Titanic tourist sub goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, June 2023 #4

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Ship footage captures sound of Titan sub imploding​

Stockton Rush's wife Wendy asks "what's that bang?" in footage that appears in new BBC documentary

The BBC has had unprecedented access to the US Coast Guard's (USCG) investigation for a documentary, Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster.

The footage was recently obtained by the USCG and shows Wendy Rush, the wife of Mr Rush, hearing the sound of the implosion while watching on from the sub's support ship and asking: "What was that bang?"

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Ship footage captures sound of Oceangate's Titan sub imploding

Support ship video shows the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush hearing the sound of the implosion.
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PrairieWind said:
I'll have to watch this when I get time. I love Josh Gates, so that is interesting to see him talking to Stockton.
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I've heard Gates's thoughts previously on the subject and that he thought it was an unsafe voyage and wouldn't go again.
 
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PrairieWind said:
I'll have to watch this when I get time. I love Josh Gates, so that is interesting to see him talking to Stockton.
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I'm a fan of Josh Gates too. JMO I value his thoughts and I'm looking forward to watching this episode.
 
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SouthAussie said:
"The final report on the Titan disaster is expected from the US Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation by the end of June.

McCallum told The Independent he expects it will reveal “a concerted effort by a businessman to work around every single rule in the book to start a business and to make money”. "

‘It should have never been commissioned’: Kiwi expert tried to stop disastrous Titan submersible
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It will be interesting to see if they were able to come to a final conclusion about exactly how the Titan submersible imploded. Was it the acrylic port window or the titanium door glued to the carbon fiber hull or was it delamination of the carbon fiber hull itself?

The final report should be interesting to see how the company Oceangate operated and what other information should have warned them that this was a disaster waiting to happen.
 
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The 60 Minutes Australia interview below is over an hour long with the main engineer at Oceangate who helped create the first Titan submersible. He has a good theory about why the Titan submersible imploded. The interview gives a very good perspective about engineering and the culture at Oceangate and how all of it relates to what may have actually happened to the Titan submersible on June 18th, 2023.

 
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OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who died on the deep-sea submersiblealongside four others, ignored critical data leading up to the vessel’s implosion in June 2023, according to a new report from the U.S. Coast Guard.

The 335-page report, released Tuesday, revealed that OceanGate had “critically flawed” safety practices and a toxic workplace culture — and that Rush’s “negligence” contributed to the deaths of those on board.

Rush, who acted as the Titan sub’s pilot, “exhibited negligence that contributed to the deaths of four individuals,” the report found. It also “identified evidence of a potential criminal offense.” Had Rush survived, the Coast Guard would have recommended that the Department of Justice consider pursuing a separate criminal investigation.

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OceanGate CEO ‘completely ignored’ flawed Titan sub before deadly trip, report finds

The Titan submersible’s implosion was “preventable,” according to a new Coast Guard report.
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Jason Neubauer, with the Marine Board of Investigation, said that the findings will help prevent 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.

Investigators found that the submersible’s design, certification, maintenance and inspection process were all inadequate. A Coast Guard statement said OceanGate also had a “toxic workplace culture,” and its mission was hindered by lack of domestic and international framework for submersible operations
 
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Titan submersible disaster that killed 5 people was 'preventable,' Coast Guard report says

The craft imploded June 18, 2023, and raised questions about the underwater-tourism company OceanGate.
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Multiple contributing factors — including OceanGate’s toxic workplace environment and intimidation tactics — led to the entirely "preventable" implosion of a submersible that killed five people off the coast of Newfoundland two years ago, Coast Guard investigators said Tuesday.

The findings were made in a 327-page report that outlined a series of critical flaws and recommendations aimed at heading off future potential tragedies.

“This marine casualty and the loss of five lives was preventable,” said Jason Neubauer, the chairman of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation that was charged with probing the Titan disaster...
 
