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Footage capturing moment Titan sub imploded has been revealed

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Updated 15:24 23 May 2025 GMT+1Published 08:31 23 May 2025 GMT+1

Footage capturing moment Titan sub imploded has been revealed

All five passengers on board were tragically killed in the catastrophic failure

Rhiannon Ingle

Rhiannon Ingle

It's been nearly two years now since the Titan sub made headlines across the globe following its implosion which killed all passengers on board.

The tragic events took place in June 2023 when a massive operation was launched after the missing submersible - which had an inside space of just 22ft long and 9ft wide with a height of a little over 8ft - vanished about 435 miles (700km) south of Newfoundland, Canada.

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

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And now, coming up to the two-year anniversary of the disaster, ship footage shared with BBC has captured the haunting sound of the Titan sub imploding as they've been given unprecedented access to the US Coast Guard's (USCG) investigation for a documentary titled Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster.

Have a listen:

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.

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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.

Wendy Rush, the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush, seen asking what the noise she heard from the support ship was (BBC)
Wendy Rush, the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush, seen asking what the noise she heard from the support ship was (BBC)

The BBC's footage shows Wendy Rush, the wife of OceanGate director Mr Rush, sitting in front of a computer that was used to send and receive text messages from Titan.

At the point when the sub reaches a depth of about 3,300m, a noise that sounds like a 'door slamming' can be heard.

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Mrs Rush then pauses to look up and ask other OceanGate crew members what the noise was.

Hearing the sound of the implosion while watching on from the sub's support ship, she asked: "What was that bang?"

In the footage, a chilling noise that sounds like a 'door slamming' can be heard (BBC)
In the footage, a chilling noise that sounds like a 'door slamming' can be heard (BBC)

Shortly after, she receives a text message from the sub saying it had dropped two weights - something which seems to have led her to mistakenly think the dive was proceeding as expected.

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However, the USCG has said that the noise was in fact the sound of Titan imploding but the text message, which must have been sent just before the sub failed, took a while longer to reach the support ship than the sound of the implosion.

The video in question has been presented as evidence to the USCG Marine Board of Investigation, which has spent the last two years looking into the sub's disastrous failure.

Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster airs on Tuesday 27th May on BBC Two at 9pm. It will also be available on BBC iPlayer.

Featured Image Credit: BBC / Netflix

Topics: Titan submersible, US News, World News, News

Rhiannon Ingle
Rhiannon Ingle

Rhiannon Ingle is a Senior Journalist at Tyla, specialising in TV, film, travel, and culture. A graduate of the University of Manchester with a degree in English Literature, she honed her editorial skills as the Lifestyle Editor of The Mancunian, the UK’s largest student newspaper. With a keen eye for storytelling, Rhiannon brings fresh perspectives to her writing, blending critical insight with an engaging style. Her work captures the intersection of entertainment and real-world experiences.

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