Last words of Titan submarine crew classified as fake, investigation finds: report

An alleged protocol of the titanium The last words of the submersible’s crew were reportedly classified as fake.

A federal investigation team “found no evidence” that the five people on board the titanium sub on June 18, 2023 were aware of the impending implosion, according to The New York Times.

The transcript, which circulated online just days after the submersible disappeared in the Atlantic, contained a detailed timeline of the alleged events and conversations that led to the implosion.

“I am convinced it is a false transcript,” said Captain Jason Neubauer, a retired member of the U.S. Coast Guard who serves as chairman of the Marine Board of Investigation. “It is fabricated.”

The transcript that circulated on the Internet after Titanium’‘s disappearance suggests that the submersible’s passengers had warned their mother ship about alarms that went off inside the ship shortly before the implosion.

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However, federal investigators received records of the actual communication between the submersible and the Polar Princewhich apparently refute the accuracy of the viral transcript.

“Someone did it well enough to make it seem plausible,” Neubauer said.

The Coast Guard did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The titanium The submarine ventured to the bottom of the ocean to Titanic Wreck when it lost contact with the Canadian expedition ship Polar Prince about one hour and 45 minutes after the start of the dive.

Shortly afterwards, the crews began searching for the submersible. It took four days until the wreck was found on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

All five people on board the submersible – OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, billionaire Hamish Harding and Titanic Expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet – has died.

Neubauer said the investigation into titaniumwas one of the most complicated implosions he has experienced in decades of work, according to the Just.

Some parts of the investigation were complicated by several factors, including the involvement of several international agencies, he added.

It could take two to three years for a full report on the implosion to be available.