Never-before-seen Titan sub footage released as part of new documentary and people are in shock

Never-before-seen Titan sub footage has now been released as part of a new Netflix documentary, and it's shocked people over on social media.

Netflix has just released the trailer for the docu-film exploring the highly-publicised disaster that tragically killed several people, which is set to hit our screens in just a few weeks.

The tragic events took place in the summer of 2023 when a massive operation was launched after the missing submersible vanished about 435 miles (700km) south of Newfoundland, Canada.

The tiny sub, named the Titan, had an inside space of just 22ft long and 9ft wide with a height of a little over 8ft.

The craft, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, carried five people on board, including a pilot, a content expert, and three paying customers.

The 2023 Titan sub disaster tragically killed five people (Netflix)

Titan lost contact with its surface crew on 18 June 2023 as it explored the underwater gravesite of the Titanic wreckage, which lies around 12,500ft deep.

The US Coast Guard later announced the 'catastrophic implosion' of the Titan vessel some days later (22 June) after debris was discovered near the wreck of the Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland.

The implosion ended up killing all five passengers on board, who were identified as OceanGate CEO and co-founder Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French diver/Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood.

Around two years on from that fateful day (11 June), the upcoming Netflix doc, Titan: The OceanGate Disaster, will hit our screens as it 'delves into the psyche of OceanGate's charismatic CEO, Stockton Rush, and explores his relentless quest to bring oceanic exploration to the luxury tourism industry'.

You can see the trailer here:

Through exclusive access to whistleblower testimony, pivotal audio recordings, and footage from the company’s early days, the film will provide 'an unprecedented look at the technical challenges, moral dilemmas, and shockingly poor decisions that culminated in the catastrophic expedition'.

After catching light of the trailer for the upcoming docu-film which was released earlier this afternoon (22 May), Netflix viewers rushed to social media to share their thoughts.

One X user penned: "I can't watch.....anxiety through the roof if I did..."

Titan was visiting the wreck of Titanic when it 'catastrophically imploded' (Netflix)

"This was a absolute disaster," added a second, while a third said: "I couldn’t imagine what those people went through down there."

Another exclaimed: "Sheesh, this is scary stuff!"

And a final X user echoed: "Chilling words and a haunting story."

Titan: The OceanGate Disaster is set to premiere on Netflix next month (11 June).

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