U.S. Coast Guard Releases Haunting Audio Of Titan Submersible Implosion

The U.S. Coast Guard has released an audio recording that is believed to capture the moment the Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion on June 18, 2023.

The sub, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, was on a mission to explore the Titanic wreck when it was destroyed under immense underwater pressure, killing all five onboard.

The recording was captured by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) moored passive acoustic device about 900 miles from the implosion site.

It was made public on February 7 as part of an ongoing investigation into the disaster. The brief clip contains a loud noise resembling an underwater explosion or “thunderclap” followed by silence.

The Titan lost contact with its surface vessel about one hour and 45 minutes into its descent. When the sub failed to resurface, a massive international search operation was launched in the remote North Atlantic, several hundred miles southeast of Newfoundland.

A NOAA acoustic recorder, moored ~900 miles from the site, captured the suspected…

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