US journalist Michael Guillen recounts his harrowing experience of being trapped in a similar vessel during a dive in the North Atlantic back in 2000.
“As we approached the stern area we were caught up in a very fast-moving underwater current. So we ended up getting stuck in the propeller,” Dr Guillen, who was at the time science editor at America’s ABC network, told BBC Radio 4.
“All of a sudden, there was just a crash,” he recalled.
They were stuck there for a better part of an hour and Guillen already had said his goodbyes in his mind.
“I’ll never forget this thought that came to my head: this is how it’s going to end for you.”
But then, after the efforts of the pilot, they sensed something had changed and they sensed that they were floating.
The journalist recollects that all this was happening in complete darkness, as the pilot turned off the spotlight.
Click here to read more about Guillen’s experience in 2000.
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