The creators of that missing submarine are DEEPLY unserious. It’s a CBS story that aired a while back about that submarine that is now missing. Later on June 19th, Twitter user tweeted a clip from the November 2022 CBS News story, with the tweet earning over 6,300 retweets and 33,000 likes in one day (shown below). The submarine is supposed to be guided by the surface ship via text messages as GPS is unavailable underwater. Piloting the craft is run with a video game controller. In the same thread, posted a photograph of four people sitting inside the sub, with the tweet gaining over 1,400 retweets and 4,200 likes in the same period (shown below, right).Īnd yet, I couldn't help noticing how many pieces of this sub seemed improvised, with off-the-shelf components.

The tweet received over 600 retweets and 5,500 likes in one day. Another snippet contained descriptions of 'MacGyver jerry-riggedness' present on the sub, most notably construction pipes being used as ballast and a video game controller being used to pilot the sub (shown below, center).

One of the extracts highlighted a disclaimer stating the vessel had not been approved or certified by any regulatory body and waiving responsibility for injuries, trauma or death. On June 19th, 2023, Twitter user tweeted extracts from a November 2022 article by CBS News journalist David Pogue, who joined the OceanGate expedition to Titanic (tweet shown below, left). Developments 2022 CBS Article / Video Game Controller EST, meaning that unless found and rescued, the submarine is expected to run out of air on Thursday at 6 a.m. The submarine had a 96-hour oxygen supply starting at approximately 6 a.m. On June 17th, British billionaire Hamish Harding, one of the participants of the June 2023 expeditions, shared a Facebook post about the upcoming mission (shown below, right). At that time, The Coast Guard reported that among the five people on the crew were the submarine pilot and four 'mission specialists,' tourists paying $250,000 to participate in the expedition who operate sonar equipment and perform research tasks. EST on June 19th, 2023, OceanGate released a media brief about the missing vessel, reporting that the search and rescue operation (assisted by government agencies and deep sea companies) was underway (shown below, left). The tweet (shown below) received over 510 retweets and 12,400 likes in three days.Īt 3:29 p.m. On that day, Twitter user tweeted a link to an article about the incident, summarizing it. On June 19th, 2023, the first media reports about the incident were made. On June 18th, 2023, the five-person submarine Titan, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, went missing one hour and 45 minutes after beginning its mission to the wreck of RMS Titanic. On June 22nd, authorities reported that the sub suffered a catastrophic pressure loss and imploded, killing all five passengers. The incident became a viral subject of discourse and memes on social media following the story becoming international news, particularly surrounding details about the sub using a Logitech gaming controller for operation, the presence of billionaires on board and Brian Szasz, the stepson of British billionaire Hamish Harding. OceanGate Titanic Submarine Incident refers to a small tourist submersible operated by the tour firm OceanGate Expeditions going missing with five people on board in June 2023 during a mission to the wreck of RMS Titanic. Tourism, submarine, submersible, tourist, missing, oceangate, billionaire, hamish harding, incident, titanic, search, stockton rush, memes, titanic submarine meme, submarine missing meme, submarine controller meme, titanic 2 meme Overview

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