Experts have raised fears that the missing Titanic sub may have imploded 10,000 feet underwater when it went silent during an expedition.
On Sunday, the OceanGate-operated submarine lost all contact with the mothership while on an expedition to view the wreckage of the iconic ship Titanic which sunk in 1912.
An experienced diver who previously traveled 10,000 feet beneath the surface to see Titanic in person has now expressed fears that the submersible may have imploded and that everyone on board may have long been dead.
“Worst situation is something happened to the hull and our fear is that it imploded at around 3,200 meters (10,000 feet),” G. Michael Harris said.
Harris also admitted there was little the US Navy and rescue services can do to get the sub out due to the extreme pressure – around 6,000 pounds per square inch – that occurs at such depth.
It has since the sub was reported missing also been revealed that the vessel carries 96 hours’ worth of oxygen reserves for the crew of five. So far, the crew – provided they are still alive – already used more than a day’s worth of oxygen reserves.
All five members of the doomed expedition have now been identified.
Among the crew were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and Dawood’s 19-year-old son Sulaiman.
“No. I mean, I don’t see anything that can happen at this point,” Harris told Fox News when asked about the hopes to rescue the crew from the Titanic wreckage.
“When you’re talking 6,000 pounds per square inch, it is a dangerous environment. More people have been to outer-space than to this depth of the ocean. When you’re diving in these situations you have to cross your T and dot your Is. You have to do everything absolutely perfect and by the book.
“Throw in a bunch of tourists in a new sub, which was just created in the last couple of years. It’s not looking good.”
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