A former pilot of the ill-fated Titan submersible lost control of the vessel during a previous dive — causing the sub to start spinning in circles as terrified passengers were stuck on board for ho…
A former pilot of the ill-fated Titan submersible lost control of the vessel during a previous dive — causing the sub to start spinning in circles as terrified passengers were stuck on board for hours.
“There’s something wrong with my thrusters. I’m thrusting and nothing is happening,” Griffith can be heard saying,One of the Titan’s thrusters had allegedly been mounted improperly, causing one to propel the sub in one direction while the other pushed it in the opposite direction and ultimately making the Titan spin in circles.BBC Take Me to Titanic / YouTube
Footage showed an anxious Rojas putting her head in her hands as the crew worked to reprogram the video game control that managed the vessel’s movement. “I was thinking, oh no, don’t tell me that we are 300m away from the Titanic and we are going to have to go up to the surface,” another passenger, Oisin Fanning, said,Dirty Dozen Productions/OceanGat/AFP via Getty Images
“The dome slowly closes in front of me. I have this moment of ‘this is the point of no return’. I’m not claustrophobic by any means but at that moment I was like if there was any point to freak out, now would be the point to freak out,” Pan said.
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