Posted on 12/18/2024 5:55:29 AM PST by Red Badger
A documentary film is in the works about the ill-fated OceanGate Titan submersible, and it promises to tell the story behind the headlines about the underwater craft that imploded, killing all five of its passengers in June 2023.
The film is directed by Aron Arngrimsson, who was the last person to see the Titan crew alive before the small crew set out on its doomed fatal trip to see the remains of the Titanic on June 18, 2023, the Hollywood Reporter reported.
“He [Arngrimsson] exclusively tells the emotional experience of five Titan crew members, revealing the family stories behind the media headlines and exposing the painful consequences of an exploration gone wrong,” a synopsis from the producers read, per THR.
The documentary, currently in post production, comes from Arngrimsson’s Dirty Dozen Productions and RadicalMedia, the outlet noted.
“The unprecedented access Aron had to the Titan crew, their families and this story, was remarkable,” Stacey Reiss, executive producer at RadicalMedia, said.
“He was there, first-hand, experiencing all of this in real time,” she added. “It was extremely important to us to tell this story authentically, given the tremendous media attention it received.”
The movie will include actual first-hand footage taken by Arngrimsson of the Titan submersible heading out on its fatal expedition.
“We are committed to telling this important story with the thoroughness it deserves, through exclusive interviews with the Titan crew members and in the aftermath with the families,” Arngrimsson said in a statement about the project.
After the ship lost contact with Titan in June 2023, a four-day rescue mission from the United States and Canada ensued including using airplanes, boats, and submersibles in the attempt to find and save the crew, Variety noted.
On the fourth day, the United States Coast Guard announced that a remotely operated underwater vehicle had found debris from the Titan near the Titanic.
“A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic,” USGC Northeast said in a statement. “Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.”
“A debris field implies a break-up of the submersible … that really sort of indicates what is the worst-case scenario, which is a catastrophic failure and generally that’s an implosion,” marine scientist and rescue expert David Mearns told Sky News.
“The only saving grace is that it would have been immediate — literally in milliseconds — and the men wouldn’t have known what was happening,” Mearns added.
Did they ever find the Rubix cube?
UNKNOWN...................
The wonderful, woke imploding sub that 50 year old white men didn’t build.
I think I'll pass. They already spoiled then ending for me.
What’s to know. Some death wish whack job sells high priced tickets to a dangerous ride in his failing sub and ends up killing himself and a few other people stupid enough to PAY for the privilege...
The only one I feel empathy for was the 19 year-old kid who didn’t really want to go, but because it was Father’s Day, went along to make him happy..............
Is this for people without access to YouTube?
Any questions you have about building a submersible to go that deep without using any 50 year old white guys can be found right there.
Titanic tour CEO didn’t hire ‘50-year-old white guys’ because they weren’t ‘inspirational’
By Jesse O’Neill
Published June 21, 2023
The OceanGate CEO who is trapped on a 22-foot submersible on an ill-fated voyage to see the Titanic wreck once explained how he didn’t hire “50-year-old white guys” with military experience to captain his vessels because they weren’t “inspirational.”
Stockton Rush, 61, added that such expertise was unnecessary because “anybody can drive the sub” with a $30 video game controller.
Sounds like its going to be disaster porn - probably including reenactments- dressed up as a documentary.
*POP* . The Navy heard it imploding.
Do we get to see them squished?
Plot in 6 words:
Bad science, bad judgement, bad outcome.
Save your $$.
We need to stop being debbie downers. It’s probably still driving around down there.
By now they are probably hungry.... sheesh, there I go again.
As you noted, Stockton Rush didn’t want to hire old (and experienced) white men. Instead he wanted young and diverse people on his team. I wonder if that will be covered in the documentary.
They prpbably heard some not so good noises before it let loose. Enough time to know they were screwed, but their deaths were immediate.
I feel sorriest for the poor kid who told his relatives he was scared - with good reason - to get in the submersible and didn’t want to go.
He didn’t want to disappoint his dad, apparently, and paid for it with his life.
No, this was about a far more preventable tragedy about a few over-financed middle-aged guys who didn't take it out on sports cars like responsible adults. Just because the ad was charming back in the day doesn't mean create it for real:
But if you JUST HAVE TO anyway take some precautions!
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