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Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage, NTSB finds
The National Transportation Safety Board found multiple engineering flaws in the Titan's carbon fiber pressure vessel that led to its implosion and instant deaths of all five aboard.
- The NTSB found that faulty engineering led to the implosion of the Titan submersible headed to the Titanic wreckage.
- The report stated that OceanGate failed to adequately test the Titan and was unaware of its true durability.
- The NTSB recommended that the Coast Guard study submersibles and implement regulations informed by that study.
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U.S. agency blames flawed engineering and lack of testing for Titanic sub disaster
Washington — Flawed engineering and inadequate testing contributed to the catastrophic implosion of a private submersible during a 2023 expedition to the Titanic wreckage, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
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Read Full ArticleFaulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible that killed five
Faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people on the way to the wreck of the Titanic, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a report on Wednesday.The NTSB made the statement in its final report on the hull failure and implosion of the Titan submersible in June 2023. Everyone on board the submersible died instantly in the North Atlantic when Titan suffered a catastrophic implosion a…
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