Poor engineering and multiple failures to test the submersible resulted in the implosion of OceanGate’s Titan on a descent to the wreck of the Titanic off Newfoundland, an official report says.
As BBC News reports, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found the engineering process behind the vehicle was "inadequate", resulting in faults which meant it failed to meet strength and durability requirements.
“The NTSB said that because the firm did not adequately test Titan, it did not know its actual strength. It was also unaware it was damaged and should have been removed from service before its last voyage,”BBC News reports.
The Titan submersible imploded in June 2023, killing all five passengers on board including OceanGate's chief executive Stockton Rush.
The passengers, who paid up to $250,000 each to take part in the dive, were French deep-sea explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, and Hamish Harding.
A report by the US Coastguard has already found the incident was preventable, and was very critical of “flawed” safety practices.
The BBC News report is here
