...

[@csmtcqueen]

IN REALITY: There was no emphasis on safety. In their promo materials, they stated they avoided regulations from governmental agencies.

[@robertjames6640]

I have the greatest respect for submainers and all who sail the oceans. As one who is fearful of large bodies of water I cannot imagine spending a quarter of a million dollars to descen 12,000 feet in a 21 foot long submersible. To view a rusting wreck that has a myriad of images for anyone to see. But these folks opted to do it and my hope is that they will be recovered safely. And perhaps reflect on the huge danger they faced and the cost of rescue attempts by all involved.

[@jrkr7357]

Since they love there so much, now they will be there forever......

[@SunofYork]

Captain Platitudes strikes again

[@seesafar9912]

@@SunofYork yeps, beat 'em if ya find 'em. Now you are the "Boats".....

[@venussavage]

Just don't bill me for the rescue effort. The rich folk who do this stuff should fund their own rescue efforts.

[@seesafar9912]

@@venussavage the "Taxpayer" already has the bill. some call it Gub-mint.

[@infiniteinspirations8146]

This guy is a complete lunatic in my opinion, even in regards to "absent the accident that has happened" would STILL go on another trip down there. If this OceansGate company was truly risk adverse, they not only would have multiple redundant systems on board, they would have multiple options for rescue shall the unthinkable happen. This entire creation was just not thought out entirely, they let the fascination of seeing a sunken ship blind their ability to ensure maximal occupant safety, thus leading to this outcome. May they rest in peace, and may OceansGate be dissolved from future "explorations" such as this.

[@crankcuffin1948]

This conversation is unbelievable

[@PolarCub64]

The amount of oxygen means absolutely nothing when the vessel is crushed, imploded under 12,500 feet of water. In a humorous flip of events, it will be the crabs and lobsters feasting on the wealthy 😂

[@iceman-moscow]

Нет там крабов и лобстеров , но паштет скорее всего есть

[@rookie2shoes735]

As Bill Paxton once said “it’s sayonara in two microseconds” 😂

[@kepler186f4]

An extravagant and unnecessary risk has put numerous lives at risk... it is not worth the ultimate cost.

[@roberthill7458]

Clearly you love adventure.

[@zedeco]

@@roberthill7458 having an adventure in an experimental sub that got a safety inspector fired for pointing out the sub should not go to this depth because it will brake, this is not a movie where you get to be rescued in the last minute.

[@thisthat283]

I still can't understand why the owner didn't buy a real Sub retired Navy sub, and convert it. also why the hell wouldn't he have a hard wired Life Line to the surface for these exact reasons.

[@CWebb-yr7vc]

This guy’s interview isn’t aging well

[@michelejashinsky8409]

I doubt he’d go again… why tempt death once u have been there…

[@contingency9]

Maybe a remarkable trip, I see it as foolhardy to get into a small frail looking craft that is diving independently totally untethered to the mother ship is a disaster waiting to happen and now it has.

[@chrishayes5790]

Are any cables that long?

[@zedeco]

@@chrishayes5790 there are communication cables at the bottom of the ocean from America to Europe, so yeah there cables that long

[@mohammedbarik432]

Disgusting a rich person giving a glowing report on this shambolic venture.. Shame on this person

[@miminari295]

This guy is probably heavily invested in this company with the way he is strategically maneuvering through the questions and not providing any details about anything.

[@writerconsidered]

Well if they were really risk adverse I would expect an ROV on board and a boat big enough to hold 2 miles of cable that can be hauled down by the ROV for a rescue hook up. But that contingency never happened.

[@ranulf8477]

For 250k they got a flag on their overall. Maybe the owner said: a flag looks always better than a rescue cable....

[@135Ops]

2 miles of cable would be about half of what you need, give it some thought and just maybe you'll work out how unrealistic your expectations are.

