US EditionTitan submersible disaster that killed 5 on way to Titanic ruins was preventable, Coast Guard says
- On June 18, 2023, the Titan submersible piloted by OceanGate's founder Stockton Rush began a dive to the Titanic wreck with five people aboard.
- The submersible lost contact during the dive, triggering a days-long international search that ended with the discovery of debris near the Titanic on June 22.
- A 335-page investigation report concluded that OceanGate's poor vessel design, inadequate maintenance, harmful workplace culture, and insufficient regulatory oversight contributed significantly to the Titan submersible's fatal implosion.
- Jason Neubauer, the board chair, stated, "the loss of five lives was preventable," attributing the most likely cause to failure of the submersible’s carbon fiber pressure hull.
- The investigation offers lessons to improve risk awareness and oversight while enabling innovation to prevent future tragedies in deep-sea expeditions.
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Titan submersible disaster that killed 5 on way to Titanic was preventable, Coast Guard says (World)
The deadly Titan submersible disaster that raised global alarms about private deep-sea tourism was the result of preventable safety failures and deliberate efforts to avoid oversight, according to a U.S. Coast Guard report released Tuesday. All five people inside the Titan died in a catastrophic imp...
Titan Submersible Disaster Was 'Preventable' New Report Finds
The U.S. Coast Guard has determined the Titan submersible disaster that killed five people en route to the wreckage of the Titanic in 2023 was entirely “preventable,” citing gross negligence and regulatory evasion by its operator, OceanGate. The high-level investigation revealed that the company’s safety protocols were “critically flawed” and often ignored in practice. Owned by Washington-based OceanGate, the Titan was piloted by CEO Stockton Ru…
Titan Sub’s Implosion Near Titanic Wreck Was Due To “Critically Flawed” Safety Processes & Hull
Turns out James Cameron was right. The U.S. Coast Guard released the findings from its multi-year investigation into the implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible in 2023 and found that the disaster, which killed all five of the vehicle’s occupants, was a “preventable tragedy.” The 335-page report from the Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation found […]
US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles Out OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush
A report on the death of five people in the Titan submersible blames design, maintenance, and inspection flaws for its failure. “It all came back to Mr. Rush,” the head of the investigation told WIRED.
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York News-TimesCoast Guard: Implosion of sub was preventable
PORTLAND, Maine — The Titan submersible disaster could have been prevented, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report Tuesday that held OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush responsible for ignoring safety warnings, design flaws and crucial oversight which, had he survived,…
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