Inside the Titanic's FATAL Mistake | History's Greatest Mysteries (Season 1) | History

sunday evening april 14 1912. under  the command of captain edward j smith  

titanic is just past the midpoint of her journey  to new york steaming at nearly full speed she's  

scheduled to arrive on time wednesday morning at  white star's pier 59 along manhattan's west side

nine other ships are also  traversing the north atlantic  

heading west and east along the same shipping  lanes but just south of the grand banks the ice  

field looms four miles wide and extending  north and south as far as the eye can see  

as each ship hits the danger zone they sound the  alarm wireless messages were sent by ships who  

were traveling in the same waters and they  were alerting each other to potential risks  

they thought it was dangerous and they  let the other ships know around them

we know the titanic received these messages you  know they acknowledge some of these messages too

it should have been taken seriously

the marconi messages not only reveal where the ice  is they also contain important details on how big  

and dangerous the icebergs are kristin serumguard  is the commander of the international ice patrol  

she's familiar with the types of  icebergs the ships might have reported

there's flows formed from frozen sea water there's  a growler which is about the size of a piano  

and then all the way up to what we call  a very large iceberg is over 200 meters