Dreams CAN become reality! I’m very thankful that I got to experience this once in a lifetime!” Chelsea Kellogg, a chef, spoke of her visit to the renowned ship in 2022.

More accounts of people who have previously participated in expeditions on an OceanGate vessel are becoming public as search and rescue teams scramble to find the missing OceanGate Titan submarine, which was carrying a five-person crew visiting the Titanic shipwreck.

One such story comes from chef Chelsea Kellogg, who called her trip to see the illustrious ship in 2022 a “once in a lifetime experience.”

A shot of Kellogg inside an OceanGate submersible with the Titanic’s bow visible outside the window was uploaded on Instagram in July of that year. The Titanic sank in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. She then published live videos that were captured from the submersible’s window. These displayed numerous damaged ship portions, such as the well-known ship’s bow and the grand staircase’s entrance.

“I finally got to see the Titanic, my lifelong dream!” The post, which included images and videos from her journey, was captioned by Kellogg. “Patience and perseverance succeeded after 13 years of trying. I’m still trying to make sense of everything that happened. I’m still in tears. Still feeling overpowered by all the feelings.

Dreams CAN become reality! So happy for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!,” she commented, adding the hashtags “110 anniversary,” “ship of dreams,” and “journey of a lifetime.”

The telemotor, crow’s nest, and Marconi chamber, some of which looked to be visible in the underwater videos Kellogg published in her social media post, were also among the features she complimented the “Oceangate Expeditions team and Horizon Arctic crew” for. She posted a selfie with her crew from the submersible in the final image.

In response to PEOPLE’s request for comment on the voyage, Kellogg did not immediately answer.

The chef is one of many people who have talked about their time in an OceanGate submersible. There is a “culture of safety” surrounding the operation of the Titan submersible, CBS correspondent David Pogue told PEOPLE on Wednesday. However, the journalist, who has previously questioned the use of a PlayStation video game controller that the pilot uses to navigate the vessel, points to other dubious aspects that he saw while on the Titan last year.

Pogue, 60, told PEOPLE that “they use rusty construction pipes as ballast.” “I recall that you are sealed from the outside inside the sub. The crew clamps you in from the outside using the 18 bolts that surround the hatch. And I recall finding it strange that only 17 out of the 18 bolts were installed. They don’t bother with the 18th one because it is so far up. They claim that it is irrelevant. however, trivial matters like that.

An ex-member of the missing Titan submersible from Pennsylvania spoke to PEOPLE earlier this week about the “highly risky” yet worthwhile trips the craft makes to the Titanic debris.

According to the New York Times, Fred Hagen, a friend of Titanic researcher Paul-Henri Nargeolet, was one of the five people aboard the lost submersible. Hagen told PEOPLE on Tuesday that he is “stressed out” following the news of the vessel’s disappearance.

Hagen, 65, who has been on the Titan before and has previously visited the Titanic debris, calls the ship “a state-of-the-art vehicle.” Hagen claims that before the ship is sent into the ocean, passengers are “bolted in” to it.

You are enclosed in a titanium tube that is about 20 feet long. Therefore, you are unable to exit unless someone unlocks the door, he says. “And you clearly understand that this is a very risky undertaking that could result in death,” the statement continues.

The submersible Oceangate a Titan Alamy image
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Five people, including an operator and four mission specialists, were aboard the missing OceanGate vessel, Captain Jamie Frederick of the US Coastguard announced during a press conference on Tuesday. Since then, they have been identified as British businessman Hamish Harding, French diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, and Pakistani businessmen Shahzada Dawood and Suleman Dawood.

According to BBC News, the missing Titan submersible was supposed to run out on Thursday, June 22, at 6:00 a.m. EST. According to United States Coast Guard officials, the ship had around 96 hours’ worth of oxygen onboard when its plunge started on Sunday, according to CBS.