The Final Messages From The OceanGate Submersible Have Been Released

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The last messages from the OceanGate submersible before its, well, rather dramatic exit have been uncovered. It was June 2023, and the OceanGate crewโ€”comprising British billionaire Hamish Harding, British businessman Shahzada Dawood and his teen son Suleman, ex-French Navy diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet, and Stockton Rush, the head honcho of OceanGateโ€”were gearing up for an underwater adventure to the Titanic wreck. Spoiler alert: Things didnโ€™t go as planned.

So, imagine this: the submersible, which weโ€™ll affectionately call โ€œTitan,โ€ was on its grand voyage to the Titanic, deep down in the ocean where the sunโ€™s rays donโ€™t bother to visit. Just as things were getting interesting, the sub decided to have an impromptu collapse party at thousands of meters below sea level.

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Fast forward to the epic two-week hearing starting September 16, where the U.S. Coast Guard finally spilled the tea on Titanโ€™s last words. Turns out, while Titan was hanging out with the Titanic, it was also having a little chat with the surface ship, Polar Prince, which was twiddling its nautical thumbs above the water.

Polar Prince kept messaging Titan, like a concerned parent asking if their kid had seen the latest TikTok trend. But Titan wasnโ€™t responding. After a bit of radio silence, Titan finally checked in, giving Polar Prince a thumbs up. Well, sort of. They confirmed, โ€œWe got your messages, but weโ€™re having some technical hiccups,โ€ and then hilariously typoed โ€œlost system oand [sic] chat settings.โ€ Classic.

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Polar Prince, trying to keep the conversation going, asked, โ€œStatus? Do you see us on your screen?โ€ Titan assured them, โ€œYep, all good here!โ€โ€”which, in hindsight, was probably the oceanโ€™s way of giving them a wry smile.

Things were going smoothly until 10:47 am, when Titanโ€™s final text read, โ€œdropped two wts.โ€ No, โ€œwtsโ€ is not short for โ€œwitty text messagesโ€ but โ€œweights.โ€ This is where the expert comes in with a bit of naval wisdom: when a sub is diving, itโ€™s heavy to sink. As it nears the bottom, it drops weights to avoid crashing into things like, oh, say, the Titanic.

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So, before the grand finale, Titan was just shedding some extra weight to glide around like an underwater ballerina, not signaling an impending doom. So, while itโ€™s a bit of a tragic tale, at least the Titan went out with a typo and a weight drop, staying true to its quirky underwater escapade.

The Final Messages From The OceanGate Submersible Have Been Released

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