New details emerge in Titan sub implosion

It's been more than a year since OceanGate's ill-fated expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic in the Titan submersible resulted in five deaths. This week, a Coast Guard investigation of what happened got underway. During four days of testimony, new details have emerged.

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[LadyHeathersLair]

I wish the news media would stop calling these people “mission specialists “.

[innocentnemesis]

“With exploration, there is risk.” Ok, but that isn’t the full story of what happened here… this isn’t about an exploration that went awry, it was about an entire company being built on a lie for profit.

[everythingbobbywolfe]

Calling them "mission specialists" is like calling redditors "investigators"

[Mewtube-AMK]

"Ocean Gate has suspended its operations since the fatal accident." Well duh. The whole business literally and metaphorically imploded.

[claireconover]

he had that silicon valley tech bro arrogance… but nobody ever died using an ipad or logging into a tech service.

[albertmiller]

Taking needless risks and assigning consequences to the “Danger is Inevitable” file reflects immature thinking and narcissistic behavior.

Ego killed these five, not system failures.

[Christiantodd]

“With exploration, there is risk.” = Rich ego denial

[Brotherman]

All I needed to know is he went against regulations using carbon fiber in a submersible. FAAFO.

[FEBRIZIOtv]

A submersible named "Titan" that used carbon fiber instead of titanium is peak irony.

[Heisablessing]

This guy probably thought he was God like. He ignored every warning from his employees and other specialists that this was not safe. He was arrogant and cared more about his fame than people's lives. If he was some evil genius he wouldn't have put himself in the Titan sub. He just was arrogant and too "positive."

[Tizzz]

I watched 4K video of the titanic wreckage in great detail…from the safety of my own home. $500, 000 a piece to “be next to it?” I wouldn’t have gone for free.

[foxmccloud]

A blatant case of Normalization of Deviance.
Normalization of Deviance- 'The gradual process through which unacceptable practice or standards become acceptable.

[NekoTamer]

Why does the title say new details? These are the same details I've been hearing since the disaster

[YatzP]

I don't understand why people want to go down that deep to see the Titanic, its just a rotting ship 🤷‍♂️ what is there to see

[AmethystEyes]

Narcissism is dangerous, Stockton’s ego killed these people,

[benediktmayr]

"Try to prevent similar tragedies from happening again." Try to find a way how to stop dangerous people like Stokton Rush.

[chattycoryn]

"It was never meant to be safe." What, sir?

[randomrazr]

would the crew have heard loud noises of the carbon fibre hull started to fail prior to implosion?

[mrmelmba]

Prior to the dive, difficulty arose with keeping the Titan horizontal. Descending through a fluid a craft cannot rely on free fall to arrive at its destination, but needs fins to control its direction of travel, which were lacking in the basic design. The point of failure was the brittle glue connection between the titanium cone and the carbon fibre hull. Even this expedition might have completed successfully. The Titanic was already in sight. However, the craft was descending faster than normal and an error in judgment resulted in the Titan touching the ocean floor sooner than expected and at an angle instead of landing flat on its platform. Even a relatively small jolt would have been sufficient for the epoxy to separate from the titanium ring. Epoxy glue clings tenaciously and it is almost impossible to separate two parts joined together with the application of heat, but when chilled near freezing the brittle substance cracks with ease from even a minor shock.

The junction of the cone to the hull should have been similar to that in metal plumbing pipe couplings with a convex rim of the cone pressing into a concave grove in the ring so that the more outside pressure that is exerted the tighter the seal, which would also withstand failure from the application of lateral forces. Bolts, in addition to glue. Primary failure was not due to the carbon fibre hull collapsing, but spread from the point of separation of the ring.

[juanpotgieter]

"it was never supposed to be "safe"? That makes sense if no lives were going to be involved in the project.