Netflix Titan viewers horrified over OceanGate CEO chilling remark minutes before sub implosion
Netflix viewers have been left 'freaking out' about a documentary about the fatal Titan submarine implosion in 2023
Netflix fans have been left disturbed by a scene in the documentary about the fatal Titan submarine sinking. The new documentary, titled Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster, tells the story of the lead up of events to the deadly implosion deep underwater while five people were on board on June 18, 2023.
Since the film dropped on the streaming platform earlier this month, the OceanGate expedition documentary has become its most-streamed title. Many Netflix viewers are tuning in to discover more about what led to the fatal implosion of the sub which has been on its way to see the wreckage of the Titanic, two years ago today (Wednesday, June 18).
Much of the conversation in the documentary is centred on Stockton Rush, the OceanGate CEO who led the creation of the deadly submarine. In one crucial scene, Rush is shown firing OceanGate's former director of marine operations, Scot David Lochridge, after he raised worries about the vessel's carbon fibre hull.
However, another eyebrow raising moment occurs even earlier on in the film.
Just mere minutes in, video footage shows the passengers boarding the submarine, with Rush brushing off any worries about its safety.
He said: 'There's really nothing that happens that requires an immediate response. OK, so if you hear a alarm, don't worry about it. The best thing you can do is don't do anything.'
Viewers highlighted this footage as one of the documentary's most eerie moments.
One wrote: 'The OceanGate documentary on Netflix starts out from the viewpoint as you're slowly being sealed inside the Titan as Stockton Rush is saying 'don't worry about any alarms. Horrifying..'
Another chimed in: 'I'm only five minutes into Titan: The OceanGate Disaster documentary on Netflix and I'm already freaked out. 'If the alarm sounds, do nothing' wtf?'
The documentary also revealed how Rush had went forward with the expedition despite the fact he never received any third party classification for it to go ahead.
Lochridge previously knocked heads with Rush when he previously steered the sub into a dangerous position during a trip to the SS Andrea Doria wreckage on a tip which took place ahead of the Titan tour.
At one stage in the film, Rush can be heard chillingly stating: 'I have no desire to die and I'm not going to die. What may easily happen is we will fail [but] I am not dying. No one's dying under my watch. Period.'
When the news first broke that the tourist expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic had disappeared off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, the story quickly spiralled into a media frenzy.
After a four day search, it was confirmed that the Titan had suffered a 'catastrophic explosion' around the time communications ceased.
The onboard victims included Rush, 61, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son and University of Strathclyde student, Suleman, 19.
British adventurer Hamish Harding, 58, was also a passenger as well as French deep sea explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, who'd been on Titan's maiden voyage in July 2021.
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