The Titan submersible's deadly implosion in the North Atlantic is raising questions not just about the vessel's operator, OceanGate Expeditions, but the deep-sea tourism faces questions.This short video shows the start of deep-sea exploration, ~ 100 years ago....
, reveal never-before-reported details about the design and testing of the 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...
They were told to wear thick socks and a hat, as it would get colder the deeper the submersible went. They were also warned to avoid getting their feet wet from condensation that would form on the floor of the submersible. The Titan's final five passengers (clockwise from top left): Pau...
However, he testified that he was asked to pilot the submersible and replied: “I’m not getting in it.” He said he felt rushed to start operations during his time with the company. When asked if there was pressure to get the Titan into the water, he responded: ...
A year after an experimental submersible imploded en route to the Titanic, unanswered questions linger—with no immediate answers.
Before the Titan’s last descent, there hadn’t been a fatal accident in a human-occupied submersible for nearly 50 years—despite a 2,000 percent increase in the annual number of dives in that period. In the 93-year history of manned deep-sea exploration, no submersible had ever implode...
Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's on Wednesday. Photo by Paul Daly /The Canadian Press Article content HALIFAX–The company behin...
Like Mr Harding, Mr Nargeolet had also been a member of The Explorers Club, which described him as "one of the foremost experts on submersible expeditions to the Titanic". The club's president, Richard Garriott de Cayeux, added: "They were both drawn to explore, like so many...
RUSH: So the view port is seven-inch-thick plexiglass, acrylic, and that's another thing where I broke the rules. A lot of the submersible industry is run by Pressure Vessels for Human [Occupancy] standards, which acts like a standards body, but it's not a standards body; it's ...
The U.S. Coast Guard continues to investigate the factors that led to theimplosion of the Titan submersiblewhile on a descent to view the wreckage of the Titanic,killing all five peopleaboard. Tuesday marks one year since the Titan sub, which was owned and operated by OceanGate Expeditions, ...