CBS reporter aboard missing sub reveals shocking waivers signed.

CBS Correspondent Forced to Sign Comprehensive Waiver Before Titanic Submersible Trip

“CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent David Pogue revealed in an NPR interview that he had to sign an extensive waiver before boarding the Titan submersible last year.

The Titan, a custom-built submersible about the size of a minivan, was designed to reach the undersea wreckage of the RMS Titanic, but it is currently missing with five people on board. Pogue was one of the few initially offered the opportunity to make the trip.

“When we boarded the surface vessel, we signed waivers that would curl your toes,” Pogue told NPR’s “All Things Considered,” adding, “It was basically a list of eight paragraphs describing ways that you could be permanently disabled or killed. There’s not much you can do if something goes wrong.”

Pogue previously described the paperwork in more detail, stating, “If all went well, I would be spending about 12 hours sealed inside on a dive to the Titanic. Not gonna lie; I was a little nervous, especially given the paperwork, which read, ‘This experimental vessel has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, emotional trauma, or death.’ Where do I sign?”

During the journey, Pogue commented on the submersible’s construction, saying, “It seems like this submersible has some elements of MacGyver jerry-riggedness. I mean, you’re putting construction pipes as ballast.”

“I don’t know if I’d use that description of it. But, there are certain things that you want to be buttoned down,” replied OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush. “The pressure vessel is not MacGyver at all, because that’s where we worked with Boeing and NASA and the University of Washington. Everything else can fail, your thrusters can go, your lights can go. You’re still going to be safe.”

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Pogue also encountered a mishap during his time on the Titan. After rough waters prevented the trip to the Titanic, the CBS crew was offered a dive to the Continental Shelf to see shark breeding grounds. However, once the submersible was in the water, things did not go as planned.

“Our dive in the OceanGate submersible had made it down only 37 feet when floats came off the platform. And that wasn’t supposed to happen. The mission was scrubbed,” he recalled. “I was crushed. My diving adventures were over.”

Fortunately, others on the surface vessel were able to successfully dive to the Titanic wreckage and return safely.