- Abbi Jackson, an employee of Polar Prince, the company onboard the mothership, shared a short video of the submarine before it began its voyage.
- Jackson also shared a video of Paul Henri Nargeolet, a researcher who was among the five passengers on board the submarine.
- Online users pointed out that Nargeolet looked scared before the descent, like someone who knew something terrible would happen.
A video shared on TikTok showed the last moment of the submarine as it descended to the Titanic wreckage.
The selfie footage, taken on Sunday, June 18, captured the sub, named Titan, as it started its doomed voyage. Days later, the vessel had not yet been found; only debris from the sub was detected close to the Titanic wreckage.
The U.S. confirmed that all five passengers on the sub were presumed dead, and the debris was a sign of a "catastrophic pressure implosion."
Abbi Jackson, an employee of Polar Prince, which is the company onboard the mothership, shared a short video showing the submarine a distance away from the ship's deck. The 22-year-old videographer captioned the post, "Watching a submarine go down to the Titanic."
In another short video, Jackson recorded Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of the submarine's passengers sitting on the side of an inflatable boat.
A person's comment on Paul Henri Nargeolet appearnce | Source: Tiktok.com/@abbijaxxxon
Nargeolet had been nicknamed Mr. Titanic because he had visited the Titanic's wreckage 37 times. In the video Jackson shared, Nargeolet, 77, could be seen smiling and waving at the camera.
A person's comment on Paul Henri Nargeolet appearnce | Source: Tiktok.com/@abbijaxxxon
However, TikTok users who saw the video of Nargeolet before he and the rest of the crew got into the submarine and started their voyage said the researcher looked "scared."
A person's comment on Paul Henri Nargeolet appearnce | Source: Tiktok.com/@abbijaxxxon
A TikToker suggested that Nargeolet "Knew not to go into that submarine," while another online user added, "He looks uneasy about this time."
Paul Henri Nargeolet on an inflatable boat | Source: tiktok.com/@abbijaxxxon
A third Tiktoker said, "He honestly looks terrified… like he knows something's about to happen," while a fourth agreed, "He does look nervous."
A person's comment on Paul Henri Nargeolet appearnce | Source: Tiktok.com/@abbijaxxxon
An individual noted that Nargeolet looked like he was about to cry, while another person said, "He does seem a bit unsettled."
However, a sonar expert, Jeff Karson, Professor Emeritus of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Syracuse University, dismissed the sounds as "wishful thinking."
A person's comment on Paul Henri Nargeolet appearnce | Source: Tiktok.com/@abbijaxxxon
At the time, miss Jackson asked online users to pray for the five on board the Titan submarine when news emerged that the sub had disappeared. She thanked well-wishers for their concern about the people who remain missing under the Atlantic.
The Missing Titanic Submarine May Run Out of Oxygen
According to the US Coast Guard, the oxygen on the missing submarine was expected to run out on Thursday, June 22, at 7:08 a.m. US Eastern time, which is 12.08 p.m. GMT, 9.08 p.m. Sydney.
The vessel lost communication with the mothership on June 18, 2023. Before it lost contact, the submarine was 435 miles south of St John's, Newfoundland, en route to the Titanic shipwreck off the coast of Canada.
Titanic tourist submersible | Source: Getty Images
Apart from Nargeolet, the other people on board were British billionaire Hamish Harding, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood.
On June 20, 2023, the US Navy and a Canadian P3 search detected banging noises coming from underwater, which gave people hope that the sounds could be coming from the submarine.
Titanic tourist submersible | Source: Getty Images
However, a sonar expert, Jeff Karson, Professor Emeritus of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Syracuse University, dismissed the sounds as "wishful thinking." He noted that the unidentified sound may not be coming from the submarine:
"There's no telling where the sound is coming from or how far away it is. Personally, I'm worried that sound may be coming from something that's far from where they need to be looking."
Titanic tourist submersible | Source: Getty Images
Still, Karson said if the sounds were the best lead the rescue team had. They followed the sounds hoping that they would find the missing Titan passengers alive.
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