Arthur Loibl told Sky News that 'everybody was nervous' when he joined an OceanGate trip on the Titan submersible to visit the Titanic in 2021. He said other excursions had experienced problems with the vessel's battery systems and had to return to the surface.
A man who visited the Titanic wreck on the missing sub two years ago has said he felt the small vessel"was not safe".passenger Arthur Loibl told Sky News"everybody was nervous" when he joined an OceanGate trip to see the world-famous structure at the bottom of the North Atlantic in 2021.
The Titan, with five people on board, has not been heard from since Sunday, as it descended to the Titanic. Their oxygen supply is expected to run out around midday on Thursday as a major search continues for the sub. He said other excursions had experienced problems with the vessel's battery systems around 1,600m deep and had to return to the surface.Mr Loibl said the Titan took two-and-a-half hours to reach the bottom and then 20 minutes to reach the stricken ocean liner.
They then explored the wreck for three hours, which he said felt like"only a few minutes", before making the two-and-a-half hour return journey to the surface.Describing conditions inside the sub, Mr Loibl said five people sat closely together:"There is no seat, you cannot stand, you cannot kneel, you only sit for 10 and a half hours."Our legs are like a crab, like a snake because it was so small, nothing was comfortable.
Mr Loibl said during his dive he was nervous that the sub would have to return to the surface if it had"some problems like in the other dives with the battery systems".Asked if he thought the sub was safe, he said:"No, it was not safe."
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