Yeah I'm gonna wait till we hear some more about this before believing it. It sounds plausible but the atmosphere is ripe for this kind of bullshit right now. No need to make up my mind today
This is most likely a sensational waste of time. For all accounts, they communicated every 15 mins via short messages, and the last recorded communication was at 11:15a, which is definitely different from the claimed "transcript."
I could've sworn the CEO said something along the lines of "didn't want to be bothered during the ride" so he removed all audio communications from the surface. This is the main reason why the Polar Prince didn't report it missing right away. Something seems fishy about this leak.