The malfunction caused passengers onboard the submersible to "tumble about" and it took an hour to get them out of the water. The submersible pilot, OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush, crashed into bulkheading during the malfunction, Dr Ross says. He says: "One passenger was h...
OceanGate's scientific director Steven Ross is expected to give evidence on Thursday, as is Renata Rojas, a mission specialist for the American company. The firm suspended operations after the disaster and now has no full-time staff but is being represented by a lawyer during the US Coast Guar...
Titan submersible experienced multiple issues over years Hagen said “there was an incident” in 2021, just days before a dive he participated in, in which as the Titan was being pulled onto the ramp, rocking back and forth, the crane operator let it go abruptly and the submersible slammed ...
The U.S. Coast Guard convened a Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) -- the highest level of investigation in the Coast Guard -- into the loss of theTitan submersibleand the five people on board. The crew of thePolar Prince research vessel lost contact with the Titan submersible 1 hour a...
A movie about the Titan submersible’s implosion is in the works. Deadline reports that MindRiot is working on the film, with E. Brian Dobbins serving as producer.
Coast Guard officials said during a news conference that they’ve notified the families of the crew of the Titan, which had been missing since Sunday. The sliver of hope that remained for finding the five men alive was wiped away early Thursday, when the submersible’s 96-hour supply of ox...
The operation began as a rescue mission, he said, but that soon changed. “Shortly after arriving on the sea floor we discovered the debris of the Titan submersible. Sadly, a rescue had turned into a recovery.” Article content Article content U.S. Coast Guard officials have ...
Nissen also noted that the Titan was struck by lightning during a test mission in 2018, and that might have compromised its hull. He said he was fired in 2019, the same year he wouldn't let the submersible go to the Titanic. He said he also told Rush the Titan was "not working...
By addressing the challenges of autonomous submersible exploration in a cold, outer-solar-system environment, the team's NIAC report said Titan Sub would serve as a pathfinder for even more exotic future exploration of other subsurface water oceans, such as those on Jupiter's moon Europa, which...
Communication with the Titan ended 90 minutes into the dive, and the submersible was later found in five large pieces around 1,600 feet from the Titanic’s bow. OceanGate issued a public statement expressing condolences to the victims’ families and hoping that the ongoing proceedings would uncove...