- According to The New York Times, Christine Dawood was informed that communication with the Titan sub and its mothership was often unreliable.
- Dawood mentioned that she kept watch over the ocean, hoping to see the sub resurface after losing contact.
- Despite regulations, OceanGate allowed Dawood’s 17-year-old daughter to join the Titan’s mothership.
Christine Dawood was informed by The New York Times that there were frequent communication issues between OceanGate’s Titan sub and its mothership.
During her interview with the newspaper, Dawood revealed that communication failures were common after the teams lost contact between the Polar Prince and the Titan.
OceanGate informed her that if communication couldn’t be reestablished after an hour, the expedition would be abandoned and the Titan would drop weights to resurface. Dawood kept a watchful eye on the ocean in case she could spot the sub resurfacing.
Tragically, Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, Christine’s husband and son, were among the passengers who perished when OceanGate’s sub collapsed during an expedition to the Titanic’s wreckage.
Shahzada, coming from one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families, was a 48-year-old multimillionaire and a member of the British Asian Trust, a charity initiated by the British royal family.
Suleman was a student at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, and the university expressed profound sadness upon learning about his passing.
In an interview with BBC News, Christine Dawood revealed that she originally planned to join the expedition with her husband but allowed her son to take her place due to his strong desire to participate. She remained on the Polar Prince with the crew when the US Coast Guard discovered debris from the Titan.
Christine’s 17-year-old daughter, Alina Dawood, was also present on the Polar Prince during the dive. The Times reported that OceanGate made an exception to their rules to allow her to join.
The Titan sub went missing on June 18, and four days later, the US Coast Guard confirmed the deaths of all passengers after locating debris from the submersible on the ocean floor.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada, currently investigating the Polar Prince, announced that they sent the ship’s voyage-data recorder to a lab in Ottawa for analysis.
Insider reached out to OceanGate for comment outside of regular working hours, but there was no immediate response.
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