NOAA releases chilling audio of Titan submersible explosion
Newly released audio from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) audio recorder documented the eerie suspected sounds of the Titan submersible implosion in 2023.
The moored passive acoustic recorder was about 900 miles from the Titan submersible implosion site, according to the Department of Defense.
In the audio recording, posted on defense websites on Friday, listeners can hear what sounds like static, followed by a loud roar of thunder.
The Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) releases remotely operated vehicle footage of the Titan submersible’s aft dome, aft ring, hull remnants and carbon fiber debris on the seafloor before upcoming technical testimony for the Titan MBI hearing in North Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 18, 2024. This video led to conclusive evidence of the catastrophic loss of the Titan and the death of all five members aboard. (U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Pelagic Research Services)
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After a few seconds of reverb, the audio goes silent.
The tragedy happened as the vessel traveled to the Titanic site on June 18, 2023. It was less than two hours into its descent.
An image of the Titan tail cone sitting at the bottom of the ocean, as seen in June 2023. (US Coast Guard / Pelagic Research Services)
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Five people were killed, including U.K. billionaire Hamish Harding, OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush, father-son pair Shahzada Dawood and Suleman Dawood, and French mariner Paul-Henry Nargeolet.
Titan’s crew relayed “all good here” in one of its final messages before the implosion, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.
General view of the Titan submersible in the Bahamas in May 2018. The Titan imploded during a mission to view the Titanic on Monday, June 19, 2023. (Becky Kagan Schott)
Reports show the Titan was exposed to the elements for seven months prior to the disaster, and its hull was not reviewed by third parties.
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Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
