The Tragic Fate of the Titan Submersible: A Warning Ignored
TL;DR
New details suggest that the Titan submersible, designed by OceanGate, may have attempted to resurface before the tragedy occurred. A former advisor revealed that the submersible dropped weights at 3,500 meters, indicating an aborted dive, before losing communication and tracking, leading to an implosion. The advisor criticized the company's design choices, including the use of a PlayStation controller for piloting. The U.S. Coast Guard is currently investigating the incident to determine if there were any prior indications of problems before the submersible was destroyed.
- Titan submersible may have tried to resurface before tragedy NewsNation Now
- New Yorker: An ex-OceanGate employee once sent an ominous email raising safety concerns about the doomed Titan submersible CNN
- Stockton Rush deliberately structured OceanGate's Titanic operations to be outside US jurisdiction, says former employee: report Yahoo News
- 'A preoccupation with failure': Why the Titan submersible was doomed from the start CTV News
- Report: Ex-OceanGate employee sent email warning about doomed submersible CNN
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