Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, is currently on the submersible and pilots Titan using a gaming controller.
Video of the interior and exterior of the submersible can be viewed in the media player at the top of this article, along with a slideshow of photos that show more angles of the watercraft.
Pogue said the Titan has no real safety gear beyond a fire extinguisher and fire masks but mentioned that there are many safety mechanisms in place in case something goes wrong. “And some of these, by the way, work even if the power is out and even if everyone on board is passed out. So there’s sort of a dead man’s switch such that the hooks holding on to sandbags dissolve after a certain number of hours in the water, release the sandbags and bring you to the surface, even if you’re unconscious,” Pogue told NPR.in the area where the submersible is believed to be but there’s no way to know if the noises are coming from the Titan.
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