- An individual who was planning to travel on the Titan expressed concern about the lack of emergency training.
- Arnie Weissmann, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly, revealed that PH Nargeolet told him passengers would “all be dead before we know it.”
- The journalist was scheduled to dive on the Titan in May, but the expedition was canceled due to adverse weather conditions.
A journalist interviewed PH Nargeolet, who revealed that Titan passengers were not provided with emergency procedures as they would likely face a fatal situation.
Arnie Weissmann, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly, spent eight days on the Polar Prince, the submersible’s support ship, in May. He had conversations with Nargeolet and other personnel. Nargeolet was one of the individuals on board the Titan when it imploded in June.
Weissmann’s planned dive on the Titan was canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions.
Weissmann stated that passengers only received an overview of how the submersible operates.
“To be honest, there was no real training. Even when I visited the sub on the last day, I was surprised by the simple interior design,” Weissmann revealed.
“I had a conversation with PH, and he jokingly said, ‘If there’s a structural issue, we will all be dead before we know it.’ It was a somewhat reassuring statement, I suppose,” Weissmann added.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush made similar remarks to another passenger, Brian Weed, stating “well, you’re dead anyway” when asked about emergency protocols.
Weissmann speculated that mission specialists may have received additional instructions if the dive had taken place. Prospective passengers were advised to wear flight suits and steel-toed footwear while on deck or the platform.
“The actual training consisted of receiving a flight suit, warm socks, and a fleece vest,” Weissmann explained. “They emphasized the cold conditions down there. The instruction list even advised bringing two pairs of warm socks.”
If the dive had occurred, Weissmann would have been responsible for moving ballast pipes weighing 37 pounds each.
“They were simply old rusty pipes they had acquired from somewhere, and they were not anything special because they would have been left on the ocean floor,” Weissmann said. “I heard about an incident where the sub failed to rise after dropping the ballast.”
An OceanGate representative declined to comment on the matter.
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