“consistent with an implosion” shortly after contact with titan ended. oceangate ceased its commercial and exploration activities a few weeks later. the us coast guard is currently leading an international investigation into the deaths. several former employees said they were neither shocked nor ...
Rush and four others were killed in June 2023 whenthe Titan suffered a catastrophic implosionduring a dive to the wreck of the Titanic. Much of their conversations concerned precisely the factors that have come under scrutiny since the Titan disaster: the carbon-fiber hull, the unusual design...
While the cause of the implosion remains under investigation, many have focused on the unique design of theTitan. Prior to thedisaster, numerousmaritimeexperts worried that the submersible was unsafe. Rush disputed those claims, and in 2021 he said,“I’ve broken some rules to make this. I ...