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Titan submersible malfunctioned before fatal dive to Titanic shipwreck site
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A US Coast Guard inquiry is investigating the deadly implosion of a submersible vessel that occurred on a voyage to the Titanic wreck site in June last year. The submersible, operated by OceanGate, imploded resulting in the deaths of five people. According to testimony, the crew reported being "all good here" just before the incident, indicating a sudden and unexpected malfunction. The inquiry is hearing evidence over two weeks, with OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush among those testifying.
I saw what I would classify as safety theatre.
Anyone that wanted to go was either delusional if they didn't think that it was dangerous, or they were embracing the risk.
They were just happy to go, that's the memory I have.
I found them to be very transparent about everything.
It looked to me like a lot of the stuff was not quite ready for primetime.
I just said it looked to me like a lot of the stuff was not quite ready for primetime. And that there were many things in it that I thought had not been executed as appropriately as they should be.
OceanGate Expedition
- Titan submersible wreckage located on ocean floor, first images released at public hearing
- OceanGate employee testifies Titan submarine was unsafe and company prioritized profits over safety
- OceanGate suspends all operations after deadly submarine implosion
sources
perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.OceanGate
- 2.US Coast Guard
- 3.Explorers Club
- 4.National Transportation Safety Board
- 5.Pelagic Research Services
- 6.Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- 7.Triton Submarines
- 8.University of Washington Applied Physics Lab
persons
- 1.Renata Rojas
- 2.Steven Ross
- 3.David Lochridge
- 4.Stockton Rush
- 5.Hamish Harding
- 6.Paul-Henri Nargeolet
- 7.Shahzada Dawood
- 8.Patrick Lahey
- 9.Corey Connor
- 10.Antonella Wilby
- 11.Dave Dyer
- 12.Fred Hagen