The Seagate Expedition confirmed the death of a submarine crew member today who disappeared last Sunday, on the expedition’s way to the Titanic, 3,800 meters underwater. This fact was confirmed after the discovery of the remains of a submarine, near the search area.

Location of the US Coast Guard five submarine fragments “is consistent with a huge pressure chamber loss”, 500 meters from where the remains of the Titanic are.

“Our hearts go out to these five souls and every member of their family during this tragic moment,” the company said in a statement, and He announced that they did not know if they would be able to recover the crew member’s remains, due to the cause of death.

The submarine had an explosion

According to experts, Ocean pressure causes submarine explosions. In other words, it suddenly collapsed and contracted violently inwards, not unlike an explosion. This can happen when a vehicle unprepared for that deep dive They don’t hold the water pressure.

The possibility of tragedy was raised by a worker who observed a security flaw and was fired.

The ‘Titan’ had made expeditions to the Titanic in recent years and, despite complications, they survived the pressure of the water. The submarine is one of the few crew vessels prepared to go up to 4,000 meters underwater.

However, David Lochridge, the former director of marine operations for Ocean Gate, was fired for questioning Titan’s safety in 2018 and is under a lawsuit against the company. He has warned that the submarine design is “experimental and unproven,” and it is there is a porthole at the fore that is made to withstand a depth of 1300 meters instead of 4000.

Although, according to protocol, the submarine had to return to the surface immediately after losing contact, which occurred almost two hours after descent, if the submarine was in the area where the Titanic was moored, pressure threshold equivalent to a building like the Empire State on a person. That is, the water at that depth exceed 380 atmospheres.

“Even the most reliable technology can fail, and because of that accidents will happen. With the growth of deep sea tourism, we should expect more incidents like this”, says Nicolai Roterman, deep-sea expert and professor of marine biology in the UK.

The explosion could have happened a few days ago

Guillermo Söhnlein, the man who founded Ocean Gate with Stockton Rush, one of the crew of the ‘Titan’, left the company 10 years ago but came up with the news of the disappearance of the submarine.

“What I know is that apart from the submarine, when operating at great depths, the pressure is so great that in the event of a failure there will be an instantaneous explosion. If that was the case, it would have happened four days ago,” he said.

The remains of the submarine belong to the outside of the ship, so the capsule in which the crew was boarded has not been found.