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Engineer: OceanGate Didn't Test the Window We Built It

Another expert says sub reached depths three times the limit of the window

(Newser) - Wrinkles were found in the carbon fiber hull of OceanGate's Titan submersible a year before the sub imploded, an engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board testified Wednesday, the seventh day of a Coast Guard hearing expected to wrap up Friday. Don Kramer said flaws in the hull were...

'OceanGate Came Very, Very Close to Killing Me'

Sub expert who went on 2019 dive testifies at Coast Guard hearing

(Newser) - A submersible expert who testified at the Coast Guard's hearing on the catastrophic 2023 implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible Tuesday recounted a harrowing 2019 experience he had aboard the first prototype of the sub. Karl Stanley, who owns a deep-sea diving expedition company, said he went down to...

OceanGate Co-Founder Testifies in Titan Hearing

Guillermo Sohnlein says company's goal was exploration, not profit

(Newser) - Former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge testified last week that the "whole idea" behind OceanGate was making money, but co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein described loftier goals on Monday. "We wanted to give humanity greater access to the ocean, specifically the deep ocean," said Sohnlein, the first witness to...

Titan Passenger: Sub Could Only 'Spin in Circles' After Malfunction

He says 2021 mission to Titanic was aborted

(Newser) - Fred Hagen, who made multiple dives as a paying customer on the Titan submersible and lived to tell the tale, described several worrying incidents Friday at the Coast Guard investigative hearing on the sub's implosion last year. Hagen was identified as a "mission specialist," a title OceanGate...

Testimony: Titan Sub Had Just Had a Malfunction

Scientific director of OceanGate says passengers were tossed around

(Newser) - Days before it imploded while headed to the Titanic wreckage last summer, the Titan submersible endured a malfunction, the company's scientific director testified Thursday. Steven Ross told a US Coast Guard panel that the experimental submersible had a platform problem that caused passengers aboard to "tumble about,"...

After Testimony, James Cameron Walks Back His Titan Theory

Director had speculated crew knew they were in trouble, but contractor testified they 'had no idea'

(Newser) - After two days of damning testimony from former OceanGate workers, the hearing around the Titan submersible disaster took a new focus on Wednesday—whether or not the crew knew they were in trouble before the implosion. Per the New York Times , testimony has led to a most "unsensational finding....

Whistleblower: OceanGate Was All About Making Money

Former operations director says Titan submersible tragedy could have been prevented

(Newser) - Former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge testified Tuesday at the Coast Guard hearing on the implosion of the Titan submersible, saying he had "no confidence whatsoever" in how it was built. Lochridge was one of the hearing's most anticipated witnesses, CBS News reports. He testified that he believed...

'I'm Not Getting in It,' Engineer Told OceanGate Boss

Tony Nissen testifies that he felt pressured to get Titan ready to dive

(Newser) - Tony Nissen, OceanGate's former engineering director, testified at a Coast Guard hearing Monday that he was fired after he expressed concerns about the Titan submersible and refused to greenlight a planned expedition. He said he felt pressured by OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush to get the vessel ready to dive,...

Final Text From Doomed Titan: 'All Good Here'

Coast Guard opens 2-week hearing on causes of submersible's implosion

(Newser) - The final message from OceanGate's doomed Titan submersible was fleetingly correct as the crew descended to the wreck of the Titanic: "All good here," read the text to the Polar Prince support ship at the surface above. That response came after a query about whether the Titan...

Lawsuit: Crew of 'Doomed Submersible' Experienced 'Terror'

OceanGate accused of gross negligence in death of Paul-Henri Nargeolet

(Newser) - The family of a French explorer who died in last June's high-profile submersible implosion has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50 million, saying the crew experienced "terror and mental anguish" before the disaster and accusing the sub's operator of gross negligence. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five...

