The United States Coast Guard has released a document containing the final considerations on the disaster involving OceanGate’s Titan submarine.
The submersible, which was intended to take five passengers to the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean, sank in June 2023, leaving no survivors.
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Now, the 335-page document from the U.S. Coast Guard, published last Tuesday (5), revealed that the incident was caused by the loss of structural integrity in the carbon-fiber hull.
“This loss of structural integrity caused the sudden and catastrophic implosion of the hull,” the report states, according to a BBC News article.
Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate, died in the accident.
The passengers were “exposed to approximately 4,930 pounds per square inch of water pressure, resulting in the instantaneous death of all five occupants.”
The document also reveals that Rush had “completely disregarded vital inspections, data analysis, and preventive maintenance procedures, culminating in a catastrophic event.”
The report further notes that OceanGate had a “toxic work environment” that discouraged employees from voicing concerns about the submarine.
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