There were extensive safety concerns, with several submersible experts flagging issues. 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 wa...
says adam wright, an engineer who had worked on explorer steve fossett’s 2005 carbon-fiber sub, which was shelved after fossett died in a plane crash. and that was for a submersible that would only be used for a single mission. oceangate was planning to use its submersible repeatedly—up...
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...
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 co-founderStockton Rushwas among the five people who died when the submersible imploded in June 2023. The Coast Guard opened a public hearing earlier this month that is part of a high level investigation into the cause of the implosion. Some of the testimony has focused on the trou...
The hearing’s first witness, Mr Nissen, testified on Monday that the Titan was struck by lightning during a test mission in 2018, and that might have compromised its hull. Mr Nissen said he was sacked in 2019 when he would not let the submersible go to the Titanic,...
Five people were killed, including three British citizens, whenthe submersibleis believed to have suffered a catastrophic implosion two miles below sea level while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic. Image:Pic: The Canadian Press/AP ...
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...
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 ...
"Debris field" found Thursday by ROVs near the bow of the Titanic wreckage is consistent with a "catastrophic implosion" of the Titan submersible.