An investigatory panel has listened to threedays of testimonythat raised questions about the company's operations before the doomed mission. Rush was amongfive people who diedwhen the submersible imploded en route to the site of the Titanic wreck in June 2023. Earlier Thursd...
The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic says he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier.
The deep-sea robot, which was sent below the waves by Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic, made the initial discovery on Thursday morning when it spotted the "tail cone" from the rear tip of the submersible. It was found approximately 1,600ft (500 metres) from the bow of the Titanic's wreck...
submersible. they show that boeing and the university of washington were both involved in the early stages of oceangate’s carbon-fiber sub project, although their work did not make it into the final titan design. the trove also reveals a company culture in which employees who questioned their...
they said. That and the submersible's unconventional designsubjected the Titan to scrutinyin the undersea exploration community.The ongoing Marine Board of Investigation is the highest level of marine casualty investigation conducted by the Coast Guard. When the hearing concludes, recommendations will be...
OceanGate, based in Washington state, suspended its operations after the implosion. The company has no full-time employees currently, but has been represented by an attorney during the hearing. During the submersible's final dive on June 18, 2023, the crew lost contact after an exchange of tex...
New video has been released of the remains of the Titan submersible - more than 3700m down on the seafloor. The US Coast Guard said it shows "the aft dome, aft ring, remnants of the hull and carbon fiber debris". It comes shortly after images of the sub's tail were released. ...
During a Titan mission in 2021, divers had to move their weight from side to side to dislodge weights attached to the submersible which would result in the vessel coming back to the surface when a dive was aborted. Several investigations into the implosion are under way afterpieces of debr...
Titan submersible, said during his testimony earlier this week the Titan tragedy could have been prevented if US safety authorities had investigated his complaints. He also blasted OceanGate’s company culture as being centered on “making money” and offering “very little in the way of science....
"Debris field" found Thursday by ROVs near the bow of the Titanic wreckage is consistent with a "catastrophic implosion" of the Titan submersible.