New terrible details about the Titan revealed

Meanwhile, we know that the Titan submersible from OceanGate has imploded, resulting in the deaths of all five passengers. That is already a real horror story, but only more gruesome details are coming to light.

Christine Dawood, whose husband and son Shahzada and Suleman were on board, spoke with the press about how the last minutes on board were. The CEO of OceanGate, who was also on board, Stockton Rush, turned off all the lights when the Titan was on its way to the bottom. He reportedly did this to conserve battery, but that unfortunately also means that the passengers spent their last moments in complete darkness.

It is hard to imagine how dark and gloomy it is at such depths, as we — logically — are hardly ever there. From a thousand meters deep, no rays of sunlight penetrate anymore, which means a darkness that you as a human probably never (or not often) experience.

Such darkness can do strange things to a person, and OceanGate was prepared for that: they had asked all passengers to download quite a few songs on their phones so they could listen to them via a Bluetooth speaker during the hours the Titan would be descending. A notable detail: country music was banned for everyone — perhaps Rush hated it?

By the way, it also came to light that Christine's son, Suleman, initially did not want to board. That is not entirely true: this was brought to light by a family member who had not been in contact with the family for years. Christine said that Suleman absolutely wanted to go, but found it very scary and exciting. A notable detail is that the original plan was to make this trip in 2019, and then Christine would do it with her husband. However, she contracted COVID and could no longer go, so the trip was postponed to this year. Their son Suleman was then old enough to go, so he was allowed on board.

Source: TMZ, Image: OceanGate