We May Soon Know More About the Titanic Sub Implosion

Hearing is scheduled for September

(Newser) - The Coast Guard will hold a long-awaited public hearing in September about the deadly Titanic submersible disaster as it continues its investigation into the implosion of the vessel. The experimental Titan submersible imploded en route to the Titanic , killing all five people on board, in June 2023. The US Coast...

A Year After Titan Disaster, Questions Remain

The ongoing investigation is a 'complex and ongoing effort'

(Newser) - Tuesday marks one year since the experimental submersible Titan imploded en route to the Titanic, reports the AP , and unanswered questions linger, with no immediate answers. The US Coast Guard quickly convened a high-level investigation into what happened. Concerns leading up to the investigation included the Titan's unconventional design...

Feds: Widely Shared Titan Transcript Is Fake

Occupants of doomed submersible likely had no idea what was coming, investigator says

(Newser) - After last year's Titan submersible disaster, a disturbing document went viral. It was, supposedly, a transcript of communications between the doomed sub and its support ship, starting out normally before becoming more alarming as those onboard the Titan supposedly started realizing something had gone wrong, then ending with the...

Billionaire Plans to Prove It's Still Safe to Visit Titanic

Triton Submarines says OceanGate's imploded sub was the exception, not the rule

(Newser) - Nearly a year after the implosion of an OceanGate submersible en route to the Titanic's final resting place, a tragedy that killed all five people on board, a billionaire is planning another trip to the wreck. Larry Connor, whom the BBC refers to as an Ohio luxury real estate...

Submersible Debris, Human Remains Recovered

Salvage mission was follow-up to June effort that recovered wreckage of the Titan

(Newser) - The Coast Guard says it has recovered the remaining debris of the Titan submersible from the Atlantic Ocean floor, along with presumed human remains. All five people on board the submersible, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, were killed when it imploded during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic...

I Was Warned in 2018: 'Do Not Get Into That Sub'
I Was Warned in 2018:
'Do Not Get Into That Sub'
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Aug 26, 2023 8:50 AM CDT

I Was Warned in 2018: 'Do Not Get Into That Sub'

Susan Casey shares the years of concerns she heard about OceanGate's Titan

(Newser) - "But like screaming at the screen, nothing that came out of anyone's mouth made any difference to the ending." So writes Susan Casey in her in-depth look for Vanity Fair about what happened to the Titan submersible. It's a fate, she explains, that she feared since...

OceanGate Suspends Operations After Tragedy

Company says all submersible trips are off, at least for the near term

(Newser) - Has OceanGate sent its last submersible to the deep? The company behind last month's tragic Titanic excursion has suspended operations, reports NBC News . Details of exactly what that means were not immediately clear: The entirety of the company's announcement on its website reads, "OceanGate has suspended all...

Subway's Riff on Titanic Sub Does Not Go Over Well

'Our subs don't implode' sign at Georgia franchise is quickly taken down

(Newser) - A Georgia Subway's attempted riff on the Titan submersible disaster resulted in a very easily foreseeable brouhaha of the public relations variety. As WTOC reports, it seems that someone at the restaurant in Rincon thought it was a good idea to update its roadside sign with this little missive:...

Critics Slam Netflix for Bringing Back Titanic

Insiders say it's a coincidence, not an attempt to profit from Titan tragedy

(Newser) - When Netflix arranged for Titanic to return to the streaming service on July 1, the company probably wasn't expecting people to complain that it was too soon. The company is facing backlash accusing it of trying to profit from the Titan submersible tragedy, with Twitter users calling the move...

Titan Debris Is Brought Back to Land
Coast Guard Believes
It's Found Human Remains
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Jun 28, 2023 7:15 PM CDT

Coast Guard Believes It's Found Human Remains

Wreckage from submersible Titan was found on seabed

(Newser) - This file has been updated with the Coast Guard's latest announcement. Wreckage from the Titan submersible was pulled from the depths of the North Atlantic on Wednesday, and the Coast Guard later said the recovered parts apparently contained human remains. The Titan was carrying five people when it imploded...

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