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BetteDavisEyes said:
www.nbcnews.com

Titan submersible disaster that killed 5 people was 'preventable,' Coast Guard report says

The craft imploded June 18, 2023, and raised questions about the underwater-tourism company OceanGate.
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Multiple contributing factors — including OceanGate’s toxic workplace environment and intimidation tactics — led to the entirely "preventable" implosion of a submersible that killed five people off the coast of Newfoundland two years ago, Coast Guard investigators said Tuesday.

The findings were made in a 327-page report that outlined a series of critical flaws and recommendations aimed at heading off future potential tragedies.

“This marine casualty and the loss of five lives was preventable,” said Jason Neubauer, the chairman of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation that was charged with probing the Titan disaster...
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Why don’t they discriminate between the owner/constructor, the crew member and three passengers? “Loss of five lives” is merging together SR or P-HN, neither being a paying passenger, with the three people who paid for the voyage. Unfair.
 
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Charlot123 said:
Why don’t they discriminate between the owner/constructor, the crew member and three passengers? “Loss of five lives” is merging together SR or P-HN, neither being a paying passenger, with the three people who paid for the voyage. Unfair.
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I think you are taking one sentence out-of-context. The report is extremely long, but you should take a look at the report's conclusions, if you haven't done so. They don't talk much about PH (who was just a contractor/employee), but they go after Rush very hard. They talk about his failings as a chief executive for the toxic work environment, the Titan's poor engineering and his refusal to listen to experts. They also talk about various regulations and laws he circumvented and say that if he remained alive he would have been subject to both civil and criminal prosecution.

Here is just one paragraph from the report's conclusion, but the whole report is primarily focused on condemning Rush and his actions.

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It was interesting to read that the NTSB is also running their own investigation into what happened. That report should be released later. Was it ever revealed what structural component failed to cause the Titan submersible implosion? I have not read the report.
 
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ch_13 said:
I think you are taking one sentence out-of-context. The report is extremely long, but you should take a look at the report's conclusions, if you haven't done so. They don't talk much about PH (who was just a contractor/employee), but they go after Rush very hard. They talk about his failings as a chief executive for the toxic work environment, the Titan's poor engineering and his refusal to listen to experts. They also talk about various regulations and laws he circumvented and say that if he remained alive he would have been subject to both civil and criminal prosecution.

Here is just one paragraph from the report's conclusion, but the whole report is primarily focused on condemning Rush and his actions.

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I will never understand why he would not only take innocent passengers on this dangerous tin can, but did he not fear for himself?
It seems almost suicidal. Jmo
 
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Bekind89 said:
I will never understand why he would not only take innocent passengers on this dangerous tin can, but did he not fear for himself?
It seems almost suicidal. Jmo
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Yeah, IMO it was murder-suicide. It was his hubris/arrogance to think he knew better than the experts. Safety be d*mned, full-speed ahead with risk-taking. He wanted their money to fund future expeditions.
 
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Titan implosion that killed all five on board was 'preventable', says report​

  • OceanGate had 'critically flawed' safety practices and a 'toxic' workplace culture​

  • Loss of sub's structural integrity caused implosion​

  • OceanGate used 'intimidation tactics' to avoid scrutiny​

  • OceanGate founder and Titan pilot Stockton Rush's 'negligence' contributed to deaths​

  • Recommendations to prevent future incidents
    Key among them:    ​

  1. US Coast Guard (USCG) pursue "proper regulatory oversight" of submersibles
  2. Revoking ORV (Oceanographic Research Vessel) designations for submersibles, requiring them to meet certification standards under new passenger vessel requirements
  3. Dedicated USCG resources "providing field support for vessels of novel design"


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Titan submersible implosion that killed all five on board was 'preventable', says report

A damning report from the US Coast Guard says Oceangate, that owned and operated the Titan, failed to follow safety protocols.
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LinasK said:
Yeah, IMO it was murder-suicide. It was his hubris/arrogance to think he knew better than the experts. Safety be d*mned, full-speed ahead with risk-taking. He wanted their money to fund future expeditions.
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He almost sounds mentally unbalanced - not that takes any culpability from him.
 
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