[@SherryMcDill]

@@135OpsActually, at 13,000 feet (all the “experts” are saying the Titanic sits at approximately 12,500 feet…), dividing that by 5,280 would equal 2.462 miles of cable needed. So, just under 2 and 1/2 miles.

[@hariowen3840]

Would he go again with his son even if it was a free trip?

[@supernova046]

just listen to this guy chattin bubbles 😂😂😂

[@dee6469]

He did not want to incriminate himself, but sounded hesitant about repeat tour, i pray the others survive

[@philfortner1805]

Unfortunately they will never be found. They took the ultimate risk and lost.

[@francessimmonds5784]

They could be found. At least they know exactly where to start looking, unlike looking for MH370.

[@Oklahomarailfan.]

@@francessimmonds5784 found alive is the bigger question

[@francessimmonds5784]

@@Oklahomarailfan. yeah, that’s less likely.

[@stuartlawsonbeattie1411]

@@francessimmonds5784 The Titan could have drifted miles away.

[@stuartlawsonbeattie1411]

@@marcumexe2375 Inside the Titanic is a very sad possibility as earlier last year they got stiuck between the propeller blades and had to wriggle out. I am wondering if that episode caused structural unseen damage or the craft has been bumped, hit or dropped. Any clever vandal could have set this up to crash or implode, no one would know.

[@michelereid]

You actually hope there was a sudden catastrophic incident…. I can comprehend what those 5 would be going through right now. Bodily functions….anxiety…hunger….frozen….claustrophobia….despair 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@chadthomasson6807]

They bragged about having a toilet and pee bottle

[@milala-kw4zy]

​@@chadthomasson6807they spent more on the toilet

[@clocksurfer]

Indeed. Like Apollo 13, right? But with a much smaller support network. Horrific. (But sadly, there are perhaps more important stories to be covering.)

[@WarrenAAndrews]

​@@chadthomasson6807 and having music, they are probably listening to my heart will go on by Celine Dion

[@jeffthompson3569]

​@andie_short, very callous joke 😐

[@chipbuttytime3396]

If these are the very best technicians and engineers I hope the never set foot near a commercial aircraft

[@gerardo2360]

$250,000. and you're doing important work! Ha, what a joke!

[@sosueme66]

if they are so safety concsience how come they are taking such a risk???

[@hi-tech55]

There doesn’t sound like there are any contingency plans, maybe it’s impossible. You would like to think there is always a chance of being rescued if something happens. All we can do is hope and pray.

[@susanwagner900]

Unless there's a miracle, it is impossible. There's only a couple scenarios which may explain what happened. They could have gotten turned around and is too far away now, they had a total system failure and they sunk, a crack developed and they imploded. Titanic is about 2 miles down. There are only 4 or 5 ROV's that can dive that deep and even if they find it, how would they retrieve it? I'm praying for them and I hope they at least get some answers. 😢

[@hi-tech55]

@@susanwagner900 unfortunately it all sounds so desperate.

[@SOLDOZER]

Only rescue is it it surfaces.

[@pauldurkee4764]

Thats it exactly, did nobody question why there is no back up vessel or ROV in case of an emergency.

[@scottolsen9805]

Yeah thats worked in the past aye…. Hopes and Prayers

[@Inkling777]

Excuse me if I don't believe what he says about how safety conscious these organizers are. Their failure is all too obvious and comes after very few dives.

[@philfortner1805]

My guess is galvanic corrosion between the carbon fiber and titanium caused a material failure. They imploded like a bomb going off.

[@Brinta3]

As far as I understand it the submarine was still on its way down when it lost contact. Therefore being stuck in the Titanic wreckage can’t be the reason of the failure. The submarine has the capability to do an ermergency rising by inflating some stuff. It didn’t do that, so I guess it must have imploded. They are going to find a very crumpled piece of metal. A previous mission with this submarine couldn’t even find the Titanic, so it is very unlikely that this mission landed exactly on the Titanic.

