WATCH: Netflix drops trailer for documentary on Titan submersible implosion
Netflix is set to release a documentary about the Titan submersible, the vessel meant to explore the wreckage of the ill-fated cruise ship Titanic but imploded and killed all five people on board in June 2023.
On May 22, the streaming giant dropped the trailer for Titan: The OceanGate Disaster, which premieres on June 11.
In the description, the documentary says it "examines CEO Stockton Rush’s quest to become the next billionaire innovator and the doomed underwater endeavor that called into question the price of ambition in the depths of the ocean."
"The Titan submersible’s ill-fated journey to the ruins of the Titanic dominated headlines in June 2023, yet the shocking decisions that led to the disaster have never been revealed like this before," it added.
The minute-and-a-half trailer features clips of Titan and the OceanGate headquarters, photos of Rush and his crew, and interviews with experts. It also uses audio recordings of Rush's voice.
“There was no way of knowing when the Titan was going to fail, but it was a mathematical certainty that it would fail,” an expert says in the trailer.
"Stockton fully believed that it would work," another expert says. "He wanted fame. To fuel his ego, fame."
“I thought Stockton was a borderline psychopath. How do you manage a person like that, who owns the company?” another one says.
An OceanGate employee, Bonnie, meanwhile, recalls Rush telling her she'd be the next lead pilot of Titan.
"Are you nuts? I'm an accountant," Bonnie says.
Toward the end of the trailer, Rush, through a voice-over can be heard telling his crew, "No one's dying on my watch. Period."
Titan, roughly the size of a minivan, lost contact with its mother ship about an hour and a quarter into its descent to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean on the morning of June 18. It had about four days of emergency capability.
Its wreckage was found several hundred yards from the location of the Titanic after days of searching.
The Marine Board of Investigation said a remotely operated vehicle located the tail cone and other debris on June 22, 2023. The board said this provides “conclusive evidence” that the submersible experienced a catastrophic implosion.
Casualties include Rush, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, British explorer Hamish Harding, and French submarine expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
