The victims of the disaster were reportedly told not to drink coffee on the morning of the fateful dive and were asked to load their favourite songs to be played on a Bluetooth speaker - although the chief executive of the firm that owned the vessel forbade any country music.
They were also asked to load their favourite songs on their phone to play on a Bluetooth speaker, but Mr Rush insisted no country music be included.
Divers were told to wear thick socks and a hat, as it would get colder the deeper the submersible went.The debris was recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic Pic: The Canadian Press /APChristine Dawood, the wife and mother of Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, said they were given OceanGate flight suits, waterproof trousers, an orange waterproof jacket, steel-toed boots, life vests and helmets.
The five were also warned to avoid getting their feet wet from condensation that would form on the floor. During the dive, the victims would have only seen bioluminescent sea creatures through the 21-inch porthole on the way down to the Titanic wreckage, as the floodlights were turned off until the submersible reached the seabed to save battery., which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once.
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