[@philfortner1805]

They likely never find anything. Imagine a minivan randomly dropped into the grand canyon. Go find that.

[@Kr0nicDragon]

What if they just stole the thing? What’s the street value on a mini sub?

[@cobycolbertson]

Tell me about the procedure you mentioned about “inflating some stuff.”

[@TehApolloEleven]

@@philfortner1805finding a mini van in the grand canyon would be several orders of magnitude easier than finding this.

[@Brinta3]

@@cobycolbertson Of course I don’t know the details, but it has been widely reported that the sub should be able to surface even when it has lost all power. It has several emergency systems. Pressurized gas (as a liquid?) in a tank, use that to force water out of the ballast tanks. Up it goes. Something like that. That’s why they have many planes flying over the area; in the hopes that the submarine is floating somewhere in the ocean.

[@kandismith3911]

This is devastating😢 Why would anyone risk their lives is what gets me. Just sad.... Hope they are found....

[@philcliffe6909]

You never been to the fun fair?

[@philcliffe6909]

Or rode a push bike fast down a hill without a helmet?

[@lewisfriend1705]

Each to their own 🤷🏼‍♂️ what is life if you take no risks…

[@St.CrispinsDayGLORY]

...they trusted the "experts" of course, like this clown here 🤡

[@cjp1599]

Do you drive a car in traffic?

[@craigbarnett9489]

A fool and his money are easily parted….

[@JayJay-ki4mi]

"They're some of the best engineers in the world" ... not really. The sub is missing.

[@borshardsd]

Colin: it looked just like the other videos you've seen of the titanic wreck. Great risk to see through a little window or through the monitor on the sub. Do what you want but with this much risk involved why would the responsibility to rescue fall on others just bc you want to repeat the story of icarus but the ocean version?

[@asimmoric2006]

He doesn’t make any sense to me.

[@WorthyndChris3572]

This is so devastating! but it shows you no matter how much education and intelligence you have, some things are not to be explored 😢

[@firegirljen]

And that having tons of money doesn’t make you smart…

[@WorthyndChris3572]

@@firegirljen big facts!

[@firegirljen]

@@WorthyndChris3572 🙏🏻

[@johns3544]

​@@firegirljenProblem is they run our country...

[@csmtcqueen]

There is no reason to believe, there is evidence of common sense or intelligence.

[@nathanbond8165]

Does anyone get the irony here the story of Titanic is one of hubris you see Titanic was thought to be Unsinkable and was built by the best shipbuilders with the best engineers and piloted by the world famous best captain in the world Captain Smith does he not understand irony and yet Titanic is sitting two and a half miles deep in the bottom of the ocean having all the best engineers in the world and crew

[@CollDott]

Daredevil mindset for such 'expedition'!! Why cant we just sit in a mansion surrounded by all the best stuff money can buy and rest in peace!!!

[@MUCKFOOT399]

you can only see out of one 4 inch x 1ft thick window

[@Ashley__Rose]

The way this dude is living in fantasy land makes me appreciate how I’m not wealthy

[@alanduncan1980]

This guy is convincing me that this thing is the safest mode of transport.

[@darlenethomas8291]

This guy is sooo wrong. He obviously didn't have any idea of the warnings.

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

They paid for the thrill of a lifetime. Well, I guess nobody ever reads the small print.🤔

[@annas.8487]

This interviewed guy seems fully brain washed - he got the message.

[@cassandra3862]

Er…didn’t this company sack one of ‘the best engineers in the world’ because he would not agree to signing off on their safety procedures?

[@gregjsinclair]

How much did the company pay this guy for this glowing report ,,,,, SHAMEFUL ,

[@donhashugeballs]

He's a investor in oceangate and holds stock.

[@Italy55]

They lost contact 1.5 hours into the dive. It takes over 2 hours to go to the bottom. They may not have made it to the wreck site.

[@usveteran9893]

Maybe as a crushed tin can!

[@010bobby]

Yeah, it imploded!..gone forever