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CNN
10-08-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
US Coast Guard releases new report on Titan submersible implosion
US Coast Guard releases new report on Titan submersible implosion The implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible, which killed five people in 2023, was a preventable tragedy caused by OceanGate's failure to follow safety protocols and a toxic workplace culture, according to a report released by the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation. 01:07 - Source: CNN See what happens when a robot competes with courting fiddler crabs Researchers test fiddler crab mating strategies by introducing a robot with a waving claw, dubbed 'Wavy Dave.' 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Boston Globe
05-08-2025
- Boston Globe
Titan submersible report says implosion was preventable and CEO ignored safety risks
Advertisement Jason Neubauer with the Marine Board of Investigation said the findings will help avoid future tragedies. 'There is a need for stronger oversight and clear options for operators who are exploring new concepts outside of the existing regulatory framework,' he said in a statement. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up OceanGate suspended operations in July 2023. A spokesperson for OceanGate, Christian Hammond, said the company has been wound down and was fully cooperating with the investigation, and offered condolences to the families of those who died and everyone affected. Investigators pointed to OceanGate's culture of downplaying, ignoring, and even falsifying key safety information to improve its reputation and evade scrutiny from regulators. The company ignored 'red flags' and had a 'toxic workplace culture,' where firings of senior staff and the looming threat of being fired were used to dissuade employees and contractors from expressing safety concerns. Advertisement Rush, a former flight test engineer for fighter jets, founded the company in 2009 after years of experience in aerospace and aviation. The Marine Board concluded that Rush had an 'escalating disregard for established safety protocols,' which contributed to the deaths of four people. If Rush were alive, the board would have passed the case to the US Department of Justice and he may have faced criminal charges, the board said. The company reclassified submersible passengers as 'mission specialists' to bypass regulations on small passenger vessels and claim its subs were oceanic research vessels. Former mission specialists and OceanGate employees said their participation was 'purely for a ride in the submersible, not for scientific research,' the report said. Rush and OceanGate received numerous warnings about Titan's fraudulent classifications. In 2017, Rush was told by a Coast Guard Reserve officer hired by OceanGate that his planned Titanic dive would be illegal. Rush said 'he would buy a congressman' if ever confronted by regulators, the officer testified. Over the years, the company resorted to increasingly deceptive strategies, the report said. By 2021, an OceanGate attorney falsely informed a federal court in Virginia — which was presiding over The Titan's authorization to conduct dives — that the vessel was registered in the Bahamas, even though it wasn't. To obtain his credentials, Rush submitted a fraudulent sea service letter signed by OceanGate's chief operations officer to the Coast Guard's National Maritime Center, the report said. In the letter, Rush claimed past service as a crew member on Titan and misrepresented the size of the vessel, when in fact it had never been registered or admeasured. Advertisement Investigators found the submersible's design, certification, maintenance, and inspection process were all inadequate. The vessel's carbon fiber hull design and construction introduced flaws that 'weakened the overall structural integrity' of its hull, the report stated. Mounting financial pressures in 2023 led to a decision by OceanGate to store the Titan submersible outdoors over the Canadian winter, where its hull was exposed to temperature fluctuations that compromised the integrity of the vessel, the report said. The implosion also killed French underwater explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, known as 'Mr. Titanic,' British adventurer Hamish Harding, and two members of a prominent Pakistani family, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood. Nargeolet's family filed a $50 million lawsuit last year that said the crew experienced 'terror and mental anguish' before the disaster. The lawsuit accused OceanGate of gross negligence. Titan had been making voyages to the Titanic site since 2021. The Titan's final dive came on the morning of June 18, 2023. The submersible lost contact with its support vessel about two hours later, and was reported overdue that afternoon. Ships, planes and equipment were rushed to the scene about 435 miles south of St. John's, Newfoundland. The Coast Guard-led team operated under the possibility there could be survivors for several days. Wreckage would subsequently be found on the ocean floor about 330 yards off the bow of the Titanic.
CBC
05-08-2025
- CBC
U.S. Coast Guard releases damning report 2 years after Titan implosion
Two years after the fatal Titan submersible implosion, the United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation has released its report on the disaster. As the CBC's Mark Quinn reports, it says the five deaths were completely preventable.
CBC
05-08-2025
- CBC
Titan submersible disaster that killed 5 was 'preventable,' U.S. Coast Guard report says
The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation, which examined the June 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible, released its report on Tuesday, with the board chair stating the deaths of the five people on board were 'preventable.'
CNN
05-08-2025
- General
- CNN
Live updates: Titan submersible report released
Update: Date: 1 min ago Title: Titan's passengers died "instantaneously," report finds Content: The implosion of the Titan submersible in 2023 occurred due to the 'loss of structural integrity of the Titan pressure vessel,' which 'caused the catastrophic implosion of the hull,' the report from the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation says in conclusion. The probable failure point was either an adhesive joint connecting two parts of the submersible or the carbon fiber hull, the report states. The Titan's passengers were subject to about 4,930 PSI, or pound-force per square inch, resulting in their 'instantaneous' death, according to the report. The typical air pressure at sea level is 14.7 PSI, according to NOAA. Update: Date: 11 min ago Title: You can read the 300-page report on the Titan implosion here Content: The US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation tasked with examining the June 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible released its report today. The report is more than 300 pages long and details the factors that led to the implosion. You can read the full report here. Update: Date: 8 min ago Title: Investigative board found evidence of potential criminal offense Content: The Marine Board of Investigation identified evidence of a potential criminal offense, in particular for Misconduct or Neglect of Ship Officers, and would have recommended the matter be referred to the US Department of Justice if OceanGate's CEO, Stockton Rush, had survived. 'The MBI concluded that Mr. Rush, in his dual role as CEO and as the acting Master or Pilot of the TITAN submersible, exhibited negligence that contributed to the deaths of four individuals,' the report released Tuesday says. 'As both a corporate executive responsible for the vessel's operation and its Master during the casualty, Mr. Rush may have been subject to criminal liability' under US law, the report says. It adds: 'It is important to note that the determination of whether any crime was committed would be made by the DoJ following its own investigation and analysis, which will not occur in this instance due to the death of Mr. Rush.' Update: Date: 13 min ago Title: OceanGate's "inadequate" maintenance and inspection process contributed to implosion, report says Content: The US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation report lays responsibility for the 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible largely at the feet of OceanGate, the Washington-based company that operated Titan. The MBI found the 'primary contributing factors' to the implosion were OceanGate's 'inadequate design, certification, maintenance and inspection process for the Titan,' a Coast Guard release said, and also pointed to the company's 'toxic workplace culture.' Update: Date: 30 min ago Title: US Coast Guard releases investigative findings in the implosion of Titan submersible Content: The US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation tasked with examining the June 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible has just released its report - with the board chair stating that the deaths of the five people on board were 'preventable.' 'The two-year investigation has identified multiple contributing factors that led to this tragedy, providing valuable lessons learned to prevent a future occurrence,' Jason Neubauer, the MBI chair, said in a statement. 'There is a need for stronger oversight and clear options for operators who are exploring new concepts outside of the existing regulatory framework.' CNN is working to review the report.
