• By Poorva Karki
  • Thu, 06 Jul 2023 07:32 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Making it one of the most expensive accidents that claimed the lives of 5 billionaires, the horrible OceanGate incident seems to remain in the headlines with new set of information coming forward every other day since the accident last month.

This time, the streak of information is making rounds on the internet due to a video of an ‘experiment’ that was conducted before OceanGate’s Titan Sub was ‘catastrophically imploded’ in the depths of Atlantic Ocean.

In the video that was shared by BBC Select on YouTube three months ago, a group of passengers was seen participating in the ‘experimental dive’. However, the fear and concerns of the passengers facing minor ‘issues’ were quite visible in the video.

“Not gonna make it,” one of the passengers was heard saying as she described the situation by saying that she thought the submersible was going in ‘circles’. “Now would be the time to freak out,” another passenger was heard saying.

However, the video was made before the horrid incident that took place on June 18, making it a chance for OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush to express his confidence on the opportunities that the company will provide with its visits to the infamous Titanic's wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Keeping that in mind, Rush was seen excited for the future adventures that will unfold through the submersible.

With the video going viral post the accident, the reactions are a mix of sorrow and shock. “I'm in shock because I watched this program when it was aired for the first time. I really loved it at the time and couldn't have imagined that the story would end in tragedy,” a viewer, @S.Hunter279 wrote.

“History is doomed to repeat itself. The irony of a sub named Titan now joins Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic is just tragic,” @jeffma7507 said.

Going down in the history of horrible accidents, the June 18 OceanGate incident ended up claiming 5 lives including company’s CEO Stockton Rush, Pakistani Billionaire Shehzada Dawood and his son. The submersible was on its way to see the wreckage of the iconic ship, Titanic, that sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.

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