Newly released images from the U.S. Coast Guard show the wreckage of the Titan submersible resting just 1,600 feet from the Titanic’s bow.
The vessel lost contact with its support ship, the Polar Prince, about two hours into its descent on June 18, 2023.
Onboard were prominent figures such as British explorer Hamish Harding, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, and French deep-sea explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
Their mission was to explore the wreck of the Titanic—a symbol of human ambition—only to face a fate eerily similar to that of the infamous ship.
Reports later revealed that the U.S. Navy had detected the Titan’s implosion just hours after the sub lost contact.
Using a classified acoustic detection system intended for monitoring enemy submarines, the Navy had strong evidence of the disaster.
However, instead of making this information public, authorities allowed the international search to continue for several days.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Navy “began listening for the Titan almost immediately after it lost communications” and quickly “detected sounds consistent with an implosion near the debris site.”
A senior Navy official confirmed that an anomaly was detected and shared with the Incident Commander to aid the search.
Ten days after the incident, debris from the Titan was revealed to the public for the first time.
On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard released haunting images of the wreckage, including the sub’s severed tail cone lying on the ocean floor, taken during the frantic search.
Here is the first look at those images:: 
During a Coast Guard hearing, former OceanGate engineering director Tony Nissen testified about ongoing safety concerns he claimed were ignored by Stockton Rush.
Investigators disclosed that the Titan had suffered numerous technical issues on prior expeditions, with 70 equipment problems in 2021 and 48 in 2022. These issues were reportedly overlooked in favor of pushing forward.
Bonnie Carl, a former finance director, supported these claims, alleging that safety protocols were disregarded, and passengers were treated as “wealthy tourists” rather than skilled professionals.
