A man who was once a passenger on the doomed Titan submersible has claimed that OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush suggested the crew sleep on the vessel overnight while they were stuck at the bottom of the Atlantic. 

Jaden Pan's 2021 expedition took a terrifying turn when the Titan's battery died just over two hours into its descent to the Titanic wreck on the ocean floor.

Speaking to the BBC last year, the videographer recalled the moment Rush told the passengers that the battery had gone 'kaput.'

Rush reportedly told passengers they needed to go back to the surface when they were within two football fields' distance of the legendary ship wreckage.

'At first, I thought he was joking because we were over two hours into our expedition and so close to the bottom,' Pan told the BBC.

'But then he explained that one of the batteries went kaput and we were having trouble using the electronic drops for the weights, so it would be hard for us to get back up to the surface.'

As Rush tried to solve the issue, he reportedly offered the passengers to go to sleep as the vessel sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

Once the vessel's weights dissolved after 24 hours, the submersible would be able to rise to the surface. 

Half the crew, including Stockton, said they would be okay sleeping at the ocean's floor. However, the other clients were not willing to spend the night under the ocean.

Eventually, Rush managed to use hydraulics to drop the weight and the vessel floated back up safely with everyone on board.

The CEO was seen on the BBC report telling the crew they were going to be down for another '16 to 24 hours.'