![]() ![]() ![]() Wind, fog and waves were the stated reasons, but Weissmann wondered whether the submersible’s readiness was also a factor. He briefly climbed into the submersible, but the dive was ultimately canceled. ‘THE FATAL FLAW IS WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR’Īrnie Weissmann, editor in chief of Travel Weekly, never rode in the Titan despite spending a week aboard its support ship in late May, waiting for the weather to clear. “I don’t know if that’s an equipment failure or because magnetism is different two and a half miles down,” he said. The Titan’s compass also started “acting frantically” when they got to the ocean floor near the sunken Titanic. Reiss said he did notice some issues with the Titan, although he wasn’t sure everything was a glitch.įor instance, the communications didn’t always work, like a cellphone losing service. ![]() You even know you could die and it doesn’t bother you.” “You just become a different kind of person. Reiss said he was in a “different state of mind” on the expedition because he was so engaged. I didn’t get the same feeling I get in the New York elevator. And at no time did the pressure change in my ears. And I went from sea level to two and a half miles down, and then back to sea level. “Mostly it was just breathtaking how well it all went,” Reiss said of his 2022 dive to the Titanic. Reiss said he went on three trips with OceanGate in waters near New York City - and that the company took safety seriously. “When my wife first came to me with this (idea), I said to her, ‘Well, this sounds like a fun way to get killed,’” Reiss said. ![]()
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